Bangladesh yesterday signed four deals with Malaysia in the fields of manpower export, tourism, and art, culture and heritage.
The deals include an agreement on partial abolition of visa requirements, an MoU on cooperation in tourism, a protocol amending the 2012 MoU between the two countries on employment of workers and another MoU on cooperation in the field of art, culture and heritage.
The signings took place on the second day of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s three-day visit to Malaysia to strengthen ties between the two countries, reports UNB.
Both Hasina and the Malaysian Prime Minister Nazib Razak were present during the signings held in the Perdana Meeting Room of the Prime Minister’s Office of Malaysia in Putrajaya following a restricted meeting between the two premiers.
According to the UNB report, Malaysia’s Minister of Human Resources Dato Sri Richard Riot Anak Jaem and Bangladesh’s State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan signed the agreement on behalf of their respective countries on the partial abolition of visa requirement for the officials and diplomatic passport holders of both the countries.
The same Malaysian minister and Bangladesh’s Expatriates Welfare and Overseas and Employment Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain signed the protocol amending the MoU between the two governments on employment of workers.
Malaysian acting Minister for Tourism and Culture Dato Sri Mustapa Mohamed and Bangladesh Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon signed the MoU on cooperation in the field of tourism.
The acting minister from Malaysia also signed the MoU on cooperation in the field of culture, arts and heritage with Bangladesh Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Malaysian counterpart Mohd. Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak witnessed the signing of the deals.