Dhaka, July 3 -- Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Adviser Asif Nazrul has clarified that Malaysia is expected to recruit not more 40,000 manpower from Bangladesh from next year.

He further stated that the upcoming recruitment drive for Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia will be significantly smaller than the widely anticipated one to 1.2 million figure.

The adviser said this while addressing a seminar titled "Japan's Labour Market: Opportunities and Challenges," organised by the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment at the International Mother Language Institute in the capital on Wednesday.

In his speech, Asif Nazrul pointed out the different possibilities and complexities surrounding Malaysia's recruitment pr...