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South Korea hikes EPS quota
South Korea has increased Employment Permit System (EPS) quota by 9,000 for the year 2012. South Korean Ministry of Employment and Labour has decided to hire a total of 57,000 migrant workers under EPS system from source countries including Nepal.Published on: 20 January 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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साउदीमा बन्धक महिलाको उद्धार
साउदी अरबमा चार महिनादेखि बन्धक एक महिला उद्धारपछि घर फर्केकी छन् । रोजगारका लागि साउदी पुगेकी तनहुँ, फिरफिरेकी ३१ वर्षीय लालु विश्वकर्मालाई त्यहाँस्थित नेपाली दूतावासले उद्धार गरी घर पठाएको हो । बन्धक भएको बारे समाचार सार्वजनिक भएपछि दूतावासले उद्धारको पहल थालेको थियो ।Published on: 19 January 2012 | Kantipur
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Gurkhas in Nepal saddened by British job cuts
Gurkha veterans in Nepal spoke of their sadness and sense of injustice today at Britain's decision to axe 400 jobs in the brigade as part of a wave of defence cuts.Published on: 19 January 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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Less Nepalis died in Qatar last year
More than two dozen less Nepalis lost their lives in Qatar – the popular job destination for Nepali migrant workers – last year. Nepali embassy in Doha recorded 13 suicide cases, 92 deaths from cardiac ailments, 35 deaths from road accidents and 22 deaths at workplaces totaling to 162, Gulf Times reported quoting ambassador Suryanath Mishra today.Published on: 19 January 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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After four-month ordeal, woman arrives home from Saudi Arabia
Lalu Bishwokarma, who was held hostage by her employer in Saudi Arabia, returned home after 21 months and reunited with her family. She was rescued by the Riyadh-based Nepali Embassy and sent home.Published on: 19 January 2012 | The Kathmandu Post
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Worker battered to death in Dang
A person working at Ghorahi Cement Factory in Laxmipur of Dang district was beaten to death.Published on: 18 January 2012 | The Kathmandu Post
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British Army lay off 400 Gurkhas
The British Army on Tuesday announced to lay off around 400 Gurkha soldiers from the Brigade of Gurkhas.Published on: 18 January 2012 | Republica
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4,500 UK army personnel to lose jobs
The British government has decided to shed over 4,000 army personnel, including high-ranking officers as part of its second tranche of redundancy programme announced to address the budget deficit, reported a British newspaper.Published on: 18 January 2012 | The Kathmandu Post
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Bell at Tribunal
Fraud case of Bell International has registered at the Foreign Employment Tribunal on Monday.Published on: 17 January 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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‘Nepalis are hard workers’
Ambassador of South Korea to Nepal Il-Doo Kim has said that Nepalis are hard workers and honest.Published on: 17 January 2012 | The Kathmandu Post
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29 Nepalis, 14 Indians held with forged Nepali passports
The Department of Immigration (DoI) has seized 43 forged Nepali hand-written passports used by both Nepali and Indian nationals in the month of December, 2011.Published on: 16 January | 2012 | Republica
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Heavy penalty
Israeli government has decided harsh punishment to illegal migrant workers. Israeli parliament has approved the new penalties law last week which allows law enforcement authorities to imprison illegal migrants for an unlimited time without trial.Published on: 16 January 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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Nepal gets few caregiver job offers from Israel
Israel – the most preferred destination for Nepali women – lately has been demanding less Nepali caregivers than it was expected to. Around 100 Nepali women migrant workers have reached the destination in last two months following the reopening of the destination in November 2011.Published on: 16 January 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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Trade unions and the hopes for industrial growth
The peace process is in progress and the new constitution is being drafted, albeit slowly. This has resulted in a longer transitional period.Published on: 15 January 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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Victim migrants can work in Malaysia'
Malaysian government has decided to grant work permit to victims of trafficking and exploitation, official news agency Bernama reported on Friday.Published on: 15 January 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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3,829 Nepalis benefit from amnesty
About 3,829 Nepali migrant workers taken benefit from Malaysian amnesty announced August last year. According to Home Affairs Ministry of the destination, a total of 73,637 illegal migrant workers from over a dozen countries benefited from the state pardon.Published on: 15 January 2012 | The Himalayan Times
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अरब जानेको स्वास्थ्य परीक्षण शुल्क घट्ने
साउदी अरब जाने कामदारको स्वास्थ्य परीक्षण जिम्मा पाएको गाम्का नेपालले स्वास्थ्य परीक्षण शुल्क एक साताभित्र घटाउने छ। गाम्काले दुई साताअघि स्वास्थ्य परीक्षण शुल्क ४ हजार रुपैयाँ पुर्याएको थियो। यसअघि साउदी जाने कामदारले ३ हजार २ सय रुपैयाँमात्र तिर्नुपर्थ्यो।Published on: 15 January 2012 | Nagarik
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