<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Bangladesh wants to ease manpower recruitment process in Malaysia with a reduced cost through discussion as Malaysian Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka in February.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“The Malaysian home minister is coming with a big team. It will help make things (related to manpower recruitment) more rationalized. We want to send our workers at a reduced cost,” Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said Bangladesh wants the manpower “cartel” to be dismantled, the recruitment cost reduced, and the rules of recruitment eased.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Bangladesh High Commissioner to Malaysia Md Golam Sarwar met with the Malaysian home affairs minister and discussed various issues of mutual interest.</div><div><br></div><div>The high commissioner welcomed the Malaysian minister’s crucial visit to Bangladesh and discussed various aspects of the visit, according to the Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur.</div><div><br></div><div>As it is his first foreign visit after taking charge as home minister, it is significant for both countries.</div><div><br></div><div>They also discussed recruiting more manpower from Bangladesh in a short time at a low cost.</div><div><br></div><div>High Commissioner Golam Sarwar requested the home minister of Malaysia to legalise the undocumented Bangladeshis in the southeast Asian country on easy terms under the recalibration programme.</div><div><br></div><div>The Malaysian home minister assured the high commissioner that they would look into the matter, according to the High Commission. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>