Home / News
-
Terrified Mahottari villagers sheltering in India
Locals of over half a dozen villages of Mahottari district have left their homes and crossed over to India citing security risk from the District Administrative Office (DAO). Devendra Yadav, vice general secretary of Sadbhawana Party informed that 800 families of the district have taken refuge in Vittamod while 300 families have taken shelter in Madhapur, Bihar.Published on: 14 September 2015 | Republica
-
Nepali travellers safe in SArabia
Following a crane collapse that resulted in 107 deaths in Mecca on Friday, the Nepali Embassy in Saudi Arabia informed that Nepalis in the holy city are in safe condition.Published on: 13 September 2015 | The Kathmandu Post
-
Around 2,000 houses to be pulled down for Araniko Highway expansion
Around 2,000 houses are set to be demolished along the Araniko Highway from Kavre’s border point Sanga to Dolalghat’s Bandeu. After the Division Road Office, Bhaktapur issued a directive to the District Land Revenue Office and Land Survey Office in Kavre to demolish structures built within 25m from the centre of the road, residents on the roadside have been terrified.Published on: 13 September 2015 | The Himalayan Times
-
Nepali maids raped: Rights activists demand Saudi embassy to punish diplomat
Women rights activists handed over a letter to the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Kathmandu demanding punishment for two Saudi Diplomats working in New Delhi charged of sexually abusing two Nepali Women. Members of two organisations working in the field of migration--National Network for Safe Migration and Collation for Right to Mobility--also staged a sit-in in front of the Embassy in Maharajgunj.Published on: 12 September 2015 | The Kathmandu Post
-
गैरकानुनी कामदारलाई ६ महिना कैद
इंग्ल्यान्ड र वेल्समा अवैध रूपमा काम गरेको प्रमाणित भए ६ महिनासम्म जेलमा बिताउनुपर्ने भएको छ । दुवै स्थानमा लागू हुने गरी ल्याइएको अध्यागमनसम्बन्धी विधेयकमा यस्तो प्रावधान छ, यो सेप्टेम्बरदेखि नै लागू भएको छ । विधेयकमा गैरकानुनी कामदार प्रयोग गर्ने टेक वे रेस्टुराँ र अफ लाइसेन्स पसलहरूप्रति पनि कडा प्रावधान राखिएको छ । अवैध कामदार राखेमा तिनीहरूको लाइसेन्स जफत हुनेछ ।Published on: 12 September 2015 | Kantipur
-
Saudi diplomat shifts to Delhi embassy as rape allegations fly
Following allegations of gang rape, torture and murder threats, a New Delhi-based Saudi diplomat on Thursday shifted to his country's embassy from his apartment in Gurgaun. According to SSP Rajendra Man Shrestha, counsellor at Nepal's embassy in New Delhi, the diplomat shifted to the Saudi embassy along with his family to avoid possible arrest. He said that the Indian authorities have expedited procedures for taking action against the diplomat.Published on: 11 September 2015 | Republica
-
Earthquake-hit families still await relocation
Quake-displaced Dudhamaya Sunuwar of Harkapur-9 in the district has been living in a temporary structure built in another ward for past four months.Published on: 11 September 2015 | The Kathmandu Post
-
Melamchi contractor finally agrees to submit revised schedule Melamchi Water Supply Project
After over nine months of stalled attempts, the government and the Italian civil contractor for Melamchi Water Supply Project's (MWSP's) have finally reached an agreement. The government accuses the contractor of delaying tunnel works and head works of MWSP citing one excuse or other.Published on: 11 September 2015 | Republica
-
DoFE compiling records of Israel job aspirants PLANS TO SEND ALL 300 WORKERS WITHIN A YEAR IN TWO GROUPS
The government has started compiling records on number of individuals possessing skills of caregivers. The move is targeted at preparing a roster of potential aspirants, selecting, conducting tests and sending them for jobs in Israel.Published on: 11 September 2015 | The Himalayan Times
-
विदेशी जनशक्ति नेपालमा
विदेशी जनशक्तिले नेपालमा काम गर्न अनिवार्य श्रम स्वीकृति लिनुपर्ने भए पनि सरकारी अनुगमन नहुँदा हजारौंले अवैधरूपमा काम गरिरहेका छन्। अवैध काम गरेको थाहा पाए पनि सरकारले अनुगमन प्रभावकारी बनाएर कारबाही गर्न सकेको छैन। सरकारसँग अहिलेसम्म जम्मा ११ हजार सात सय जना विदेशी नागरिकले काम गर्न अनुमति लिएको तथ्यांक छ। तर, विवरण राख्ने निकाय नै थप हजारौंले नेपालमा अवैध काम गरिरहेका अनुमान भए पनि अनुगमन गर्न नसकिएको स्वीकार गर्छ।Published on: 11 September 2015 | Annapurna Post
-
'खानै नदिई बलात्कार गरे'
भारतमा साउदी अरबका कूटनीतिज्ञबाट यौन शोषणामा परेका दुई नेपाली महिला नेपाल आइपुगेका छन्। ३० र ५० वर्षका उनीहरूलाई बिहीबार दिउँसो दिल्लीबाट हवाईमार्ग हुँदै स्वदेश ल्याइएको हो। दिल्लीनजिकै हरियाणाको गुडगाउँस्थित साउदी कूटनीतिज्ञको घरमा दुई नेपाली युवतीलाई बन्धक बनाई चरम शारीरिक र मानसिक शोषण गर्ने गरेको सूचनाका आधारमा स्थानीय प्रहरीले सोमबार छापा मारेर उनीहरूलाई मुक्त गरेको थियो |Published on: 11 September 2015 | Nagarik
-
Cops track agents after Nepali women abused by Saudi diplomat
Nepal Police have tracked the agents involved in trafficking two Nepali women, who were allegedly tortured and sexually abused by a Saudi diplomat in India.Published on: 10 September 2015 | Republica
-
Daily wage workers badly affected by curfew, strikes
Life of daily wage workers have been hit hard due to the strike and curfew order in Tikapur, Kailali district. Balkrishna Chaudhary, a daily wage worker, of Tikapur Municipality-8, has been without work for the last one month. Chaudhary would remain busy with carpentry work before the Tharus launched agitation demanding a separate province for them in the new federal set up.Published on: 9 September 2015 | Republica
-
Refugees seek UN help
Bhutanese Refugees’ organisations today submitted a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan through the UNDP office in Kathmandu appealing the world body’s urgent intervention for resolving the refugee problem in Nepal.Published on: 9 September 2015 | The Himalayan Times
-
Bhutanese refugees demand repatriation
Around 200 Bhutanese refugees staged a sit-in at Beldangi Camp in Jhapa on Tuesday, demanding repatriation. Harkajung Subba, the vice-chairman of Bhutanese Refugee Janamanch (BRJ), said it was their right to return to their country while urging the government of Nepal and the United National High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to take the initiative to address their demand.Published on: 9 September 2015 | The Kathmandu Post
-
१० हजार चालक/सहचालक बेखर्ची • तराई बन्दको असर
भारतको आन्ध्र प्रदेशस्थित गुन्टोरबाट २७ दिनअघि रातो खुर्सानी बोकेको ट्रक लिएर आएका चालक जीएम राव वीरगन्जमा अलपत्र परेका छन् । वीरगन्ज भन्सारको यार्डमा १५ दिनदेखि उनको ट्रक थन्किएको छ । यहाँ रहेका आयातकर्तालाई फोन गर्दा नउठाएकाले उनलाई खुर्सानी ‘निल्नु न ओकल्नु’ भएको छ ।Published on: 9 September 2015 | Kantipur
-
कोरियामा ४ जना नेपाली पक्राउ • ४ भियतनामी र ५ चिनियाँ पनि पक्राउ
कोरियाको थेगु सहर क्षेत्रबाट अवैधानिक रुपमा बसाेबास गरेका नेपाली सहित १३ विदेशी कामदार पक्राउ परेका छन् । सोमबार दिउँसो ३.३० बजे कोरियाली अध्यागमन विभागका कर्मचारीले सन्जु बसपार्क नजिकै रहेको केसी टेक नामक सिएनसी कम्पनिमा काम गरिरहेको अवस्थामा उनीहरुलाई पक्राउ गरेका गरेको हो ।Published on: 9 September 2015 | Kantipur
GET IN TOUCH