Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury expressed optimism that Bangladesh could receive positive developments regarding the Malaysian labour market by July, saying the outcomes of the Prime Minister's recent visit to Malaysia would begin to materialize from next month.

“We expect good news regarding the Malaysian labour market within July,” he told journalists after inspecting ongoing activities of the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment at Sylhet Osmani International Airport.

A ministry statement issued Wednesday said.

Referring to the Prime Minister’s Malaysia tour, the minister said the visit was highly successful and productive, bringing positive progress in labour migration, manpower export and several other areas through high-level discussions between the two countries and the sincere cooperation of the Malaysian government and people.

He hoped that Malaysia’s Human Resources Minister and Home Minister would visit Bangladesh by July so that people could see some tangible progress on various ongoing issues.

The minister said the government was giving top priority to repatriation of bodies of Bangladeshi nationals killed in Qatar, keeping in touch with the affected families and providing them with necessary assistance.

Divisional Commissioner Md Mashiur Rahman, Joint Secretary of the Expatriates’ Welfare Ministry Debjit Singh, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Md Shamsul Islam, Acting Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet Pinki Saha and Director of Sylhet Osmani International Airport Hafiz Ahmed, were present during the inspection.