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It has long been known that Nepali workers in the Gulf countries face appalling conditions at both their workplace and living quarters. There are regular new reports and efforts to campaign on their behalf. A number of NGOs also exist that seek to ameliorate their suffering.Published on: 30 September 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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Home-bound workers rue ‘border harassment’
Migrant workers returning home from India for the Dashain festival as well as the Constituent Assembly election have complained of harassment and extortion by Indian security personnel and custom officials at the Nepal-India border.Published on: 30 September 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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EDITORIAL: Harsh reality
Nepal received Rs. 438.54 billion in remittance in the fiscal year 2012/13. It is all because of the hard labour of the Nepali migrant workers in various countries of the world, particularly the Gulf countries. As far as the remittances are concerned, it is sweet music, but the conditions that the Nepali workers have to endure are beyond imagination.Published on: 30 September 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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Judicial remand for NOC trade union chief
The Special Court today remanded Nepal Oil Corporation Trade Union Chairman Devi Prasad Neupane to judicial custody till tomorrow. Neupane has been facing the charge of obstructing the investigation of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority against his bosses.Published on: 30 September 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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Envoy takes dismissal to court
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a writ petition challenging Maya Kumari Sharma’s dismissal as Nepali Ambassador to Qatar on technical grounds.Published on: 30 September 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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भारत जाने युवा गाउँमै रोकिए
रझेना ५ कौशिल्यानगरका पूर्णबहादुर थापा केही वर्षअघिसम्म भारतको सिमलामा मजदुरी गर्थे । सिजनमा हिमाञ्चल प्रदेशको सिमलामा स्याउ टिप्ने र नजिकका बजारमा ढुवानीको काम गर्ने थापा, अहिले गाउँमै रोकिएका छन् । काका आइतबहादुर दर्लामीले खोलेको 'आइत बिजुली भण्डार' मा कार्यरत थापाले यसअघि झन्डै तीन वर्षसम्म सिमलामा मजदूरी गरे ।Published on: 29 September 2013 | Kantipur
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Refugees get 30 days to decide on resettlement
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee has granted a month’s deadline to Bhutanese refugees who had earlier filled forms for third country settlement, to reconfirm their choice.Published on: 29 September 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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After two and half months, RBS boss resumes job
The Rastriya Beema Sansthan (RBS)’s administrator, Ram Bahadur Khadka, has resumed his usual job in his office after being barred for two and half months, forbidden to enter into the office of the employees’ unions.Published on: 29 September 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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Educated, unemployed and mobile
Of a number of problems the country is currently grappling with, unemployment is one of the most critical. While international organisations like the World Bank have suggested that more than 40 percent of the population is unemployed, government data from the Nepal Living Standard Survey (NLSS) 2010/11 shows unemployment to be at about two percent.Published on: 29 September 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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Labour ministry to seek better treatment
The Ministry of Labour and Employment is all set to request the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to formally urge the Qatari government to look into the working conditions of Nepalis employed in the Gulf country as cases of deaths and labour abuses at project sites related to the 2022 World Cup, were exposed.Published on: 29 September 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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Stakeholders' suggestion on revising Labor Act
At a time when the government is mulling to revise the existing Labor Act, stakeholders on Friday held discussions over the draft and urged the government to revise the act in a way that would ensure cordial relations between the workers and employers.Published on: 28 September 2013 | Republica
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NOC trade union chief in CIAA custody
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority today arrested Nepal Oil Corporation Trade Union Chairman Devi Prasad Neupane on the charge of obstructing investigation it had launched against his bosses.Published on: 28 September 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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'हामी कुनै महानायकको पर्खाइमा छैनौं’
लामो समयदेखि नेपाली समाजको अध्ययनमा केन्द्रित प्राध्यापक पीताम्बर शर्मा अहिले यो समाज सबभन्दा धेरै उदार भएको ठान्छन् । लम्बिइरहेको समाजको संक्रमणबाट चिन्तित देखिने उनी 'रेमिट्यान्स' र आर्थिक विकासलाई पनि फरक ढंगले हेर्छन् । नेपाली समाजमा परिवर्तन भइरहेका विभिन्न आयामहरुबारे प्रा. शर्मासँग कान्तिपुरका लागि यज्ञश र अनमोलमणिले गरेको वार्ता :Published on: 28 September 2013 | Kantipur
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राजदूत मायाकुमारी किन भइन् पदच्यूत?
परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालयले मौखिक रुपमा फिर्ता बोलाउँदा अटेर गरेकी कतारका लागि नेपाली राजदूत मायाकुमारी शर्मालाई सरकारले पदच्यूत गरेको छ। डेढ वर्षअघि एकीकृत माओवादी कोटामा राजदूत भएकी उनलाई बिहीबार मन्त्रिपरिषद बैठकले पदमुक्त गरेको हो।Published on: 27 September 2013 | Nagarik
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Nepal's ambassador to Qatar recalled
It reports that from June 4 to August 8‚ 44 Nepalis died in Qatar‚ most from heart attack‚ while constructing 2022 World Cup stadium. The government today recalled Nepal’s ambassador to Qatar Maya Kumari Sharma for publicly speaking about slave-like conditions in Qatar, but recent series of reports by The Guardian reveal a ghastly situation in the Gulf country for Nepali labourers.Published on: 27 September 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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मलेसियामा २१ नेपाली अलपत्र
रोजगारीका लागि गएका २१ नेपाली युवा मलेसियामा अलपत्र परेका छन् । काठमाडांैको जेनुन प्लेसमेन्ट प्रालिमार्फत ३७ दिनअघि सुरक्षा गार्डको भिसामा त्यहाँ पुगेका नेपालका विभिन्न जिल्लाका २१ युवा कम्पनीले सम्झौता गरेबमोजिम काम नदिएपछि अलपत्र परेका हुन् । मलेसिया पुगेपछि रोजगारदाता कम्पनी आफूहरूलाई लिन नआएको र पठाउने म्यानपावर कम्पनीमा सम्पर्क गर्दा अर्कै काम र कम्पनीमा जानुपर्ने बताएपछि आफूहरू अलपत्र परेको तेह्रथुम जिरिखिम्ती २ का विमल सोदेम्वाले मलेसियाबाट फोनमा बताए ।Published on: 27 September 2013 | Kantipur
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१० वर्षमा ३५ लाख रोजगारीको प्रतिबद्धता माग
दोस्रो संविधानसभाको निर्वाचनका टिकट बाँडफाट तीव्र भइरहेका बेला उद्योग वाणिज्य महासंघले १० वर्षमा ३५ लाख रोजगारी दिन सक्ने आधार तयार पार्न दलहरूलाई चुनौती दिएको छ । संविधानमै बजेट ल्याउने मिति तोकिनुपर्ने, ठूला पूर्वाधारमा निर्वाध लगानीको वातावरण बनाइनुपर्ने र हालको आर्थिक वृद्धिदरलाई कम्तीमा ३ गुणा बढाउने कार्ययोजना दलहरूले घोषणापत्रमै समेट्नुपर्ने सुझाव महासंघको छ ।Published on: 27 September 2013 | Kantipur
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