The government of Bangladesh has remained firm on its stand to reject Malaysia's request that only 25 Bangladesh Recruitment Agencies (BRAs) and 250 sub-agents be allowed to send their workers here.

Putrajaya's request and Dhaka's response were recorded in a recent correspondence between Human Resources Minister M Saravanan and Bangladesh's Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad.

The letters sighted by Malaysiakini come after the two ministers signed a five-year Malaysia-Bangladesh labour recruitment agreement on Dec 19 last year...