The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment has set a new 'Recruiting Agent Selection Criteria' to sending workers to Malaysia. From now, only recruiting agencies that meet certain conditions strictly, will be included in the list of sending workers.The agencies must meet strict eligibility standards, including experience, adequate training facilities. The ministry confirmed the development in a press release issued on Wednesday.

As part of the initiative, the government requested Malaysian authorities to include all recruiting agencies holding valid licenses, thereby expanding the scope for participation. Malaysia has now finalised and shared a new 'Recruiting Agent Selection Criteria', the ministry said.

Following detailed discussions at the 3rd Bangladesh-Malaysia Joint Working Group meeting held in Dhaka on May 21-22, the Malaysian side pledged to set clear criteria for selecting private recruiting agents.

According to the set criteria, recruiting agents must have at least five years of operational experience, a record of sending a minimum of 3,000 workers abroad in the last five years, and experience deploying workers to at least three different countries.

In addition, agents must possess a valid license, a certificate of good conduct, training and assessment facilities, testimonials from at least five international employers, a permanent office space of at least 10,000 square feet, and proof of deploying workers in compliance with the destination country's laws.

The Bangladesh government will request Malaysia to enlist valid license-holding recruiting agents who meet these requirements, it added.

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