Published on 05:53 PM, December 03, 2014

Dhaka, KL sign 4 deals

Dhaka, KL sign 4 deals

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressing a meeting with entrepreneurs at Grant Hayat Hotel in Malaysia. Photo: BSS
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressing a meeting with entrepreneurs at Grant Hayat Hotel in Malaysia. Photo: BSS

Bangladesh and Malaysia today 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, a 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 the two countries.

Both the Bangladesh and Malaysian premiers 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.