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Becoming their fathers
Singapore's Gurkha Contingent was formed in 1949. The unit saw action in the ensuing decades against militant unions and in racial riots, where their image as a neutral force became an asset. Today, they are entrusted with protecting Singapore's most important people and installations. Their signature broad-rimmed hats and khukuris are familiar sights outside top ministers' homes. Thousands of Nepali teenagers apply to be Gurkhas in the British Army and Singapore Police Force each year, but less than 200 will join the ranks of this elite fighting force. Singapore Gurkhas and their families return to Nepal after their retirement, but many of their children want to follow in their father's footsteps.Published on: 4 January 2013 | Nepali Times
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Harnessing the diaspora for sustained development
Diaspora, persons who have migrated and whose descendants maintain a connection to their homeland, are potential source that Nepal can harness for economic development. About 982,000 people have emigrated from Nepal up to 2010, states the Migration and Remittances Factbook, 2011 of the World Bank. Unrecorded migrants, children and grandchildren boost the number sharply, although there are no good estimates particularly due to illegal emigration, open border and high integration of Nepal with the Indian economy.Published on: 4 January 2013 |The Himalayan Times
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एनआरएनको इन्भेस्टमेन्ट कम्पनीमा कोरियाबाट ६ करोड
गैरआवासीय नेपाली संघ (एनआरएन) ले सामूहिक लागानीमा जलविद्युत् परियोजना सञ्चालन गर्न स्थापना गरेको इन्भेस्टमेन्ट कम्पनीमा कोरियामा रहेका एनआरएन सदस्यहरूले ६ करोड रुपैयाँ लगानी गर्ने भएका छन् ।Published on: 4 January 2013 | Kantipur
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कोरियामा नेपाली कामदारले सञ्चय कोष पाउँदैनन्
रोजगार अनुमति प्रणाली -ईपीएस) मार्फत कोरिया आएका नेपाली श्रमिकहरू सञ्चय कोष पाउनबाट वञ्चित हुँदै आएका छन् । कोरिया र नेपालबीच भएका श्रम सझदारीमा यसबारे उल्लेख नगरिएकाले उनीहरूले यो सुविधा नपाएका हुन् । कामदारको न्यूनत्तम तलबमानको ४.५ प्रतिशत र रोजगारदाताले ४.५ प्रतिशत जम्मा गरी रोजगार अवधि समाप्त भएपछि ब्याजसहित एकमुष्ट पाउने नियम यहाँको सरकार बनाएको छ । नेपाली कामदारले रोजगार अवधि पूरा भएपछि बिमाबापतको रकम मात्रै पाउँदै आएका छन् ।Published on: 4 January 2013 | Kantipur
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अस्ट्रेलियामा ठगिए नेपाली विद्यार्थी
सप्तरीको जग्गा बेचेर अस्ट्रेलिया पढ्न नेपाली विद्यार्थी रितेश देवकोटा त्यहाँको कलेजको त्रुटिका कारण शैक्षिक प्रमाणपत्रबिना बेखर्ची भएर स्वदेश फर्कनुपरेको छ। चार वर्षअघि डिप्लोमा इन हस्पिलाटी म्यानेजमेन्ट र कमर्सियल कुकेरी पढ्न अस्ट्रेलिया गएका देवकोटा पढाइमा उत्कृष्ट हुँदाहुँदै पनि त्यहाँको होम्स कलेजले चाहिने शु्ल्क रु १८ लाख लिएर रित्तो हात घर फर्किनुपरेको गुनासो आज शिक्षा पत्रकार समूहद्वारा आयोजित छलफल कार्यक्रममा गरे।Published on: 3 January 2013 | Nagarik
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मलेसियामा कामदारको तलब बढ्यो
मलेसियामा कार्यरत नेपाली कामदारको मासिक तलब न्यूनतम २६ हजार रुपैयाँ (९ सय रिंगिट) भएको छ। मलेसियाली सरकारले आप्रवासी कामदारको न्यूनतम पारिश्रमिक निर्धारण गरी मंगलबार (जनवरी १) बाट कार्यान्वयनमा ल्याएको हो। यो निर्णयले मलेसियामा वैध रुपमा कार्यरत चार लाखभन्दा बढी नेपाली कामदारलाई पनि राहत मिल्नेछ। संशोधित निर्देशिका कार्यान्वयनबाट त्यहाँ कार्यरत नेपाली कामदारको मासिक तलब कम्तीमा १० हजार रुपैयाँ बढेको छ।Published on: 3 January 2013 | Nagarik
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Nepalis to gain as Malaysia hikes pay 65 pc
The Malaysian government has implemented a raise of 65 percent in basic salary, benefiting millions of low-income workers including migrants, effective from New Year 2013, as part of the government´s drive to transform the country into one of the high-salary nations. Among those benefiting are Nepali workers in significant numbers.Published on: 3 January 2013 | Republica
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Govt mulls lifting Iraq, Afghanistan work ban
Given the high number of Nepali migrants working in high-risk countries, the government is planning to provide legal status to thousands of such migrants in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan.Published on: 3 January 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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अध्यागमनका निर्देशक र महानिर्देशकमाथि पनि अनुसन्धान गर्न माग
सरकारले अध्यागमन विभागका तत्कालीन महानिर्देशक सुरेश अधिकारी र निर्देशक लेखनाथ पोख्रेललाई अझै छानबिनको दायरामा नल्याएकामा अधिकारवादीहरूले आपत्ति जनाएका छन् । उनीहरूलाई पनि तत्काल निलम्बन गरी अनुसन्धान गर्नुपर्ने उनीहरूको माग छ ।Published on: 2 January 2013 | Kantipur
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Foreign employment in 2012: Anomalies prevailed, despite reform moves
Despite some initiatives from the government to regulate overseas labor migration, the foreign employment sector remained in the limelight in 2012 for all the wrong reasons -- rise in incidence of swindling, illegal trafficking of job-seekers with promises of lucrative jobs, mistreatment and exploitation by overseas employers.Published on: 2 January 2013 | Republica
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Unmade in Japan
Govinda Mainali, wrongfully imprisoned in Japan, has reportedly demanded 68 million yen (Rs 69 million) as compensation, the highest amount he can claim as per Japanese law. Mainali was jailed in 1997, accused of raping and murdering a woman in Tokyo.Published on: 2 January 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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Day 6: Protesters at PM’s residence refuse to budge
An amalgam of people from various walks of life staged a sit-in protest for the sixth consecutive day outside the prime minister’s official residence in Baluwatar, demanding stern action in the recent string of gender-based violence.Published on: 2 January 2013 | The Kathmandu Post
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विमानस्थलमा लुट : कर्मचारी नै मिलाउँछन् सेटिङ
अध्यागमन विभागमा सदैव चल्दै आएको संगठित घूस/ठगी धन्दाको एउटा उदाहरणका रूपमा मात्र भोजपुरकी युवती लुटपाट/बलात्कार प्रकरण संयोगवश सार्वजनिक भएको पाइएको छ । खास गरी विभागको मुद्दा फाँटमा कार्यरत कर्मचारी यो धन्दामा केन्दि्रत हुने एवं त्यहाँ पोस्टिङ पाउन कर्मचारी युनियन र दलहरूको प्रभाव व्यापक प्रयोग गरिने देखिएको छ ।Published on: 1 January 2013 | Kantipur
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Edu firm pockets fees; Nepali students in China high ‘n’ dry
Dozens of Nepali students in China are on the verge of deportation due to the embezzlement of their tuition fees by educational consultancies.Published on: 1 January 2013 |The Kathmandu Post
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When Sita Rai occupied Baluwatar
Nepal’s political parties have been in a deadlock for months, trying to negotiate which Party gets to “occupy” the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar. While that political wrangling continues, on Friday a peaceful gathering dubbed “Occupy Baluwatar” began quite organically outside the Prime Minister’s residence. It’s demand? Sita Rai was robbed by immigration officers and then raped by a police constable. Deliver her justice. Yesterday was Day 4 of Occupy Baluwatar and its largest gathering yet. Yesterday, the Home Ministry also formally charged the Director and Director General of Immigration Department for corruption.Published on: 1 January 2013 | Republica
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MBBS, MD students left in lurch in China
More than 60 Nepali students enrolled in MBBS and MD programs in various universities in China have been left in the lurch after Motherland Charitable Foundation failed to pay the fees to the universities.Published on: 1 January 2013 | Republica
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इराकमा अड्केको 'एम्नेस्टी'
'अवैधानिक प्रवेश' गरेको अभियोगमा इराकको वार्सा जेलमा १६ महिनादेखि थुनामा रहेका दुई नेपालीले बिताउनुपर्ने जेल सजायको अवधि अझै चार वर्ष छ । अनाहकको सजाय खेपिरहेका यी नेपालीलाई छुटाउने हो भने 'नेपाल सरकारले गरेको आग्रहसहितको एम्नेष्टी-पत्र जरुरी छ' भनेर बग्दाद प्रशासनले अवगत गराएको पनि निकै भएको छ । तर एम्नेष्टी माग्ने प्रक्रिया र पत्रको भाषा निक्र्यौल गर्दागर्दै यत्तिका समय बितेको छ ।Published on: 31 December 2012 | Kantipur
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