Bangladesh, Aug. 23 -- Malaysia has named 25 Bangladeshi recruiting agencies authorised to recruit workers from Bangladesh, signalling a possible reopening of a labour market that has remained closed to Bangladeshi workers for more than two years.

The move has drawn attention within Bangladesh's manpower-export sector, where recruiting agencies are awaiting clarity over how the selected agencies will operate, how they will work alongside the state-run Overseas Employment and Services Ltd (BOESL), and whether the reopening will provide workers with access to jobs at reasonable cost.

The names of the 25 agencies were published on Friday on Malaysia's Foreign Workers Centralised Management System, an online platform used by the Malaysian ...