, Oct. 29 -- A new opportunity has opened up for Bangladeshi recruiting agencies to send workers to Malaysia, as the Malaysian government moves toward providing equal access for all licensed agencies from Bangladesh.

For years, recruiting agencies from other countries enjoyed greater opportunities to participate in Malaysia's worker recruitment process. This is because when it came to Bangladesh, Malaysia repeatedly limited the number allowed to operate in their market. Following a 2021 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Putrajaya authorised only about 100 Bangladeshi agencies to send workers, out of around 2500.

With the selection criteria that was used not being very clear, this was likened to a 'syndicate' that inflated migration cos...