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Thugs Swindle Nepalis Aspiring To Work Overseas
A gang of thugs has swindled a huge amount of money from over two dozen jobless Nepali youths aspiring to work overseas.Published on: 29 April 2011 | Republica
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Nepali killed in Dubai
Dilram Gurung (36) of Maling-3, a worker in a Dubai-based company, was reportedly murdered in Dubai on Wednesday night.Published on: 29 April 2011 | The Himalayan Times
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We must do enough for workers
The government should start skill trainings for overseas job aspirants and pension to returnees through a special arrangement.Published on: 27 April 2011 | The Himalayan Times
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Help coming
A proposed UN Convention could give domestic workers the same protection as formal workersPublished on: 27 April 2011 | The Kathmandu Post
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No place like home
When Mani Ram Rai left Nepal two years ago in search of a better life in Japan, he never imagined what he would have to go through in a country he thought was the safest and most prosperous country in the world.Published on: 22-28 April 2011 | Nepali Times
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Kuwait Firm To Legalize Nepali Workers
Bowing to the persistent pressure from Nepali migrant workers, the Regional Gate Company of Kuwait, which recently came under heavy criticism in the face of 60 laborers´ no work protest, has agreed to legalize them within a couple of weeks.Published on: 21 April 2011 | Republica
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Tea workers up in arms
TEA estates and refineries based in Jhapa have remained closed since Sunday due to workers’ protest.Published on: 20 April 2011 | The Kathmandu Post
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NRB Refuses To Exchange Libyan Dinar
Nepali workers that fled war-torn Libya in haste have landed in new problem after Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) refused to exchange Libyan Dinar that they brought with them.Published on: 19 April 2011 | Republica
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Hard Knocks
WE all have heard the old saying, prevention is better than cure. And as oil mogul Basil Butler puts it, “Prevention is not only better, but, cheaper than cure”.Published on: 17 April 2011 | The Kathmandu Post
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Four Nepalis Arrested In Delhi
The special staff of West Delhi police arrested the Nepalis including a convicted criminal named Buddhi Ram. The accused resorted to first gaining the confidence of the family and then run away with the family's jewellery and cash after drugging them, the police claimed.Published on: 17 April 2011 | Republica
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Nepal, Bhutan yes to resume refugee talks
The duo agreed to resume the talks at the Ministerial Joint Committee level AFTER a nine year hiatus,Published on: 16 April 2011 | The Kathmandu Post
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Dil’s body arrives, finally
IN the second attempt, the body of Dil Bahadur Gurung, who was killed in an attack in Afghanistan, was brought to Tribhuvan international airport, but with a different name.Published on: 16 April 2011 | The Kathmandu Post
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Workers may soon leave for Bahrain again
Hundreds of Nepali migrant workers are expected to return Bahrain soon as the government lifted a partial travel ban.Published on: 15 April 2011 | The Himalayan Times
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No Work, No Study
Nepali students struggle in the UK after a cut in the number of hours they are allowed to work legally.Published on: 15-21 April 2011 | Nepali Times
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Working in-dignity
It's a depressingly familiar scene. But you'd be challenged not to shed a tear at the sight of a coffin being wheeled out of Tribhuvan International Airport and loaded onto a Tata Sumo. A woman wails as she is held back by sombre relatives, "What am I going to tell your daughters?"Published on: 15-21 April 2011 | Nepali Times
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Partial lift on ban for migrant workers
Partially relaxing the ban on its citizens´ entry into politically unrest Gulf countries, the government on Wednesday decided to allow those migrant workers who got stuck in Nepal after coming home on leave to return to Bahrain and Oman to join their companies.Published on: 14 April 2011 | Republica
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The outward pull; The trend of out-migration from Nepal can be traced as far back as 350 BC
MIGRATION has been an inevitable phenomenon throughout human history. And the same is true for the history of Nepal. Nepali migratory movements, like all such movements, can be analysed under two categories: inward migration and outward migration.Published on: 14 April 2011 | The Kathmandu Post
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