UNB, Putrajaya :
Bangladesh and Malaysia on Wednesday signed four deals in the fields of manpower export, tourism, art, culture and heritage for further strengthening the ties between the two brotherly nations. The deals are an agreement on partial abolition of visa requirement, an MoU on cooperation in the field of tourism, one protocol amending the MoU of 2012 between Bangladesh and Malaysia on employment of workers and another MoU on cooperation in the field of culture, art and heritage. The signing ceremony was held at the Perdana Meeting Room of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) of Malaysia at Putrajaya after a restricted meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Malaysian counterpart, followed by the bilateral meeting between Bangladesh and Malaysia.
Both the Bangladesh and Malaysian Prime Ministers witnessed the signing ceremony. Minister of Human Resources of Malaysia Dato Sri Richard Riot Anak Jaem and State Minister for Home Affairs of Bangladesh 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.
Dato Sri Richard Riot Anak Jaem and Bangladesh’s Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain inked the protocol amending the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the governments of Malaysia and Bangladesh on employment of workers. The MoU on cooperation in the field of tourism was signed by Malaysian acting Minster for Tourism and Culture Dato Sri Mustapa Mohamed and Bangladesh Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon. The MoU on cooperation in the field of cultural, arts and heritage was signed also by Dato Sri Mustapa Mohamed and Bangladesh Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor.
