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Migration to war-torn countries for greener pastures on the rise
Despite potential security threats, many Nepalis are being drawn to high-risk, war-torn countries like Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. While deepening poverty and the lack of employment opportunities in the home country are push factors, migrants are attracted by the high salaries offered.Published on: 20 March 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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मलेसियाका कामदारलाई दूतावासको आग्रह- 'आन्दोलन नगर्नुस्'
मलेसियामा रोजगारदाता कम्पनी र आप्रवासी कामदारबीच तनाव बढेपछि त्यहाँस्थित नेपाली दूतावासले नेपालीलाई आन्दोलनमा सहभागी नहुन आग्रह गरेको छ। मलेसियामा कार्यरत नेपाली कामदारलाई सम्बोधन गरी जारी गरिएको विज्ञप्तिमा कुनै समस्या परे तत्काल दूतावासमा सम्पर्क गर्न भनिएको छ।Published on: 20 March 2013 | Nagarik
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दुई नेपालीलाई आममाफी
इराकमा जेल सजाय भोगिरहेका दुई नेपालीलाई त्यहाँको सरकारले आममाफी दिएको छ। पाकिस्तानस्थित नेपाली दूतावासको पहलमा सजाय माफी पाएका उनीहरुलाई इराक सरकारले सोमबार नेपाल फिर्ता पठाएको छ।Published on: 19 March 2013 | Nagarik
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Migrant Worker: Orientation not on par with standard
In the backdrop of increasing misuse of orientation certificate, the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) has accelerated the number of its surprise checkups at various authorised orientation centres in the Kathmandu Valley.Published on: 19 March 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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कोरियामा अवैधानिक कामदारलाई कडा नियम
सरकारले अवैधानिक प्रवासी मजदुरहरूका लागि नयाँ नियम लागू गरेको छ । नयाँ नियमअनुसार लुकीछिपी बसेका अवैधानिक कामदार ससम्मान स्वदेश फिर्ता नभए कडा सजाय दिइने छ । पछिल्लो समय अवैधानिक कामदारबाट हिंसात्मक गतिविधि बढ्दै गएपछि यहाँको अध्यागमन विभागले उनीहरूलाई नियन्त्रण गर्न नयाँ नियम ल्याएको हो । विभागले अवैधानिक कामदार भएको कम्पनी अवलोकन गर्न साना तथा मझौला उद्योगहरूलाई पूर्वसूचना दिइने जनाएको छ । त्यस्ता उद्योगमा अवैधानिक कामदार प्रयोग गरेको पाइए रोजगारदातालाई २ करोड वन -१८ हजार १० अमेरिकी डलर) अथवा तीन वर्षसम्म जेल सजाय दिइने विभागले विज्ञप्तिमा बताएको छ ।Published on: 18 March 2013 | Kantipur
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Nepali migrants held in Malaysia
The Malaysian government today arrested some Nepali migrant workers — from various places in Maur — who were planning to seek minimum wages, according to the Malaysian news agencies.Published on: 18 March 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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Not adding up
Around 7,500 students graduated from the five universities in Nepal this year alone, with many stating they are already wary of lack of job opportunities in the country and planning to search for greener pastures abroad. On the flip side, industries across the country report a lack of skilled human resources as the major challenge facing them.Published on: 17 March 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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Workers protest in Malaysia
The Nepali government has urged its citizens working in Malaysia to follow the labour laws of the destination. Nepali workers in Malaysia have started protesting after the Malaysian government started deducting the levy from their salaries according to the new minimum wage policy adopted in January, 2013. Issuing a press statement, the Nepali embassy in the destination has said that it is in talks with Malaysian authorities to find an amicable solution to the issue.Published on: 17 March 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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Computer-based Korean test
EPS Centre Nepal is planning to conduct the Computer-Based Test (CBT) of Korean language on March 28-April 3. According to the centre, about 245 EPS returnees have filled the forms to take the exam.Published on: 17 March 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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EPS plans to hire Nepalis in construction sector
The Employment Permit System (EPS) Centre in Nepal has taken the initiative to recruit Nepali workers in the construction sector. It will open a few hundred more jobs in South Korea — the most lucrative job destination for Nepalis.Published on: 17 March 2013 |The Himalayan Times
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Brick kiln workers at risk of back pain
A free mobile health camp organised at the Shree Mili Hanuman Brick Kiln at Jhaukhel, Bhaktapur found that around 75 per cent of workers suffered from acute back pain, arthritis, high or low blood pressure and gastritis, raising serious concerns about the poor who are forced to work in squalid conditions to make their ends meet.Published on: 17 March 2013 | The Himalayan Times
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गिम्दीका युवा पनि विदेशिन थाले
मुलुकका विभिन्न जिल्लाका युवा विदेशिने क्रम बढेको बेला ललितपुरको दुर्गम क्षेत्रको रुपमा चिनिएको गिम्दीमा पनि युवा विदेशिने क्रम बढेको छ ।Published on: 17 March 2013 | Nagarik
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After ‘harassment’, Nepali students pulled out of Karnataka college
Nine Nepali female students have been rescued from a college in the Bidar district of the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka after persistent efforts of their parents and the New Delhi-based Nepali embassy. They had been facing harassment from the officials of the local Rural College of Nursing for the last one and a half months, their parents have said.Published on: 17 March 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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भारतीय कलेजमा ९ नेपाली छात्रा बन्धक
दक्षिण पश्चिमी भारतीय राज्य कर्णाटकस्थित एक प्राविधिक शिक्षालयमा बन्धक ९ नेपाली छात्राको उद्धार गरिएको छ । नयाँदिल्लीस्थित नेपाली दूतावासको सक्रियतामा ती छात्राका अभिभावकले कर्णाटकको बिदारस्थित रुरल कलेज अफ नर्सिङबाट उद्धार गरी गत साताको अन्त्यतिर उनीहरूलाई यहाँ ल्याएका हुन् । उद्धार गरिएका छात्रामा सप्तरीका ७ एवं सुनसरी र मोरङका एक/एक जना छन् ।Published on: 17 March 2013 | Kantipur
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युवा स्वरोजगार कार्यक्रम प्रभावहीन
युवा स्वरोजगार कार्यक्रमअन्तर्गत ४ वर्षअघि काम गर्न आवेदन दिएकामध्ये एक प्रतिशतले पनि रोजगारी पाउन सकेका छैनन् । सरकारले छुट्टै निकाय गठन गरे पनि हालसम्म जम्मा ५ हजार ५ सय १२ जनाले मात्र रोजगारीका लागि कोषबाट ऋण लिएर गएका छन् । जबकि रोजगारीका लागि कोषको अवधारण सुरु भएलगत्तै ६ लाखले आवेदन दिएका थिए । कोषको सचिवालयका अनुसार ६ लाख आवेदन परेकामध्ये करिब ३ लाख ४८ हजारले तालिम लिएका थिए । त्यतिखेर अर्थ मन्त्रालयले तोकेअनुसार केही सहकारी र बैंकमार्फत सोझै पैसा उपलब्ध हुने व्यवस्था थियो । तोक आदेशमा मात्र तालिम लिएका युवायुवतीलाई रकम दिने गरिएकाले धरैले रोजगारी नपाएको कोषका अधिकारीहरूको दाबी छ ।Published on: 17 March 2013 | Kantipur
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An elusive return
It’s been evidenced by data in the past few years that more than half of the Nepali student population, especially from reputed colleges in the Capital, go abroad immediately or a few months within clearing their +2 exams. As for those that remain, many will follow their counterparts to foreign universities after waiting a year or two.Published on: 16 March 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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पोर्ट हार्कोटको आकाशमा
अनुसा उदास, वर्ष २३ । पोखरामा जन्मेकी, कालिम्पोङको ग्राहम्स होम्जमा पढे-बढेकी र दक्षिण अपिकामा पाइलट कोर्स गर्न गएकी यी युवती अहिले अफ्रिकी आकाशमै उडिरहेकी हुन्छिन् । नाइजेरियाको पोर्ट-हार्कोट, वारी, इकेट वा लेगोस बेसका आकाशमा उनी सिगल चराझैं हतारमा यताउता गरिरहेकी हुन्छिन् ।Published on: 16 March 2013 | Kantipur
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