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Workers migration witnesses a boom
Unlike the previous years, Nepalis joining foreign jobs witnessed a boom in Asoj (mid-September to mid-October) despite major festival Dashain.Published on: 2 November 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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Unfair levy gets poor migrant workers poorer
The government's failure to ensure uniformity while raising money for the migrant workers' welfare fund has placed both workers and state coffers at a loss. Current provision ensures that migrant workers bound for the Gulf, the Middle East and Malaysia pay a total of Rs 1,000 to the workers' welfare fund whenever they renew their contracts.Published on: 2 November 2012 | The Kathmandu Post
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Manpower company asking extra cash
Real Radiantal International, a Kathmandu-based foreign employment company, which recently announced a vacancy for 300 different posts in Qatar Airways under free visa, has been found asking money from perspective migrant workers.Published on: 2 November 2012 | The Kathmandu Post
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Migrant worker departures up 19pc in Q1
Departures of migrant workers rose 19 percent in the first quarter of the fiscal year on strong hiring from major labour destinations like Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.Published on: 2 November 2012 | The Kathmandu Post
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Tributes to Gurkha soldiers killed in Afghan attack
The two NATO soldiers shot dead in Afghanistan by a man in Afghan police uniform were a Briton and a Nepali serving with the British Army Gurkha brigade, the British embassy in Kathmandu said Thursday.Published on: 1 November 2012 | Republica
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कोरिया जानेलाई ५ वर्षे बिमा
रोजगार अनुमति प्रणाली (ईपीएस) अन्तर्गत कोरिया जाने कामदारले अब ५ वर्षे वैदेशिक रोजगार बिमा गर्नुपर्ने भएको छ । ईपीएसअनुसार कोरियामा ४ वर्ष १० महिना काम गर्न पाउने भएकाले वैदेशिक रोजगार विभागले ५ वर्षे बिमा नियम बनाएको हो । २००८ देखि ईपीएसअनुसार कोरिया जाने कामदारले हालसम्म ३ वर्षे बिमा गर्दै आएका थिए । विभागका अनुसार नेपाल- कोरियाको श्रम सम्झौताअनुसार सुरुमा ३ वर्षको करार सम्झौता हुने र थप १ वर्ष १० महिना काम गर्न पाउने भएकाले ५ वर्षे बिमा लागू गरेको हो ।Published on: 1 November 2012 | Kantipur
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2 Gurkhas killed in Afghanistan
One of two British Gurkha soldiers shot dead in Afghanistan on Tuesday has been identified as Siddhant Kunwar, a resident of Rambazar, Pokhara-10.Published on: 1 November 2012 |The Kathmandu Post
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Gathering storm
Solutions are obvious. First, the political class should find ways to engage the youth in meaningful employment at home so that their energy can be used to chart the future of their own country. This is where the political class must play its part.Published on: 1 November 2012 | Republica
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Sadhu handed over to DoFE
A day after he was arrested, police today handed over the self-proclaimed sadhu, Bijay Bhandari to the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) for further action.Published on: 1 November 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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Legalisation scheme needs to be liberal: Illegal migrant workers
Over 2,100 migrant workers, who were working illegally abroad, have obtained work permit from the Department of Foreign Employment under the legalisation scheme before going back to their work, officials said.Published on: 1 November 2012 | The Kathmandu Post
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Two British Gurkhas killed in Afghanistan
Two British Gurkhas were killed in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Tuesday, the UK Embassy in Kathmandu said in a statement today.Published on: 1 November 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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Nepali workers to get 5-yr work permit in SKorea
Nepali workers heading for South Korea under Employment Permit System (EPS) will now be granted a work permit for five years, thanks to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the two governments to extend the term of contract.Published on: 31 October 2012 | The Kathmandu Post
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Migrants spending about Rs 59.93 billion for jobs
Migrant workers spend nearly one-fourth of remittance earning to get foreign jobs. About 384,665 new migrant workers, who joined foreign jobs in the last fiscal, spent Rs 59.93 billion on service fees charged by outsourcing agencies for employment in Malaysia, the Gulf — Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain — and other countries.Published on: 31 October 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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Few cheers for government move to legalise uncharted Afghan jobs
Naresh, of Sunsari, has been working at Dyn Corps International, an American company in Afghanistan, for almost three years, despite lacking any legal document for work. Naresh left for employment in the Middle East via the Kathmandu-India-Dubai route and, surprisingly, entered Afghanistan on an airbus chartered by the US Army from Dubai. Even then, he had no visa.Published on: 31 October 2012 | The Kathmandu Post
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अमेरिका लैजाने भन्दै करोडौँ ठग्ने प्रहरी फन्दामा
अमेरिका लैजाने भन्दै करोडौँ रूपैयाँ ठगी गरेर फरार रहेका प्रहरीको सर्वाधिक खोजीमा रहेका गुल्मीका विजय भण्डारी सदरमुकाम तम्घासमा पक्राउ परेका छन्।Published on: 31 October 2012 | Nagarik
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सजिलो छैन अरब
एकदशक विदेस बसेर आएका उदयपुर जाँतेका मिलन राई घर न घाटको भएका छन्। उताबाट फर्केपछि उनी बेरोजगार भएका छन्। मरुभूमीमा जीवनको उर्वर शक्ति खर्चेका ३६ वर्षे राईले जति कमाए सबै उतै सके। कहिले काम पाएनन, कहिले बिरामी भए, कमाएको उतै सके। 'बरु त्यत्तिञ्जेल हलो नै जोतेको भए नेपालमै कमाउँथे होला', उनी पछुतो मान्दैछन् 'अहिले परिवार पाल्नै धौधौ भयो।'Published on: 31 October 2012 | Nagarik
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Qatar under ITUC scanner
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) — a global umbrella of trade unions — has asked UN to inquiry about the migrant workers situation in the Qatari government construction projects.Published on: 30 October 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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