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Malaysia’s immigrant workers: The country’s powerful economy has drawn in millions of foreigners, at the cost of sharp social tensions
On a recent weekend excursion out of the city, I stopped for coffee at a cluster of roadside shops selling refreshments for travelers heading to the jungle-shrouded highlands that form the spine of Malaysia. A young ...Published on: 12 April 2016 | The Kathmandu Post
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Many destitute children trafficked to India: CIB
Many children displaced by last year’s devastating earthquake were taken to India, a preliminary investigation by Nepali Police’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) shows.Published on: 12 April 2016 | The Kathmandu Post
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2 Involved in Hundi Arrested
Metropolitan Police Circle Office, Lainchaur on Monday raided Debu Travel Agency located on the 4th floor of Kathmandu Mall and arrested two persons for running the illegal Hundi business (money transfer via illegal channels).Published on: 20 April 2016 | Republica
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Minister: Female Migrants Unsafe
Minister for Labour and Employment Deepak Bohara has ruled out the possibility of sending women for foreign jobs in the present context.Published on: 20 April 2016 | The Kathmandu Post
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'वैदेशिक रोजगारीको आडमा मानव बेचबेखिन मौलायो'
वैदेशिक रोजगारीमा जान युवायुवतीको आकर्षण बढिरहेका बेला मानव तस्करको ठूलो गिरोह यसैको आडमा मानव बेचबिखनमा सक्रिय रहेको औंल्याइएको छ।Published on: 20 April 2016 | Nagarik
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नेपाली भन्दै अमेरिका छिर्दै: दक्षिण अमेरिकामा नेपाली भनेर पक्राउ पर्नेहरू अन्य मुलुकका नागरिक भएको खुलासा, २०१५ मा १४ सय नेपाली कोस्टारिकामा पक्राउ
दक्षिण अमेरिकी मुलुकमा नेपाली भनेर समातिएकाहरूमध्ये अधिकांश अन्य दक्षिण एसियाली मुलुकका नागरिक भएको पाइएको छ । नेपाली भनेपछि तत्काल फर्कनु नपर्ने हुनाले दक्षिण एसियाली अन्य मुलुकका नागरिकले पनि आफूलाई नेपाली भन्ने गरेका हुन् । दक्षिण अमेरिकी मुलुक कोस्टारिकाका अधिकारीहरू र अमेरिका पसेका नेपालीले दिएको जानकारीबाट उक्त कुरा खुलासा भएको हो ।Published on: 20 April 2016 | Kantipur
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Migration Causes Labour Shortage in Parsa-Bara
Factories in the Parsa-Bara Industrial Corridor are facing a growing shortage of workers as the trend of going abroad for employment has spread in the region.Published on: 19 April 2016 | The Kathmandu Post
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Govt mulling options without nulling policy: Free-visa-free-ticket issue
In the wake of strong arguments for and against the free-visa-free-ticket regime, the government has started exploring possibilities of increasing service charges while retaining the low-cost policy that binds the overseas-based employers to provide air ticket and visa to migrant workers.Published on: 8 April 2016 | The Kathmandu Post
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Infographics: Remittance Flows in Nepal
As a share of its GDP, Nepal was the third largest recipient of remittances in 2014. Remittance inflows to Nepal amounted 29.2 percent of GDP in 2014.Published on: 18 April 2016 | Republica
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Qatar set to send Bippa proposal to Nepal govt
The Qatari government has informed that they have been making preparations to send Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (Bippa) proposal to the government of Nepal. At a meeting with visiting UCPN (Maoist) leader Narayankaji Shrestha on Sunday, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad al-Meraikhi said they are in the process of sending Bippa proposal to Nepal.Published on: 18 April 2016 | The Kathmandu Post
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कतारसँग बिप्पा गर्न कसरत
कतारसँग द्विपक्षीय लगानी तथा सुरक्षण सम्झौता (बिप्पा) गराउन एमाओवादी उपाध्यक्ष रहेका पूर्वपरराष्ट्रमन्त्री नारायणकाजी श्रेष्ठले पहल गरेका छन् । कतार प्रतिव्यक्ति आयका आधारमा विश्वकै धनी मुलुक मानिन्छ ।Published on: 18 April 2016 | Annapurna Post
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Shrestha Asks Qatar to Give Nepalis Free Visa, Free Ticket
UCPN (Maoist) leader Narayan Kaji Shrestha has requested the Qatar government to help Nepal send migrant workers to the emirate in a free-visa-free-ticket arrangement.Published on: 17 April 2016 | The Kathmandu Post
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रोजगारदाताले दिन्छन्, दलालले खान्छन्
गैरआवासीय नेपाली संघ (एनआरएनए) अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय समन्वय परिषदका सदस्य मुक्तिनाथ बरालका अनुसार ओमनलगायत खाडीका अन्य मुलुकका रोजगारदाताले कामदार ल्याउन प्रशस्त लगानी गरेका हुन्छन् । उनका अनुसार फिलिपिन्सबाट कामदार ल्याउनुपर्यो भने फिलिपिनो दूतावासमा २५० अमेरिकी डलर (करिब २७ हजार रुपैयाँ) सेवा शुल्क र १४४ डलर (करिब १५ हजार ५ सय) बिमा खर्च अनिवार्य जम्मा गर्नुपर्छ । साथमा भिसा र टिकट पठाउनैपर्छ । ‘नेपालीको हकमा पनि रोजगारदाताले खर्च र टिकट–भिसा दिएकै हुन्छन्,’ उनले भने, ‘दलालमाथि दलाल लाग्ने भएकाले मात्र कामदारको टाउकामा भार थपिएको हो ।’Published on: 17 April 2016 | Kantipur
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WB: Remittance inflows soared after earthquake: Migrant workers sent $6.6 billion to their families in 2015, up 20.9pc year-on-year
Remittance inflows to Nepal rose sharply immediately after the Gorkha Earthquake as migrant workers rushed money to their families for living expenses and rebuilding destroyed homes, a World Bank report said.Published on: 15 April 2016 | The Kathmandu Post
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Nepal’s envoy to Saudi injured in knife attack: Assailant Laxman Bahadur Rai of Sunsari detained
Nepal’s Acting Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ananda Prasad Sharma, was attacked with a knife at his office on Thursday by a fellow citizen.Published on: 15 April 2016 | The Kathmandu Post
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Nepali envoy stabbed in Saudi Arabia
Nepal’s Acting Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ananda Prasad Sharma was stabbed when he was on duty at his office in Riyadh today.Published on: 15 April 2016 | The Himalayan Time
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साउदीमा सुतेकै अवस्थामा मृत्यु
घर बिदामा जाने तयारीमा रहेका एक नेपाली युवाको सुतेकै अवस्थामा मृत्यु भएको छ। सुनसरी, प्रकाशपुरका ३४ वर्षीय विष्णुदेव चौधरीको सुतेकै अवस्थामा यही वैशाख १ गते राति मृत्यु भएको हो। जुबैलस्थित रेड सि हाउजिङ सर्भिसेज कम्पनीमा कार्यरत चौधरीको मृत्यु हृदयघातबाट भएको अनुमान गरिएको छ। उनको मृत शरीरलाई पोस्टमार्टमका लागि यहाँको सरकारी अस्पतालमा राखिएको छ।Published on: 15 April 2016 | Nagarik
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