Dhaka, Oct. 6 -- Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia today (Monday) signed a landmark agreement in Riyadh on the recruitment of general workers, the first of its kind between the two countries in their 50-year history of diplomatic relations.

Bangladesh Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Adviser Dr. Asif Nazrul and Saudi Human Resources and Social Development, Minister Engineer Ahmed bin Sulaiman Al-Rajhi signed the agreement on behalf of their respective side, BSS reports citing a message.

Since 1976, Saudi Arabia has remained Bangladesh's largest overseas labour market, employing millions of Bangladeshi workers.

However, until now, there had been no formal agreement on the recruitment of general workers.

Earlier, two special agreem...