The government of Malaysia has lifted the entry restriction for foreign nationals from a number of countries, including Bangladesh, with immediate effect. However, to curb further spread of COVID-19 , an entry into Malaysia may only be allowed, on a case-by-case basis upon obtaining a prior entry approval from the Immigration Department of Malaysia. Read: UK removes Bangladesh from travel red list The visitors need to have valid Malaysian visa and must be fully vaccinated (WHO approved vaccines) with a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test result. They will have to undergo mandatory quarantine in accordance with the latest ruling as issued by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia.

After banning Indian nationals from entering Malaysia, the government today extended the ban to cover travellers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the ban covered all categories of long-term social visit pass holders, business travellers and social visitors. "However, exemptions are given to holders of diplomatic and official passports as provided for under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961," he said in a statement today on the Movement Control Order (MCO), Conditional MCO (CMCO) and Recovery MCO (RMCO). He said this category of travellers could enter Malaysia subject to the existing Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). The government had earlier banned visitors from India following an alarming spike in COVID-19 cases in that country.

Malaysia has imposed restrictions on entry of citizens from 12 countries including Bangladesh, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Saturday.