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Gefont election
Arjun Chaulagain has been elected chairman of the Kathmandu chapter of General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions. The second convention of the organisation elected him for three years. It elected Dhanendra Mahat as vice-chairman, Raj Kumar Rimal as secretary, Nanda Kumari Dhakal as assistant secretary and Krishna Gopal Maharjan, Bidur Dani, Urmila Ranabhat, Tirtha Thapa Lama, Sarita Karki and Mahesh Pyakurel as members.Published on: 7 October 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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आफन्तबिनाको दसैं
नवरात्रि प्रारम्भ भइसकेको छ। रेडियोमा नारायणगोपालको यो गीत घन्कन थालिसकेको छ। बिछोडको पीडा खप्न नसकेर यो दसैंको माहोलमा आफन्तहरू कोही विदेशबाट त कोही स्वदेशकै ठूला सहरबाट घर फर्कंर्दैछन्। डीभी परेर हाल अमेरिकाको क्यालिफोर्नियामा बस्दै आएकी अम्रिता ढुंगेल पाँच वर्षपछि नेपाल फर्किएकी छन्। पाँच वर्षदेखि अमेरिकामै दसैं मनाउँदै आएकी ढुंगेलले यसपालि स्वदेशमै दसैं मनाउनेछिन्। ‘अमेरिकामा साइतको टीका थाप्न नपाए पनि सानो पूजाकोठामा जमरा भने उमार्थें’, अम्रिता भन्छिन्, ‘सबै नेपाली एकै ठाउँमा भेला भई तास खेल्थ्यौं। एकअर्कालाई टीका लगाइदिन्थ्यौं।’Published on: 6 October 2013 | Annapurna Post
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30 pc govt secondary teachers untrained, Only 14 pc women in service
While government authorities blame teachers for the failure of community schools to achieve good results in exams, the teachers, on the occasion of World Teachers´ Day, criticize the government for its reluctance to address the major hurdles in their profession.Published on: 6 October 2013 | Republica
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Remittance keeping economy afloat
Remittance has emerged as one of the biggest factors in poverty reduction. If the individuals that are currently receiving remittance had the payments cut, their poverty level would be at 35.3 percent, compared to 19.3 percent currently, according to the Nepal Millennium Development Goal Report (MDG) Report 2013.Published on: 6 October 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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Call to ensure migrant workers' rights
Nepal has laid stress on the need to hold more talks and share experiences and best practices regionally and globally to protect the rights of migrant workers.Published on: 6 October 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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Malaysia is worse
Recent revelations on the state of Nepali migrant workers in Qatar garnered worldwide attention. They revealed how Nepali workers are needlessly losing their lives in Qatar and are routinely exploited by their employers who burden them with extra work but offer little in return.Published on: 5 October 2013 | Republica
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SC stays Dr Sharma's sacking as envoy to Qatar
Supreme Court (SC) on Friday issued an interim order to the government not to relieve Dr Maya Kumari Sharma of the post of Nepalese ambassador to Qatar.Published on: 5 October 2013 | Republica
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Migrants at receiving end as minor paper errors create major hassles
Young Overseas, a recruiting agency in the capital, obtained pre-approval from the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) for 75 workers to be sent as “production operator labour” to Qatar and Saudi Arabia, six weeks ago. But while issuing visas for these workers, the employer in the labour destination mentioned that they were being hired as “production operator helpers”.Published on: 5 October 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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At UN, Secy Thapa speaks for migrants’ rights
Foreign Secretary Arjun Bahadur Thapa, a member of the Nepalese delegation to the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, participated in the High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development on Friday.Published on: 5 October 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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Apex court stays envoy dismissal
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the government not to take any action for now against Maya Kumari Sharma, the Nepali ambassador to Qatar, who has been recalled.Published on: 5 October 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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मलेसियामा २१ युवा अलपत्र
मलेसियामा अलपत्र २१ नेपाली युवाले उद्धारका लागि पहल गरिदिन नेपाल सरकारसँग आग्रह गरेका छन् । रोजगारीका लागि ४५ दिनअघि त्यहाँ पुगेका उनीहरूले आफूलाई काममा पठाउने मेनपावर कम्पनीले अलपत्र पारेको भन्दै उद्धारका लागि आग्रह गरेका हुन् ।Published on: 4 October 2013 | Kantipur
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BPKIHS surgery department padlocked
The surgery department Chief Dr Chandra Shekhar Agrawal’s office at BP Koirala Institute of Health and Sciences was padlocked today.Published on: 3 October 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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Nepal takes up migrants' plight with Qatar
In the wake of recent media reports about appalling working conditions in Qatar, where scores of Nepali workers have been reported to have died on construction sites, the government has taken up the issue with Qatari officials and demanded better treatment for workers as guaranteed by international labour laws.Published on: 3 October 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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Govt grills Qatari envoy over Nepali migrants’ plight
Officiating Foreign Secretary Ambika Devi Luintel on Tuesday took up the plight of Nepali migrant workers with Qatari Ambassador to Nepal Ahmed Jaseem Mohammed Ali al-Hamer.Published on: 3 October 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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Work approval requirements to be relaxed
Bowing to pressure from the Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies (NAFEA), the government plans to endorse a controversial decision relaxing the requirements to obtain a work approval.Published on: 2 October 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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वीर अस्पतालमा दुई दर्जन युनियन
चिकित्सा विज्ञान राष्ट्रिय प्रतिष्ठान वीर अस्पताल (न्याम्स ) भित्र मात्र दुई दर्जनभन्दा बढी कर्मचारी युनियन छन। एउटै संस्थामा यति धेरै कर्मचारी युनियन हुने नेपालभित्र न्याम्स संभवतय पहिलो संस्था हो। वीरमा नेपाली कांग्रेस निकट नेपाल स्वास्थ्यकर्मी संघ, एमाले निकट राष्ट्रिय स्वास्थ्यकर्मि संघ, एमाओवादी निकट अखिल नेपाल प्रगतिशिल स्वास्थ्यकर्मि संगठनका साथै मधेशी दल निकट आधा दर्जन बढी कर्मचारी युनियनहरु पनि छन्।Published on: 2 October 2013 | Annapurna Post
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Paid in blood
The conditions described in last week’s Guardian exclusive entitled, “Revealed: Qatar’s World Cup ‘slaves’” are emblematic of the situation of migrant workers throughout the Gulf region, not just in Qatar, and not just on high-profile FIFA projects. Nonetheless, perhaps it is the merit of this event to at least bring migrant issues in focus for a wider audience of readers.Published on: 2 October 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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