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Recruiting
agencies suspect foul play in Qatar hirings : Nepal
Association of Foreign Employment Agencies says a few
agencies have formed a syndicate to exclusively send
workers to the Gulf country, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 26/11/2020), Raids
of four manpower agencies expose ‘syndicate’ to supply
workers to Qatar (rep 27/11/2020)
Despite
COVID-19 fears, thousands of Nepalis leave for India
to earn bread and butter, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal
(rep 23/11/2020)
KMC
invites jobless daily wagers to participate in ‘Cash
for Work’ scheme (ht 22/11/2020)
569
local governments receive Rs6.89 billion for jobs
programme, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/11/2020)
पूरक
बजेट : एक अनिवार्य विकल्प : प्रादेशिक एवम् स्थानीय
सरकार र उद्योग वाणिज्य क्षेत्रका समानान्तर
संरचनाहरूलाई रोजगारीका अवसरहरूको पहिचान र सिर्जना गर्न
संघीय सरकारले स्रोत र वातावरण प्रदान गर्नुपर्छ
[Supplementary budget: a mandatory option : The federal
government should provide resources and environment to
the provincial and local governments and the parallel
structures of industry and commerce to identify and
create employment opportunities, by Achyut Wagle (ka
18/11/2020)
Nepali
missions abroad yet to verify demand for workers :
Without the verification, recruiting agencies say
thousands of workers have not been able to go despite
the Cabinet decision to resume labour migration
in August, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/11/2020)
Make
youths skilled : The three tiers of the government
need to work in tandem to find other ways out to
provide the needed skill to the returnee migrants
(ht 03/11/2020)
Few
migrant workers seek refund for their repatriation
cost from government : The government directive made
it possible for returnee workers to claim refund for
flight tickets, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
02/11/2020)
Engaging
returnee migrants in country a pressing issue (ht
02/11/2020))
Large
number of people from Sudurpaschim Province are
leaving for India for jobs after Dashain festival,
by Mohan Budhaair (kp 30/10/2020)
Even
amid pandemic, Nepali migrant workers continue to seek
jobs abroad : Nepali migrant workers see ray of
hope in labour destination countries that are
re-opening their economies as they fail to find jobs
at home, foreign employment experts say, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/10/2020)
Returnee
women migrant labourers stare at bleak future, survey
finds : While some of them want to go abroad for work
again due to lack of opportunities in the country,
others want government help to stay in the country to
start their own business., by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 18/10/2020)
No
takers for government’s migrant repatriation plan,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 15/10/2020)
Over
560,000 Nepalis lost jobs since the outbreak of
COVID-19 pandemic: Govt (rep 12/10/2020)
Health
facilities certifying migrant workers’ fitness decry
scrapping of licence : The agencies, which had
criticised a hike in guarantee amount, are further hit
by the revocation of their licences at a time when
their business has remained affected for months,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/10/2020) [???]
Government
indifferent to plights of Nepali workers in India,
experts say : They continue to remain out of foreign
labour policies even though Nepalis have been going to
work in India for centuries, by Chandra Kumar
Mandal (kp 0/10/2020)
Small
but improving demand for Nepali workers offers hope
for foreign job sector, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 09/10/2020)
Coronavirus
infections hit labour migration offices : From
providing compensation to issuing labour permits,
works have taken a hit as labour-related offices are
dealing with Covid-19 among their staff, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 08/10/2020)
‘Address
issues of undocumented workers’ (ht 07/10/2020)
Uncertainty
looms over Korea jobs, language tests : Thousands of
Nepali workers who were selected for jobs in Korea in
2020 have been unable to take them up, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 03/10/2020)
Nepal
and Israel seal deal on labour, agriculture (kh
01/10/2020), Making
workers pay for Israel jobs is a step back from
zero-cost recruitmentRecent labour policy calls for
employers to bear recruitment fees, airfare and
related costs, but the latest accord to send 500
nurses to Israel makes Nepalis pay the fees, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/10/2020)
Mass
migration : The unemployment problem cannot be
addressed unless all levels of govt work together to
create jobs within the country (ht 29/09/2020)
Bodies
of hundreds of migrant workers repatriated after
resumption of flights : More than 150 workers were
cremated abroad with the consent of their families due
to months of repatriation delays caused by flight
restrictions amid the Covid-19 pandemic, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 28/09/2020)
22,000
Nepali migrant workers leave for India (ht
28/09/2020) [?????]
Nepal
to sign pact with Israel to send caregivers, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/09/2020)
Nepali
workers and their families to benefit from Malaysian
government’s social security scheme : The social
security scheme will cover migrant workers in case of
work-related injuries, sickness and death, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 24/09/2020)
Parbat
sees return of labour force following relaxation in
lockdown measuresThe district has made quarantine
period mandatory for all migrant workers
returning to the district to keep a check on
coronavirus infections, by Agandhar Tiwari (kp
23/09/2020)
Migrant
workers would return home with money and gifts. Now it
is just themselvesWith contracts terminated and jobs
lost due to the pandemic, homecoming for Nepalis
who left the country for work is not a joy amidst an
uncertain future, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
20/09/2020)
Employment
programmes not stopping Sudurpaschim folk from going
to IndiaOver 10,000 Nepalis have already crossed the
border at Gauriphanta to reach India since mid-August,
by Mohan Budhaair (kp 20/09/2020)
As
Malaysia reserves jobs for locals, space for Nepalis
reeling under pandemic shrinks more, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 19/09/2020)
Saving
jobs during Covid crisis, by Nhasala Joshi and
Shweta Acharya (rep 15/09/2020)
Returnee
migrants and their management : When they come home,
out-migrants can revive rural economic activities that
were abandoned in the conflict era, by Kul Kapri
(kp 13/09/2020)
Industries
and factories begin operations in Province 5 with
local labour force : Local workforce is filling the
vacuum created by foreign workers who left for their
home when the pandemic hit, by Madhav Dhungana (kp
12/09/2020)
Undocumented
migrant workers to get support to return home : They
had so far been excluded from the government’s
repatriation schemes, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
12/09/2020)
4
million jobs added to Nepal’s economy in past decade,
a report says : Despite great strides, not all job
seekers have access to quality jobs, especially women
(kp 11/09/2020) [This report
sounds strange at a time when hundreds of thousands,
if not millions, of labour migrants are returning,
looking in vain for jobs at home!]
Access
to formal jobs more restricted for women (ht
11/09/2020)
Plan
to replace foreign workers with Nepalis in various
sectors is easier said than done : At a time when many
Nepalis have lost jobs, a comprehensive strategy could
ensure work for them at home, officials say, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/09/2020)
Nepalis
in the Middle East fear starvation as government
delays repatriation, by Rudra Khadka (rep
10/09/2020)
As
migrant workers start returning home, local levels
feel the heat to create jobs : Local governments
across country prioritise employing returnee migrant
workers mainly in agriculture and local development
sectors, with some coming up with innovative ideas,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/09/2020), Burden
of unemployment : We cannot afford off-and-on
lockdowns and prohibitory orders that jeopardise the
economy (kp 07/09/2020)
Job
schemes come into question as virus-induced
unemployment hits rural youths hard : Several
employment schemes have been rolled out to absorb the
labour force at home, but they are failing to
stop youths from migrating, and the trend has started
with many leaving for India for work, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 06/09/2020)
Overstay
fines become hurdle for Nepali workers waiting to
return : Many workers have been charged with hefty
fines for overstaying their visas as flights to Nepal
were suspended for months due to Covid-19 pandemic,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 05/09/2020), Repatriation
quandary persists even with funds to support migrant
workers’ airfare : While Nepali embassies in labour
destination countries struggle with the complicated
verification process, labour rights activists
question the government’s commitment to bring citizens
home, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 05/09/2020)
Government
partially reopens foreign employment hit by pandemic.
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 01/09/2020)
Migrant
Workers In Gulf Being Charged Exorbitant Fares For Air
Tickets, by Modnath Dhakal (rn 31/08/2020)
Migrant
workers don’t have shelters to go to when they need
them the most : A Supreme Court decision in 2010 and
existing provisions allow officials to set up safe
homes which could have served workers even during the
pandemic, say labour rights activists, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 30/08/2020)
Hundreds
of migrant workers on their job-break can now return
to their jobs : Over 5,600 Nepali migrant workers have
received re-entry labour permits to report back to
their jobs abroad after the government decided to
allow them to migrate, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
29/08/2020)
Recruitment
agencies fight among themselves over Japan
employmentDispute erupted after some agencies formed a
separate body to work on various issues of employment
in Japan, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/08/2020)
Nepal
Tourism Board to begin job retention programme from
Kaski district (ht 18/08/2020)
Government
plan to repatriate only 500 migrant workers a day
comes under fire: There are hundreds of thousands
wanting to return home and this number is growing with
the expiry of more visas, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 16/08/2020)
Nearly
a quarter of Nepal’s workers lose jobs due to
coronavirus: Central Bank (ht 14/08/2020)
Jobs
of nearly 50,000 workers associated with party venues,
catering services at risk (ht 14/08/2020)
Unemployment
in Nepal worsens as government fumbles for a response,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 14/08/2020)
Prime
Minister Employment Programme has so far proved to be
a let-down for jobless citizens: The much-talked-about
programme has yet again failed to provide a minimum
100 days of employment, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 09/08/2020), ‘I
and my wife go to bed hungry to keep children fed’:
Returning migrants in Sudurpaschim and Karnali face a
bleak future. Government is still unclear how to
provide help, by Arjun Shah, Basanta Pratap Singh
and Chandani Kathayat (kp 09/08/2020)
OVID-19
renders one-fourth private sector workers jobless, NRB
survey finds: Businesses expect to return to normality
in nine months (rep 09/08/2020)
Government
decision to create thousands of temporary positions
draws controversy: Experts say the move adds burden to
the state coffers, already reeling under the corona
pandemic, by Anil Giri (kp 08/08/2020
Time
to talk turkey: Address the warnings beforehand to
stop an unemployment pandemic (kp 06/08/2020)
Set
up a mechanism for ensuring migrant workers wages,
labour rights activists say: A large number of workers
have returned home unpaid with no guarantee of being
paid, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/08/2020)
Kuwait
lifts Covid-19 travel bans but Nepalis still not
allowed: The decision has cast uncertainty on the
future of hundreds of Nepalis, including the workers
who had returned home during their job break from
Kuwait, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 01/08/2020)
Recruiting
agencies decry government directive on repatriation of
migrant workers: As per new repatriation directive
recruiting agencies should ensure that Nepali workers
get air tickets, salary and other benefits before they
return on tickets bought from Migrant Workers’ Welfare
Fund, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 27/07/2020)
Nepal
yet to send workers to Japan under new deal: Sixteen
months after Nepal and Japan signed a labour deal,
details on how Nepali workers are to be selected and
recruited still remain sketchy, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 26/07/2020) [On top
of this nonsense: How shall they get there?]
Implementation
of guidelines to repatriate stranded workers fraught
with challenges: Long verification processes might
further delay repatriation, fear experts, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 24/07/2020)
‘I’ll
have to migrate sooner or later.’ Returnee migrant
workers are unaware of government job schemes: Several
programmes have been rolled out to help migrant
workers, but a study finds the government has failed
to communicate these programmes to the beneficiary
groups, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/07/2020)
Government
lifts licence renewal provision for recruiting
agencies this year: The one-time relaxation comes in
light of the Covid-19 impact on the foreign employment
sector, but agencies continue their demand for
repealing the provision, by Chandan Kumabr Mandal
(kp 21/07/2020)
Migration
woes: The government must come up with plans to
reintegrate foreign employment returnees and aspirants
(kp 21/07/2020)
Covid-19
results in massive decline in labour migration
numbers, with no immediate hopes of recovery: The
number of labour permits issued to migrant workers has
slumped to a new low owing to the pandemic, but
available jobs are likely to be even fewer, labour
migration experts warn, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 20/07/2020)) [This is just
one of several serious problems that the government
should take care of day and night. Instead, the
incompetent PM Oli and his party colleagues have only
their personal power ambitions in the visor! Nepal,
quo vadis?]
Local
levels to prepare list of unemployed people
(ht 20/07/2020)
Over
80 percent Nepali migrant workers want to return home,
engage in self-employment (rep 18/07/2020)
Reverse
migration puts spotlight on social, economic
reintegration of returnees (ht 17/07/2020)
Aspiring
workers grow impatient as flights to Korea remain
suspended: Years of hard work could go down the drain
if the government doesn’t make arrangements for them
to leave, they say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
16/07/2020)
Pandemic
has once again thrown light on plights of Nepali women
migrant workers: Blanket ban on women from migrating
overseas for employment has only encouraged labour
trafficking and exploitation, labour migration experts
and rights groups say, by Elisha Shrestha (kp
16/07/2020)
Nearly
600 Nepali workers in Malaysia to get refunds for
their recruitment fees: Malaysia’s leading gloves
maker has agreed to compensate nearly 1,600 of its
foreign workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
13/07/2020)
Supreme
Court asks government why Nepalis working in India are
not considered to be in ‘foreign employment’:
Petitioners say excluding work in India from the
foreign employment category is discriminatory towards
Nepali workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
13/07/2020)
Help
returning workers reintegrate socio-economically,
labour migration analysts tell government: A large
number of Nepali workers returning from Covid-19
affected countries will need employment opportunities
at home after they have lost overseas jobs and there
is no immediate hope of going back anytime soon,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/07/2020)
DoFE
issues nearly 1,500 re-entry permits in one week
(ht 09/07/2020)
Failing
our migrant workers: One would have expected the
present government to be more attuned to the
challenges faced by workers in destination countries,
by Deepak Thapa (kp 09/07/2020)
Tackling
youth unemployment post-pandemic, by Bikas Pant
(rep 08/07/2020)
Jobless
and without pay, migrant workers are returning home.
But they have no recourse for compensation: Labour
migrant experts say the concerned Nepali embassies and
the government should start recording the details of
the returning migrant workers to take the matter to
the court, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 04/07/2020)
Government
starts issuing labour permits to migrant workers on
job break and with renewed contracts: Experts question
the government’s decision as the threat of Covid-19 is
still not over in labour destination countries, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 03/07/2020))
Returning
migrant workers struggle to find job, by Shivaraj
Bhatta and Mahadev Awasthi (ae 26/06/2020)
Build
safety nets: The government must buttress its support
system to help those rendered jobless by the pandemic
(kp 22/06/2020)
Out-of-job
domestic workers are struggling for survival even as
lockdown is relaxed: Up to 85 percent of domestic
workers lost their jobs during the lockdown—and now
there is no safety net for them, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 21/06/2020)
Post-COVID-19
Employment In Forestry Sector, by Hari Prasad
Pandey and Ganesh Paudel (rn 19/06/2020)
Supreme
Court orders government to use welfare fund to
repatriate Nepali workers stranded abroad: Tens of
thousands of Nepalis willing to return home are still
stranded for a lack of money to buy air tickets and
clarity on repatriation modality, Sangam Prasain
& Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/06/2020), Nepali
embassies’ ill-treatment of workers continues even
during pandemic: A video gone viral on social media
shows an official at the UAE embassy cold- shoulder a
Nepali man in distress, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 17/06/2020)
They
can make a difference: Returnee migrants can play a
vital role in Nepal’s post-COVID-19 recovery with
their skills and capital, by Lorena Lando (rep
16/06/2020)
Foreign
employment agencies decry government’s notice calling
for licence renewal: Companies engaged in the foreign
employment sector have said that they cannot apply for
renewal as their business has remained completely shut
due to the Covid-19 pandemic, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 15/06/2020)
Government
task force says Nepal needs 1.5 million jobs to avoid
unemployment crisis: The government has set the target
of creating only 700,000 jobs over the next fiscal
year, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/06/2020) [Job creation has been neglected by
all governments for many years. Now these politicians
are getting the credit!]
Program
for the poor: How welfare-to-work programs can protect
the poor and vulnerable during the difficult times,
by Tara Kanel (rep 10/06/2020)
Migrant
rights groups slam government plan to charge migrant
workers for their repatriation: A writ petition has
been filed at the Supreme Court demanding free
repatriation and medical services for Nepali workers
stranded in various labour destination countries,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 05/06/2020)
Government
to set up ‘labour bank’ to link employers and workers:
A labour ministry task force has recommended that the
government establish a mechanism to maintain a real
time database on workers and their skills so that
employers can hire them when needed, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 02/06/2020)
Government
eyes massive 700,000 jobs within the country: Experts
say the government plan of creating jobs is neither
new nor adequate to deal with the Covid-19 fallout,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/05/2020)
Recruiting
agencies want their guarantee amount back as their
business is affected due to Covid-19: Government could
provide some concessions depending on the status of
recruiting agencies but also need to make such
agencies responsible towards plights of migrant
workers, experts say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
26/05/2020)
PMEP
to be promoted as major source of employment next
fiscal (ht 26/05/2020)
Deceased
migrants are being cremated overseas as lockdowns
delay repatriation: Families have been left without
option because of the uncertainty caused by the
pandemic, officials say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 24/05/2020))
At
least 500,000 migrant workers want to return home at
the earliest, says report: Nepal Association of
Foreign Employment Agencies says 10-30 percent of jobs
held by Nepalis in Malaysia and the Gulf is gone,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/05/2020), Government
preparing to rescue migrant workers stranded abroad,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 21/05/2020) [The
Oli govt talks of 5 per cent only of those who have to
return urgently!]
Pandemic
threatens to upend labour relations: Workers term
employers’ decision to cut staff, wages ‘unilateral’
and ‘unacceptable’, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
21/05/2020)
Task
force suggests ways to create 2.5 million jobs amid
job losses at home and abroad due to Covid-19: Focus
is on entrepreneurship, reviving sick industries and
utilising land spaces allocated for the industries,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/05/2020) [Such
initiative is overdue for decades!]
Returnee
Migrant Youths Can Play Productive Role, by
Dibyeswar Prasad Shrestha (rn 18/05/2020)
Impact
of COVID-19 on Nepal’s Remittance Economy &
Foreign Employment, by Sunil Kumar Chaudhary (kh
16/05/2020)
Seed
money for migrant workers, entrepreneurs as government
targets employment opportunities inside country:
Without hassle-free procedures for accessing the
initial capital and set criteria as per the
vulnerability of migrant workers, the scheme can not
yield expected results, experts say, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 16/05/2020)
Returnees
in far-west find themselves facing an uncertain
future: Most migrants who returned home this year as
the Covid-19 crisis began came back empty-handed,
by D.R. Pant and Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 12/05/2020)
Motion
tabled in Parliament to repatriate Nepali migrant
workers: The motion of public importance tabled by
Nepali Congress lawmaker Gagan Thapa recommends that
the government initiate rescue and repatriation of
Nepalis from Covid-19 hit countries based on their
status of vulnerability, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 12/05/2020)
Thousands
of Nepali migrant workers from Persian Gulf and
Malaysia expected to return home soon: A study by the
Foreign Employment Board has estimated that at least
127,000 migrants will return home immediately once
travel restrictions are lifted, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 09/05/2020)
Create
employment opportunities for workers affected due to
Covid-19 through new budget, say experts: As workers
at home struggle without jobs and tens of thousands of
migrant workers are likely to return home, experts
suggest the government should be ready to provide jobs
through the upcoming budget, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 02/05/2020), On
International Labour Day, workers remain under
lockdown racked with uncertainty caused by Covid-19
pandemic: Labour right activists say the government
has failed to assure worker’ safety and employment
even if they have been languishing at home and abroad
for a long time now, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
02/05/2020), Budget
planning: The government must buck its own trend of
non-performance to ensure employment to Nepalis
(kp 04/05/2020)
For
undocumented Nepali migrants in Turkey, no jobs, no
food and no health insurance: Thousands of Nepalis in
Turkey are undocumented, which means they have no
access to relief or health insurance to get tested for
Covid-19, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 01/05/2020)
Give
jobs to returnee migrants: House panel (ht
30/04/2020)
Prime
Minister’s Employment Programme may not provide
expected relief to migrant workers affected by
Covid-19, analysts say: The government had pinned its
hopes on the scheme to provide jobs to thousands of
people, but the programme’s track record gives little
to cheer about, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
20/04/2020)
TGAN
welcomes decision to provide alternative jobs (ht
26/04/2020)
Govt
to set up National Employment Authority (ht
25/04/2020)
Govt
to bring self-employment programs worth over Rs 10 bln
(kh 25/04/2020)
Preparing
for Nepal’s returnees: Planning repatriation of Nepali
workers abroad has to go hand in hand with providing
for them where they are, by Upasana Khadka (nt
24/02/2020)
With
hundreds of thousands of migrants predicted to return
home, Nepal needs to brace for a crisis: Hundreds of
thousands of Nepalis who work abroad are likely to
lose their jobs in the aftermath of the Covid-19
pandemic, and they will come home looking for
employment, by Prithvi Man Shrestha and Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 22/04/2020) [The
leading politicians in government and parties are only
interested in power struggles! They do not understand
their main tasks in the interest of the state and the
people! PM Oli's recent actions are the best example!]
An
unequal world for migrant workers: What migrants need
most is comprehensive social protection which will
strengthen their capacity to cope, by Kripa
Basnyat (kp 21/04/2020)
Bodies
of dozens of Nepali migrant workers await repatriation
as international flights are shut down due to
pandemic: Repatriation process of over seventy bodies
have been put on hold for weeks now, a Foreign
Employment Board official says, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 19/04/2020)
“We
don’t want to die in this desert”: Nepali workers in
the UAE plead to be brought home: Dozens of Nepalis
have already been forced to live on the streets with
no shelter and nothing to eat after quitting their
jobs, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 16/04/2020)
Government
to compensate families of migrant workers who die of
Covid-19: The kin of every migrant worker who dies
abroad get Rs 700,000, authorities clarify, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 12/04/2020)
Labor
migration post-COVID-19: This trying time can be an
opportunity for Nepal to convert its remittance based
economy into a more sustainable, eco-friendly and
home-grown economy, by Prakash Bhattarai and
Rajendra Senchurey (rep 12/04/2020)
Insurance
Board revises premiums for migrant workers: Migrant
workers will have to spend less on premiums and they
can pay from abroad through online payment gateways,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/04/2020)
Contentious
provision of foreign employment law to be amended
citing Covid-19 pandemic: After the amendment is
passed, recruiting agencies that had to send a minimum
of 100 workers abroad in a year, won’t have to do so,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/04/2020)
Migrant
workers must not be left behind: Migrant workers have
contributed to keeping the economy afloat. Now it's
time for the government to do its part, by Babu
Ram Pant (kp 04/04/2020)
Repatriation
of bodies of Nepali migrant workers who died abroad
also affected due to Covid-19: Amid international
travel restrictions and lockdowns, officials tell
Nepali missions abroad to hold applications until
further notice, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
29/03/2020)
Kuwait
allows migrant workers on leave to file visa renewal
application online: Nearly 400 Nepalis on holiday at
home wait to return to work, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 27/03/2020)
Nepalis
in Qatar live in overcrowded and squalid conditions
even during pandemic: In the wake of the Covid-19
outbreak, Qatar imposed a harsh lockdown on camps
where migrant workers live in close quarters with
inadequate amenities, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
26/03/2020)
No
concrete steps yet to help migrant workers (ht
25/03/2020)
Covid-19
pandemic likely to devastate country’s labour sector
as ILO projects 25 million job losses globally: While
labour migration has come to a complete halt, more job
cuts are expected in the domestic labour market as
well, labour experts say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 21/03/2020)
As
Malaysia enforces complete lockdown, Nepali workers
struggle with reduced working hours: Nearly 500,000
Nepalis have been living in Malaysia, which remains
the most affected country in South East Asia from the
Covid-19 outbreak, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
19/03/2020)
Demand
verification of workers halted: NAC, Himalaya Airlines
suspend flights to Kuala Lumpur (ht 18/03/2020)
Nepali
missions in Gulf stop approving workers’ documents:
Foreign employment department says no such decision
has been taken by the government, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 17/03/2020)
Crossborder
virus and Nepali migrant workers: The COVID-19
epidemic has hit countries where millions of Nepalis
work, by Upasana Khadka (nt 13/03/2020)
Give
them work: The unemployment problem is an outcome of
the government’s inaction for decades to develop the
productive sectors (ht 11/03/2020)
Thousands
of Nepali workers affected as Qatar imposes temporary
entry ban amidst Covid-19 outbreak: Nearly 40,000
workers with valid work permits are now unable to fly
to Qatar, placing them at risk of being blacklisted,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 09/03/2020), Government
temporarily halts issuing labour permits to Qatar
(ht 11/03/2020)
As
Covid-19 spreads to Malaysia and the Persian Gulf
countries, uncertainty looms over Nepal’s labour
migration: Labour migration to South Korea has been
temporarily halted but no decision has yet been made
regarding Malaysia and Gulf countries with rising
Covid-19 cases, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
07/03/2020)
Hundreds
of young, healthy Nepalis die sudden deaths in foreign
lands. No one knows what’s killing them: Otherwise
healthy men in the prime of life suffering cardiac
arrests do not constitute ‘natural deaths’, say rights
activists, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/02/2020)
New
statistics show 1.33 million people ‘unemployed’ in
country, by Umesh Poudel (ht 29/02/2020)
Nepali
workers won’t be going to South Korea for now: It’s
been over a week since a batch of labourers went to
the east Asian country, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 27/02/2020)
21
Nepali workers lying in coma abroad (ht
19/02/2020)
Govt
provides Rs 2bn for PMEP (ht 17/02/2020)
623
local units get the go-ahead for implementing the
Prime Minister Employment Programme: The government
has revised guidelines to avoid misuse of state funds
and aims to provide 100-days of work for some 60,000
unemployed persons this fiscal year, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 15/02/2020)
Karnali
Province to launch Chief Minister’s Employment
Programme: The government has allocated Rs 900 million
for the programme in the running fiscal year, by
Jyoti Katuwal (kp 12/02/2020)
Scrapping
of sub-agents from foreign employment leads to drop in
fraudulent cases: The Foreign Employment Department
has recorded less number of individual cases, but they
still continue to operate through indirect channels,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/02/2020)
Raw
deal for migrant workers: The government must ensure
the rights of out-migrants (kp 04/02/2020)
Nepali
workers who had returned empty-handed from Qatar three
years ago are set to get their due salaries: The
workers employed by Mercury MENA, a company building
stadium for FIFA 2022 World Cup, were forced to return
without their wages after the firm ran into a
financial crisis, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
03/02/2020)
Easy
loans in Province 2 for labour migrants could
encourage youths to leave country, experts say:
Workers will get up to Rs150,000 at lower interest
rates for funding their departures, but experts fear
easily available funds will make migration first
choice, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/02/2020)
Nepal
starts maintaining data on returning migrant workers:
The new method of maintaining data is expected to help
eliminate foreign employment-related malpractices and
assist in the formulation of labour migration- related
policies, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 31/01/2020)
Online
payment gateways available for migrant workers: The
new agreement between the Foreign Employment
Department and online payment gateways makes it easier
for migrant workers to pay for insurance, welfare fund
and also for the re-entry work permits from labour
destination countries in the near future, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 27/01/2020)
Prime
Minister Employment Program: KMC spent only Rs 2.5m
last fiscal year, by Sujita Pradhan (rep
27/01/2020)
Government
will provide compensation to 315 families of migrant
workers who died in Nepal: The latest changes in law
have made it possible for families to avail the
compensation, even if migrant workers died in Nepal,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/01/2020)
Experts
urge priority for safe migration objectives: Nepal is
a signatory to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly
and Regular Migration for the protection of migrants
by formulating required policies, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 24/01/2020)
Frequent
server shutdown at DoFE creates hassles for foreign
migrants (ht 20/01/2020)
New
rules prioritise work for unemployed in construction
projects (ht 19/01/2020)
orkers
from 87 countries employed in Nepal (ht
18/01/2020)
80%
of verdicts in work abroad scams go unimplemented:
Complex nexus of manpower agencies and feckless
government bodies result in insurmountable suffering
for victims, by Bhasha Sharma (rep 05/01/2020)
For
Nepali women seeking work in the Gulf, new routes and
old risks: Despite restrictions from traveling to the
Gulf countries, desperate Nepali women are falling
into traps of trafficking agents who are exploiting
new routes to take them out of the country, by
Parbat Portel (kp 04/01/2020)
Migrant
workers can now seek and apply for foreign jobs
online: A new module introduced by the government for
the selection of migrant workers now allows them to
apply for jobs online without having to approach
sub-agents or recruitment agencies, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (02/01/2020), New
DoFE website makes seeking overseas jobs easier
(ht 02/01/2020)
Labour
market reforms: Policy and legal measures introduced
to improve workers’ conditions at home and abroad have
failed to live up to their promise, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 31/12/2019)
Free
vocational training for youths: Foreign Employment
Board misses training targets, by Sujita Pradhan
(rep 30/12/2019)
Government
makes operational changes in employment drive to make
it more effective: With the available budget of Rs5
billion, the government aims to provide 100 days of
work to at least 60,000 citizens this year under the
programme which has met with criticism for squandering
state funds, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
30/12/2019)
Recruiting
agencies charging up to Rs500,000 for security guard
jobs once again exposes exploitation of workers:
Despite labour pacts with various labour countries for
zero cost jobs, not much has changed on the ground,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 26/12/2019)
Insurance
firms overcharge migrant workers over premium
duration: Poor services, overcharging and limited
options show insurance companies discriminate against
Nepali migrant workers, the foreign employment
department says, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
22/12/2019)
Re-entry
work permit from abroad uncertain in ‘lack of
insurance’: No respite for migrant workers from
visiting Kathmandu to acquire work permit, by
Rudra Khadka (rep 22/12/2019)
For
Nepal’s migrant workers, good news in small bites: On
International Migrants Day, time to reflect on the
gains and challenges ahead, by Upasana Khadka (nt
20/12/2019)
Nepali
migrant workers continue to remain exploited and
ill-informed about their jobs: In a random survey at
Kathmandu airport, National Human Rights Commission
finds migrant workers are still paying hefty fees for
overseas jobs, and remain ill-informed about working
conditions, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
19/12/2019)
Migrants’
health: More efforts are needed for effective
implementation of evidence-informed interventions to
improve the health and well-being of both migrants and
communities affected by migration, by Jhabindra
Bhandari (rep 18/12/2019)
Scores
of Nepali migrant workers go missing every year in
foreign lands: Most missing persons are either in jail
and cannot contact their families or have chosen to
voluntarily break contact after starting new families,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/12/2019)
Concerns over high cost
of hiring Nepalis could hamper labour migration to
Malaysia: With employers exploring more source
countries, there could be a drop in migration of
Nepali workers to the Southeast Asian nation, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 15/12/2019)
No
Nepali job-seeker to go to Japan next year (ht
12/12/2019)
Despite
cost-free jobs deal with Malaysia, Nepali migrant
workers are still paying hefty fees: Desperate to get
jobs, aspirant workers say they are not in a position
to complain against recruiting agencies, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/12/2019)
Department
of Foreign Employment seeks support of other
government agencies for overseas job frauds: The
department seeks collaboration with Nepal Police and
Department of Immigration for controlling malpractices
in foreign employment sector., by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 09/12/2019)
A
year after Qatar’s offer of zero cost jobs to Nepalis,
there is no substantial progress: Despite a series of
negotiations and start of Qatari visa centre in
Kathmandu, officials say they are yet to hear back
from the Arab nation, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
08/12/2019)
Criteria
for employment coordinator fixed (ht 08/12/2019)
Low
worker demand from Malaysia (rep 04/12/2019)
Government
to offer free skill tests for returning migrant
workers: The move will help workers who scramble for
jobs when they return home, officials say, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 03/12/2019)
Nepal’s
labour migration policy: by men, for men: Years of
protectionist mindset towards women migrant labourers
has only made them more vulnerable to seeking
dangerous routes for work abroad, while risking
trafficking and exploitation, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
01/12/2019)
Revision
in policy makes it easier for returnee migrant workers
to access soft loan: The government has removed the
limit of three years after returning from foreign
employment and the need to produce a skill certificate,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/11/2019)
In
defense of Nepali migrant workers: Nepalis are forced
to work abroad and the government should do everything
to ease their burden (kp 26/11/2019)
Foreign
employment department swings into action against fraud
cases: The regulator has collected more than Rs 45
million in six months from recruiting agencies to
compensate migrant workers, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 25/11/2019)
Airline
companies send back migrant workers from airport
without any ‘valid reasons’: As incidents of workers
being deprived of flying by airline companies become
frequent, the foreign employment department writes to
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 24/11/2019)
Govt
to conduct skill-based training for migrant workers
(ht 24/11/2019)
Rights
Of Migrant Workers, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
22/11/2019)
Jordan’s
garment sector remains barred for Nepali workers over
low wage issue: The government has stopped approving
labour demand letters since 2018, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 18/11/2019)
Women
go abroad for work and return duped and abused: There
is no data on women who go abroad for employment, but
the trend is on the rise in Rupandehi, according to an
association of women migrants, by Amrita Anmol (kp
17/11/2019)
NHRC
international conference concludes (ht 15/11/2019)
Government
starts issuing e-stickers to migrant workers (ht
14/11/2019)
Nepal
vows to advocate rights of migrant workers at int’l
meet (ht 13/11/2019)
Workers
fear new rule for Nepali migrants could lead to a loss
of jobs: Workers now need to produce evidence of
skills and the jobs they are currently doing in order
to receive a labour re-entry permit, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 11/11/2019)
Malaysia
job aspirants are lining up for pre-departure services
without pre-work approval: Only 5,000 preliminary
labour permits have been approved but more than
100,000 workers have already paid for medical tests
and obtained security clearance, officials say, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 09/11/2019)
Experts
question decision to accept Rs13 billion loan for
Prime Minister’s Employment Programme: The programme
was criticised last year for shoddy implementation and
the lack of oversight, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
09/11/2019)
Migrant
worker finds farming in Nepal more rewarding: Bishnu
Bhujel has returned home to farm and rescue his family
from bankruptcy, by Naresh Newar (nt 08/11/2019)
Immigration
staffers sending women workers to restricted countries
(ht 01/11/2019)
Recruitment
agency with scrapped licence found still operating:
Department of Foreign Employment intensifies
monitoring after an agency was found holding hundreds
of passports and money of aspirant migrant workers
even after it had been barred from operating, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/10/2019)
Foreign
Employment Board to impart skill training for free to
the unemployed, unskilled and aspirant migrant
workers: 19 different skills identified for free skill
training, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/10/2019)
Nepali
migrant workers returning home from labour destination
countries without wages: Sluggish investigation by the
government agencies is derailing their access to
justice and payment of salary arrears, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 13/10/2019)
Work
stress, loneliness and culture shock are leading
Nepalis to commit suicide in South Korea; Over thirty
percent of deaths between 2009 to 2018 among Nepalis
in South Korea were suicides, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 11/10/2019)
This
fiscal year, Nepalis are already dying in foreign
lands at a rate of two every day: In the last two
months, 124 Nepali workers have died in foreign labour
destinations, primarily Malaysia and the Gulf
countries, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 05/10/2019)
Families
of migrant workers who died abroad can receive
financial support at local level: The latest move will
save time and money for hundreds of aggrieved families
who had to travel to Kathmandu from various parts of
the country for claiming their compensation amount,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 03/10/2019)
Health
Ministry prepares a proposal to send health attachés
to South Korea, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia: The
proposal aims to reduce the death rate of Nepali
migrant workers, by Arjun Poudel (kp 24/09/2019)
Migrant
workers returning home without salary and justice from
Qatar: Amnesty International: Workers’ exploitation
continues despite Qatar’s promise to improve the
foreign labour force’s condition, says the latest
report, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/09/2019)
[see AI
report of 19/09/2019]
Government
formally resumes labour migration to Malaysia after
nearly 16 months: Workers will reach Malaysia as per
the new labour deal that requires employers to bear
all the expenses, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
16/09/2019)
Expanding
job opportunities for all: Remittances have
contributed on average a quarter of the gross domestic
product, but Nepal needs a homegrown supply of
meaningful and productive jobs, by Faris H.
Hadad-Zervos (kp 10/09/2019)
Hike
in guarantee amount for recruiting agencies unlikely
to eliminate malpractices, experts say: The state had
hoped that by increasing the guarantee amount it would
bring down the number of agencies, hence lowering
incidences of workers being cheated, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 07/09/2019)
Govt
scraps licence of 303 manpower firms (ht
05/09/2019)
Gokarna
Bista: Foreign employment is not our main agenda, job
creation inside the country is: Bista faces a
herculean task of creating new jobs and reversing an
exodus of migrant workers within the next five years,
interview with Minister for Labour (kp 03/09/2019)
Migrant
workers now require bank accounts to receive work
permits: Government’s move to make it mandatory for
all aspiring workers to have a bank account, however,
hit a snag on the first day, as almost nobody knew
about the new rule, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
03/09/2019), Bank
account is now mandatory to acquire work permit
(rep 03/09/2019), DoFE
extends bank account deadline for migrants (ht
04/09/2019)
226
manpower agencies apply for merger process (ht
02/09/2019)
Hundreds
of migrant workers, including from Nepal, on strike
after Qatari employer refuses to issue them ID cards:
Nepali workers say they are afraid to go out, fearing
arrest and immediate deportation, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 29/08/2019)
New
provision allows migrant workers to obtain re-entry
labour permits in destination countries: The move will
give respite to thousands of Nepalis who otherwise had
to come to Nepal for getting the permits, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/08/2019)
New
provision to allow Nepali domestic help in Gulf to
return home during break: Nepali workers will be
provided with re-entry labour permit to rejoin their
job in destination countries, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 23/08/2019)
Return
migration: Build nation, and they will come; An
effective way to influence the return of productive
Nepalis living abroad would be to make a strong
domestic push for government accountability in areas
of infrastructure development, social justice and rule
of law, by Keshar M. Ghimire (ht 20/08/2019)
Permanent
account number rule to come into force despite calls
for deferral: The private sector said implementation
should be postponed because of practical difficulties,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 19/08/2019)
As
opportunities for Nepali workers dry up in popular
labour destinations, migration numbers dwindle:
According to government statistics, for the past two
consecutive years, less and less Nepali workers are
applying for jobs in Gulf countries and Malaysia,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 14/08/2019)
Errant
manpower firms under govt scanner (ht 11/08/2019)
Nepal
explores labour market in Europe for Nepali immigrant
workers: The Labour Ministry is holding consultations
with the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary
Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to draft a
labour agreement with Turkey, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 08/08/2019)
Lack
of clarity over ban on Malaysia leads to confusion
among aspiring migrants: The government never formally
announced a prohibition of migrating to Malaysia for
work, foreign employment agencies say, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 05/08/2019)
Nepali
women duped in China have returned home, but their
ordeal is not over yet: Most of them have filed
complaints at the foreign employment department
demanding compensation, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 04/08/2019)
Government
says Prime Minister Employment Programme created over
2.2 million days of work for over 175,000 people:
Minister Gokarna Bista calls the achievement historic,
but there are concerns whether such cash distributive
schemes will help the country—and the people—in the
long run, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/08/2019)
His
last journey home to Nepal: Bishnu KC from Piuthan
becomes a mere statistic in the grim saga of migrant
labour, by Shankar Dahal (nt 02/08/2019), The
heat is killing us, by Sonia Awale (nt 02/08/2019)
With
no jobs at home, hundreds of Nepalis travel to India
to pick apples every year: Although migrant workers
include people of all ages, it is mostly the
unemployed youth that leave for work in Shimla, by
Rupa Gahatraj (kp 01/08/2019)
Migration
from facts: Importance of work-related outmigration
and remittances for Nepali economy warrants setting up
a credible, frequently updated database on the stock
of migrants by destination, by Paras Kharel (rep
31/07/2019)
Insecure
foreign job: The govt must take legal action against
the manpower agency that duped the Nepali women who
suffered in the foreign land (ht 30/07/2019)
Developing
migration diplomacy: Nepal should develop a migration
diplomacy to safeguard rights and welfare of migrant
workers, while maintaining long-term economic
interests in the Gulf countries and beyond, by
Froilan Malit Jr and Anurag Devkota (rep 30/07/2019)
After
Gulf and Malaysia, Nepal reaches out to Europe to send
its workers thereLabour Ministry is approaching
European countries like Germany, Portugal, Poland, and
Turkey as its new labour destinations, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 28/07/2019)
Expats
taking work permit fell 30 pc last fiscal (ht
27/07/2019)
Women
workers in construction sector continue to experience
exploitation on several fronts: The workers are
formally organising against unequal pay, workplace
safety, and workplace harassment, and this is helping
them protect their rights, recent study concludes,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal(kp 26/07/2019)
Govt
to form talks team for youth employment fund (ht
26/07/2019)
Compensation
distributed to families of affected migrant workers
(rep 25/07/2019)
Managing
migration: Nepal needs effective labor sector reforms
based on tripartite social dialogues, involving the
government, employers and workers, by Deepak
Dhital (rep 23/07/2019)
Outflow
of migrants drops by 17pc: Govt, recruiters say
‘Malaysia factor’ led to the drop (ht 22/07/2019)
Govt
told to ensure safe migration, protect rights of women
migrants (ht 20/07/2019)
Women
construction workers: Organising for change: More and
more women construction workers are joining unions as
they help with claiming compensation; Women still earn
almost 30 percent less than men for the same
work, by Feyzi Ismail (kp 17/07/2019)
NHRC
for lifting travel ban on female migrant workers
(rep 17/07/2019)
Climate
of death: Nepali migrant workers who work in the open
field of hot desert like climate in the Gulf are among
the most affected by climate change. Climate change
acts like a double-edged sword for them, by
Ngamindra Dahal and Bhagirath Yogi (rep 15/07/2019)
Remittance
is great, but what of the workers suffering abroad?
National politics play a factor in youth seeking
employment abroad, by Prabha Poudyal (kp
14/07/2019)
Trapped
abroad: Cases of Nepali migrant workers stuck in
exploitative jobs should be handled quickly and
effectively (kp 12/07/2019)
Workers
denied timely wages under prime minister’s job
programme: Dissatisfied workers warn that they will
launch protests if they are not paid by Tuesday,
by Nirmala Khadayat (kp 09/07/2019)
Majority
of people enrolled under PM’s Employment Programme
dissatisfied in Sudurpaschim: The programme has come
under fire for its ineffective implementation plans
(kp 02/07/2019)
Costs
of migration: For our temptation for career and
financial gain abroad, are we not ruining the quality
of life of our parents?, by Sindhu Gyawali (rep
30/06/2019)
Labour
migration: Let’s manage and regulate it, by Pragya
Panta (ht 28/06/2019)
PMEP
bending rules to spend budget, by Umesh Poudel (ht
27/06/2019), A
failed scheme: PMEP has failed to create jobs for the
unemployed people at the grassroots level due to poor
planning and lack of nationwide database of the target
groups (ht 28/06/2019)
Health
insurance mandatory for migrant workers (ht
26/06/2019)
Families
of 104 migrant workers who died during leave to get
compensation: Foreign Employment Board forms task
force to repatriate 28 paralysed and comatose
Nepalis, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/06/2019)
A
vision for vocations: Visionary Nepali sets up a
training centre offering Nepal’s earthquake-affected
an alternative to migration, by Monika Deupala (nt
14/06/2019)
Out-migration
and labour market distortions, by Narayan
Manandhar (kp 13/06/2019)
Unemployment
details collection in Karnali sees delays, by
Nagendra Upadhyaya and DB Budha (kp 12/06/2019)
Nepal
to sign labour pacts with Mauritius, UAE (ht
10/06/2019)
With
heart complications the leading cause of death among
Nepali migrants, doctors recommend blood pressure
screenings before departureIn the last nine years,
over 1,500 Nepali migrant workers have died due to
cardiovascular reasons. But the focus remains on
tuberculosis, doctors say, by Arjun Poudel (kp
06/06/2019)
No
sustenance allowance for unemployed this year, by
Nikeeta Gautam (rep 27/05/2019)
Government
awaits committee report to address agitated recruiting
agencies’ demands: Recruiting agencies’ main demand is
interest on the cash they deposit as part of the
increased guarantee amount, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 26/05/2019)
Employment
scheme aims to provide work to over 100k unemployed:
The Prime Minister Employment Programme will only
provide 30 days of work this year against the pledged
minimum 100 days in a year, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 25/05/2019)
ILO
calls for investment in people’s capabilities (rep
21/05/2019)
Revamp
Foreign Job Market, by Kamal Parajuli (rn
20/05/2019)
Recruiting
agencies threaten tosuspend operations for a week,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/05/2019)
Nepali
women abroad: Effective policies should be created to
make life easier for women migrant workers, by
Prabha Poudel (kp 19/05/2019)
State
aims to provide minimum 30 days of work to the
unemployed this fiscal year: The employment programme
was launched with the aim of providing jobless
people 100 days of work in a fiscal year, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/05/2019)
Two
years on, Nepali women still barred from working in
the Gulf as housemaids: Latest recommendations urge
the government to revoke discriminatory restrictions
and allow all women equal access to employment, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 14/05/2019)
After
labour deal, Japanese employers are coming forward to
hire Nepali workers: The Nepali side is awaiting
language and skill test mechanisms for implementing
the agreement reached two months ago, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 12/05/2019)
Recruiting
agencies want interest on their cash deposit:
Recruiting agencies threaten to return operation
licences to the government, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 11/05/2019) [This
sounds reasonable!]
Outward
bound (nt 10/05/2019)
Basic
minimum wage eludes Nepali migrant workers, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 09/05/2019), Ensure
basic wages: Nepal govt must start fresh talks with
labour-receiving countries to guarantee basic wages to
Nepali migrant workers (ht 10/05/2019)
Kailali
youths throng local units to register for job scheme:
More than 14,000 people have submitted their
applications, by Nirmala Khadayat (kp 08/05/2019)
Government
plans
to create 500k jobs in a year. Experts say it’s a
daunting task: They stress clear policies and plans
rather than ambitious projects, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 06/05/2019), Employment
woes: Government plan of finding employment for
500,000 seems far-fetched (kp 09/05/2019)
Migration
for development: Advance policy, institutional
coherence, by Jhabindra Bhandari (ht 06/05/2019)
Worker
outsourcing
companies not too keen to obtain licence: Labour Act
makes it mandatory for worker supplying agencies to
acquire permits for operation, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 03/05/2019)
Labour
pains: Labour laws have guaranteed rights but
employment creation will still be key (kp
01/05/2019)
Nepal’s
unemployment rate estimated at 11.4 percent, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 27/04/2019), Unemployment
rate stands at 11.4 pcCBS survey reveals 908,000
working age people jobless in the country (ht
27/04/2019)
Nepal
and
UAE agree on zero investment jobs for Nepali workers:
The latest labour agreement frees Nepali workers from
any fees or cost while going to the Gulf country for
employment, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
26/04/2019)
DoFE
receives
fewer number of complaints: What needs to be taken
into account is number of foreign job-seekers has also
gone down, by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 24/04/2019)
Government
extends
registration deadline for employment scheme: A minimum
100-day job guarantee programme has received mixed
reactions, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/04/2019)
Inspection
of
facilities begins for medical tests of migrant
workers: A total of 126 new medical facilities have
applied for the health examination licence, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 22/04/2019)
Nepali
workers
in Qatar struggle for jobs after being duped with
lucrative pay and free visa promises: Agents,
recruiting agencies, and employers lure workers
promising the freedom of working with companies of
their choice, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
20/04/2019)
Implementation
of
‘free visa, free ticket’ scheme has been largely
ineffective: New report says concerned authorities
failed to monitor, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
15/04/2019)
Migration
tale:
Nepal needs to invest in models that encourage the
return of out-migrants, so that their skills may be
utilised at home, by Anita Poudel (kp 12/04/2019)
Migrants
can now lodge complaints from abroad (ht
02/04/2019)
Brighter
side of foreign employment: Skills learned abroad
giving good returns at home, by Bhim Chapagain
(rep 01/04/2019)
Local
units
start gathering data for Prime Minister job programme:
Under the scheme, unemployed citizens of working age
between 18 and 59 years can benefit, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 01/04/2019)
A
job to be done: Remittance is a short-term fix, we
need to create work here (kp 27/03/2019)
Recruiting
agencies must send workers within 90 days of getting
labour permit, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
24/03/2019)
They
have
a degree, but have no job: Students of medical
microbiology from Tribhuvan University Institute of
Science and Technology are not licensed to work,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 18/03/2019)
The
forgotten half: Nobody ever talks about the need to
protect the rights of labour migrants to India, by
Sudeshna Thapa (kp 18/03/2019)
Don’t
forget their rights: The proposed labour pact with
Japan is a chance to enhance migration governance,
by Nava Raj Sapkota (kp 15/03/2019)
Foreign
workers for various projects await labour permits:
Over 400 workers denied permits as employers fail to
limit workforce, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
10/03/2019)
Still
work
to be done: The Prime Minister Employment Programme is
welcome, but implementation and monitoring mechanism
will be key, by Kushal Pokharel (kp 05/03/2019)
Removing
poverty with jobs: Domestic employment and income
generation are the key to prosperity, by David
Seddon (nt 22/02/2019)
A Welcome Initiative on Employment, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 21/02/2019)
Professional
network seeks to help women find jobs (kp
21/02/2019)
Recruiting
agencies oppose decision to hike guarantee amount:
Experts say move will help manage foreign employment,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/02/2019)
Scheme
to
ensure at least 100 days of jobs for unemployed on
cards: Programme is part of a larger plan to create
100,000 jobs annually, officials say, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 12/02/2019), Government
launching Prime Minister Employment Program on
Wednesday (rep 12/02/2019), Watch
out (kp 14/02/2019), Govt’s
ambitious minimum employment scheme kicks in: Finance
minister for tapping private sector also (rep
14/02/2019), Challenging
task:
In case of failure, the govt could land up simply
doling out unemployment benefits to the unemployed for
lack of work (ht 15/02/2019), Employment
for
all? Initiatives like Prime Minister Employment
Program do not necessarily enhance long-term
employability. Focus should be on training and
workforce development, by Abyaya Neopane (rep
18/02/2019)
Opening
manpower agencies to cost a fortune, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 12/02/2019)
Unemployed
to get Rs 22,417 per annum (ht 12/02/2019)
Government,
recruiting
agencies differ on possible modality for labour
migration to Japan: Recruiting agencies claim hiring
of workers will take place via private agencies only;
ministry says no decision taken yet, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 10/02/2019)
In
need of more protection: The Occupational Safety and
Health for migrant workers is in a sorry state,
by Sudeshna Thapa (kp 06/02/2019)
Promoting
migrant health: A worldwide exodus is on, and these
people must have easy access to health services,
by Jhabindra Bhandari (kp 01/02/2019)
House
panel delays re-entry permit for migrant workers
(ht 23/01/2019)
Migrants
will now be allowed to carry only $200: NRB (ht
23/01/2019) [??? The migrans
are punished for failed economic politics of
government and administration!], NRB
lowers forex limit for foreign-bound workers to $200
(rep 23/01/2019)
Challenges
of Foreign Employment, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
18/01/2019)
Locked
up abroad: A mechanism needs to be created to protect
the legal aid rights of migrant workers, by Anurag
Devkota (kp 17/01/2019)
Labour
departures for Japan possible by April this year,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/01/2019)
Gandaki
Province issues re-entry labour permits from today:
The number of provinces that now issue the permit add
up to be three, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
10/01/2019)
Study
explores plight of Nepali female migrant workers in
Gulf countries (ht 06/01/2019)
‘Enforce
free-visa,
free-ticket scheme’: Migrant workers continue to pay
hefty sum despite policy being implemented years ago;
The Supreme Court has issued a directive to the
government to effectively implement the scheme to
reprieve workers from massive financial burden, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (rep 04/01/2019)
Roll
out free visa, ticket scheme: SC (ht 03/01/2019)
Migration
as Path to Progress, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn
01/01/2019)
Two
provinces to issue re-entry labour permits from today,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 30/12/2018)
Nepal,
Inc
in 2019: Outmigration will only stop if the government
starts behaving less like a tax collector, and more as
an investor, by Anil Chitrakar (nt 28/12/2018)
Govt
starts process of sending workers to Japan from April
(ht 22/12/2018)
The
toilers are gone: Nepal should consider building
programmes to support the capacities of migrant
families, by Sameer Karki (kp 21/12/2018)
On
the move: Migration, due to a lack of jobs or better
pay abroad, is regarded as inevitable today, by
Paul I. Norton (kp 18/12/2018)
Women
labour migration: Causes and consequences, by Jaya
Shor Chapagain (ht 18/12/2018)
Ready
to
work: There seems to be a huge gap between what the
industry is looking for and what the colleges and
universities are producing, by Nirmal Thapa (rep
18/12/2018)
Government
fails to stop Nepali women workers travelling to
Middle East (kp 17/12/2018)
Nepal
blacklists 65 foreign employers: Companies from
Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE banned, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 15/12/2018)
Changing
the
headlines on migration: By signing the Global Compact
on Migration in Marrakesh this week, Nepal commits to
move beyond rhetoric to action, by Upasana Khadka
(nt 14/12/2018)
Experts
seek gender-responsive policies for safe migration of
women (rep 13/12/2018)
One
Nepali
guest worker dies every day in Malaysia: Nepal Embassy
data shows suicides and diseases are the leading
causes of deaths of Nepalis in Malaysia (kp
12/12/2018)
Govt
plans to ensure safer migration system (ht
11/12/2018)
Undocumented—not
illegal: Labour protections must include undocumented
migrants, by Anurag Devkota (kp 04/12/2018)
Chasing
Nepali
Dream: Why are 1500 plus Nepali youths leaving the
country every day? Are they being forced to relinquish
Nepali Dream for survival?, by Mukesh Baral (rep
01/12/2018)
Labour
offices to provide work permit from all provinces,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/11/2018)
Government
bid to use migrant workers’ skills, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 25/11/2018)
Calls
for ethical recruitment practices to protect workers,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/11/2018)
Fifth
Colombo
Process meet kicks off in Kathmandu: Ministers and
officials from 12 labour source countries discuss
migrant workers safety, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 16/11/2018), Labour
pain, by Om Astha Rai (nt 16/11/2018), Leaders
vow zero cost jobs for migrant workers, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 17/11/2018), Global
consensus on employers bearing migrant hiring costs,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 18/11/2017)
Paying
an arm and a leg: Nepali migrant workers are becoming
disabled to enable the economy, by Om Astha Rai
(nt 16/11/2018),
Success
in Nepal means not having to work: Nepalis work
hardest when they are outside Nepal, by Anil
Chitrakar (nt 16/11/2018)
A
deadly decade for migrant workers: In a period the
nation made Rs. 4.48 trillion in remittances, more
than 6,700 lives were lost, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 05/11/2018)
Report
exposes
irregularities in self-employment programme:
Cooperatives lent money even to poultry firms, fancy
shops, furniture traders, hoteliers and bullion
traders, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/11/2018)
Migrants
can soon avail re-entry permit online (ht
25/10/2018)
Migrant
returnees rue lack of environment in Nepal to utilize
skills, capital (rep 16/10/2018)
Ensuring
migrant workers’ safety: Government urged to implement
rights body’s recommendations (kp 08/10/2018)
Old
statute, new problems: New legislation should be
passed to address the plight of migrant workers at
home, by Anurag Devkota (kp 03/10/2018)
Youth
leaders applaud Prime Minister Employment Programme,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 01/10/2018)
Sorrows
of
Nepali migrant workers: Unless Nepali missions abroad
are solely authorized to attest employer institutions’
demand letters migration won’t be safe and rewarding,
by Surya Nath Mishra (rep 23/09/2018)
Pushing
women
away: It is very difficult for women to access
information on safe migration. Many do not realize the
implications of being flown via India or Nepal, by
Ayushma Basnyat (rep 22/09/2018)
Foreign
jobs data system and phone app launched (kp
11/09/2018)
Rethinking
foreign
employment: It’s proved that remittance-led
development is susceptible to the variables beyond the
control of labor-sending countries, by Bishal
Bhattarai (rep 11/09/2018)
Recruiting
agency
‘should issue receipt to retain worker’s passport':
Department of Foreign Employment instructs recruiting
agencies to appoint staff to deal with workers’
concerns (kp 09/09/2018)
Bista
vows decent jobs for all Nepalis (kp 04/08/2018)
Orientation
syllabus for foreign migrant labourers to be revised,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 03/09/2018)
Nepali
workers prefer Qatar and Malaysia, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 28/08/2018)
Stranded
Nepali workers could rejoin jobs in Saudi (kp
27/08/2018)
Comprehensive
Job Portal App launched (rep 27/08/2018)
Bista
moots
employment board name change to spur local jobs;
Committee members raise their concerns about the
migration of Nepali girls and women to war-torn
countries via India (kp 24/08/2018)
New
bill seeks to guarantee employment (ht
24/08/2018), Jobless
citizens to get sustenance allowance (kp
24/08/2018)
Nepal
receiving two dead migrant workers every day for past
seven years: Report, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
24/08/2018)
Foreign
employment: Good for some, bad for others, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 21/08/2018)
The
promised land: Nepal must ensure that migrant workers
are not exploited, here and abroad (kp 20/08/2018)
[No, Nepal must provide jobs
at home!]
Fellow
Nepalis,
return home: The exodus of youths is giving our
political leadership the license to do nothing and
feast on remittance, be unaccountable and deepen the
political crisis further, by Devendra Gautam (rep
19/08/2018)
Workers
await Nepal-Qatar pact for safe, lucrative job, by
Chandra Kumar Mandal and Prakash Chandra Timilsena (kp
18/08/2018)
Migrant
Workers’ Agony, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (kp
17/08/2018)
New
labour markets: Focus on six Euro nations, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/08/2018)
Government
mulls social security scheme for migrant Nepali
workers, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 16/08/2018)
Exporting
labour: No country can achieve prosperity and
happiness by exporting the youth — the engine of
growth (ht 16/08/2018)
Government
preparing to send trained, skilled workers abroad for
jobs (ht 16/08/2018)
Nepalis
prefer to work in Malaysia—deadliest destination,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 12/08/2018)
Nepal
favours
government deals to protect migrant workers: Officials
hope G2G model will help stop exploitation of poor
Nepalis by recruiting firms and their agents, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/08/2018), The
masque
of anarchy: When the government takes a tough stance,
as the recent Malaysian case has shown, foreign
regimes are forced to concede to the fair treatment of
Nepalis working abroad, by Mohan Guragain (kp
11/08/2018)
Fellow
citizens abroad: The government should ensure that
Nepali migrant workers are adequately protected,
by Mohan Kafle (kp 06/08/2018)
Govt
proposes
120-day jobless allowance: Will be provided to those
in 18 to 60 age group if they’re looking for job, but
have not found one, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
06/08/2018)
Recruiting
agencies panel meets ministers: NAFEA team urges PM
Oli to review plan to hike new licence fee (kp
05/06/2018)
Labour
Ministry proposes to hike employment agency fee to Rs
60m (kp 03/08/2018)
Migrant
workers
suffer as agents use fake papers: The issue of fake
NOC came to light last week when 16 Nepali women were
rescued in Delhi, by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp
02/08/2018)
Foreign
employment bill: Preparation to up licensing fee draws
flak from recruiting firms (rep 01/08/2018)
Malaysia
requests Nepal to resume worker departures, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/0/7/2018)
Nepal
mulls migrant worker agreement with Mauritius;
Portugal shows interest to hire Nepali workers, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 27/07/2018)
May
18 permit cut-off for worker departures for Malaysia,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/07/2018)
Deaths
of Nepali migrant workers increases (kp
23/07/2018)
Cabinet
sets new rates for demand letter verification (kp
07/07/2018)
Workers
with Malaysian visas twiddle thumbs, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 06/07/2018)
Young
and jobless: The issue of unemployment is robbing
Nepali youth of a glorious futurem by Sapana
Phuyal (kp 05/07/2018)
Overseas
ordeal: Govt aye to legal help for workers (kp
29/06/2018), Legal
aid
for falsely implicated migrants: Innocent migrant
Nepali workers languishing in jails for offences they
have not committed, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
29/06/2018)
‘Crackdown
on agencies halts migrant workers’ departure’ (kp
28/06/2018)
Youth
Outflow and Remittance, by Lal Deosa Rai (kp
25/06/2018)
Work
permit for Malaysia unlikely prior to bilateral labour
agreement, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 25/06/2018)
Skill
test must for EPS workers from 2020 (ht
25/06/2018)
Fall
in number of workers not linked to
'free-visa-free-ticket': NRB, by Sagar Ghimire
(rep 13/06/2018)
Central
bank seeks changes in foreign employment services
(ht 13/06/2018)
Migration
no solution: The happiness is missing in families
although they might have become more affluent, by
Kabi Adhikari (kp 08/06/2018)
Guidelines
for rescue of critically ill migrant workers on the
cards (kp 08/06/2018)
Pre-labour
permits
for Malaysia halted: Pre-permission stopped since
Malaysian Embassy announced closure of agencies
processing visa, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
28/05/2018)
Labour
flight problem: Time to address it, by Vikash Raj
Satyal (ht 24/05/2018)
Migrant
hiring regulation to take time for complete
enforcement (kp 21/05/2018)
National
Prosperity Through Domestic Employment, by Lok
Nath Bhusal (rn 20/05/2018)
39
health check-up firms on strike (ht 19/05/2018)
Govt
to
scrap fees unfairly levied on Malaysia-bound Nepali
workers: Minister says government committed to
dismantling all cartels in the foreign employment
sector, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 18/05/2018), Med
centre, VLN operators booked for overcharging
Malaysia-bound workers (kp 21/05/2018), Move
against fees hits Malaysia departures, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 22/05/2018), Embassy
closes ISC as OSC continues process (kp
22/05/2018), Labour
relief: Diplomacy key to succesfully enforce scrapping
of Malaysia authorised exploitative out-migrant fees
(kp 22/05/2018)
Calls
to address unethical hiring of migrant workers (kp
13/05/2018)
Nepalis
in Qatar: Migrant workers live in a system of
exclusion without any protection of human rights,
by Anwar Alam (kp 10/05/2018)
Govt
sets new rule to protect Nepalis working abroad:
Recruiters must obtain work letter approval from
Nepali embassies, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
09/05/2018), Labour
pain: Government’s decision to ask ‘demand letters’ is
appreciable, now enforce it (kp 10/05/2018)
Crackdown
on
passport crimes: Department proposes three-year jail
term and huge fines for recruiting agents who retain
jobseekers’ passports (kp 04/05/2018)
Unskilled
workers
dominate Nepali labour force abroad: Nearly 75 percent
of the migrant workers leaving the country in fiscal
year 2013/14 were unskilled, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 02/05/2018)
State
1 tops migrant workers: Southern plains send 35pc
workers in nine years as department issues over 3.5
million permits, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
29/04/2018)
Minors
faking age to acquire passport for jobs abroad, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 29/04/218)
5,892
Nepalis die on foreign soil, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 28/04/2018)
Homes
away
from home: Female domestic workers in Lebanon cannot
visit families back in Nepal because of a travel ban
that prevents them from returning to well-paying jobs,
by Upasana Khadka (nt 27/04/2018)
Half
of migrant workers going through individual labor
approval, by Rudra Khadka (rep 22/04/2018)
‘Remove
Gulf job age limit for women’ (kp 20/04/2018)
The
Risk Appetite, by Upasana Khadka (nt 20/04/2018)
Benefits
Women Want At Work, by Shradha Gyawali (sp
20/04/2018)
Ministry
relief
for migrant workers: Ministry of Labour, Employment
and Social Security announces free legal services to
Nepalis facing hardships in jails of foreign countries,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (17/04/2018)
Nepal’s
employment rate highest in South Asia (kp
17/04/2018)
Acute
food crisis triggers migration (ht 14/04/2018)
Unemployment
woes: Effective measures required, by Girish P.
Pant (ht 12/04/2018)
Apex
body to fine agencies cheating migrant workers: NAFEA
pushes for fair trade practices (kp 07/04/2018)
Labour
permit
for overseas employment: Govt to set up three offices
outside Capital; ‘DoFE outlets in Itahari, Janakpur
and Butwal to issue work permits’ (kp 21/03/2018),
Experts
doubt
new labour offices will ease centre’s load‘Migrant
workers will favour Kathmandu for medical, job
orientation and flight services’ (kp 24/03/2018)
Grievances
of migrant workers: Minister Bista orders daily
hearing of cases, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
19/03/2018)
‘Respect
for
labour key to solving joblessness’: Youths account for
40.35 percent of the country’s total population, out
of that 19.2 percent is unemployed (kp
16/03/2018)
End
the
stigma: Women migrants, like their male counterparts,
send remittance, and eventually bring new skills back
home. Don’t they deserve respect?, by Roni
Pradhan, Dhaubhadel (kp 09/03/2018)
Forgetting
about
rights: Foreign employment governance has to be
redefined under new federal structure to safeguard the
rights of migrant workers, by Himalaya Kjharel and
Jeevan Baniya (kp 26/02/2018), Loopholes
in laws deprive migrant workers of timely justice
(ht 27/02/2018)
Limiting
number of recruiting agencies: ‘Govt cannot stop
issuing licences to new companies’ (kp 20/02/2018)
A
bane in disguise: Foreign employment is the drug that
our country has become addicted to. Only a
revolutionary political, economic and social movement
can rescue us, by Binisha Nepal (rep 18/02/2018)
Foreigners
taking work permit on the rise (ht 17/02/2018)
Migrant
worker
body issues 537 contracts in a day: Employment Permit
System issues over 1,600 contracts to aspiring Nepali
workers since January 2018, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 15/02/2018)
Social
trend of migration effecting more migration (rep
10/02/2018)
‘Good
Conduct Certificate’ must for work visa in UAE
(kp 08/02/2018)
Nepal
must ‘do more’ to protect workers’ rights (kp
06/02/2018)
Bulldozers
take away jobs from villagers, by Bhim Bahadur Singh
(kp 05/01/2018)
Weight
of migration: Saudi decision to restrict foreign
employment workers could hit our economy, migrants
hard (kp 02/02/2018)
Government
urged not to sign labour agreement with low-paying
nations (ht 31/01/2018)
Labour
migration dips in current fiscal: 168,190 have taken
work permit from DoFE so far in 2017-18 (ht
29/01/2018)
Employment
opportunity: Indian construction workers coming to
Nepal in droves, by Chandra Karki (kp 21/01/2018)
Foreign
employment saving bond fails to attract migrant
workers (rep 16/01/2018)
We
will find a way: We need to create opportunities where
every ‘where will I work?’ question is addressed with
answers, by Binisha Nepal (rep 13/01/2018)
Nepal's
#1 export: people (nt 29/12/2017)
Safe
migration: Harnessing development potential, by
Jhabindra Bhandari (ht 27/12/2017)
Qatar
remains top labour destination: Malaysia standing
grows while Saudi charm wanes (kp 26/12/2017), Qatar
top destination for Nepali migrants (ht
29/12/2017)
NAFEA
wants higher service charge for Europe (kp
26/12/2017)
Nepal
govt failed to curb illegal recruitment fees, says
Amnesty Int’l (kp 19/12/2017) [see AI
press release], Lost
without recourse: Govt has failed to enforce laws that
would discourage exploitation of migrant workers
(kp 20/12/2017), Value
of life: Why are Nepali migrants, who were proven to
be medically fit before departure, dying in large
numbers abroad?, by Roni Pradhan (kp 20/12/2017)
A
third of migrant households in Sunsari remain poor:
Study; It has found that about 30 percent
households, who were previously better off,
became rather poorer after migrating overseas (kp
17/12/2017), Protecting
workers
without borders: Nepal should benefit from migration,
but not at the cost of the rights and wellbeing of
migrants, by Paul I. Norton (kp 17/12/2017)
Rs3.54b
spent on skill development largely 'a waste', by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 17/12/2017)
Road
to
riches: Mass job creation is key to our dream of
prosperity. But this is possible only when we give
priority to enterprise and entrepreneur development,
by Nahakul KC (rep 22/11/2017)
Skilled-based
training for aspirant migrant workers (kp
19/11/2017)
Opening
new doors: There is need for more lucrative and rights
friendly alternatives for migrant workers, by Roni
Pradhan and Sunila Baniya (kp 14/11/2017)
Narrow
escape An inside look at the labour migration
cycle shows the pitiful plight of Nepali migrant
workers, by Miriam Shendroff (kp 07/11/2017)
Nepal
seeks result-oriented projects from labour body
(ht 04/11/2017)
Unscrupulous
intermediaries:
Ensuring pro-migrant worker regime in Nepal is
perilous unless culpable agents are tried within the
ambit of law, by Anurag Acharya (kp 03/11/2017)
Outflow
of migrant workers drops in first trimester (ht
30/10/2017)
Nepal
to face labour shortage by 2030: The country may fall
short of 3.6 million workers in 12 years (kp
27/10/2017)
Stakeholders
stress on inclusive job creation (ht 27/10/2017)
Caught
in the middle by middlemen: Migrant workers learn to
face exploitation and abuse from recruiters at home
and abroad, by Upasana Khadka (nt 27/10/2017)
Myadi
job lures migrant workers, by Tularam Pandey (kp
24/10/2017), Around
300,000
apply for Myadi jobs: Nepal Police to finalise names
on Friday; Govt to deploy highest number of temporary
security recruits in Province 2 (kp 26/10/2017)
DoFE
receives 418 grievances in two months (ht
24/10/2017)
Over
one-third migrant workers hail from seven districts
(ht 23/10/2017)
Discussion
held on migration health policy (kp 12/10/2017), Draft
migration health policy discussed (ht 12/10/2017),
The
next step: Health issues must be addressed to
safeguard migrant workers, backbone of our economy
(ht 13/10/2017)
Qatar
top destination for Nepali migrants last fiscal year,
by Sabin Mishra (ht 08/10/2017)
Govt
spending millions to rescue migrants, bring back
bodies (kp 07/10/2017)
‘Unfree’
labour: Only a concerted global effort will destroy
the extremely exploitative employment system in the
Gulf, by Leila Antier (kp 06/10/2017)
Take
services to the people: Forcing aspiring migrant
workers to come to Kathmandu for all paperwork is
unkind, by Prakash Bhattarai and Vivek Adhikari
(kp 03/10/2017)
Rules
of
engagement: Due to the country’s overreliance on
overseas employment and remittance, external labor
relations will be policymakers’ priority in the future,
by Narayan Manandhar (rep 27/09/2017)
DoFE
introduces eye-scan technology to issue work permits
(kp 26/09/2017)
Labour
migration: Emerging challenges, by Jhabindra
Bhandari (ht 20/09/2017), Going
somewhere: Migration can be a positive force for
development when assisted by the right policy, by
Jhabindra Bhandari (kp 20/09/2017)
More
Nepalis going abroad for employment: Qatar emerges as
top destination ahead of Saudi (kp 18/09/2017)
Foreign
employment: Govt to raise licence fee for recruiting
firms, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 16/09/2017)
‘Labour
sending nations must raise common concerns of
migrants’ (kp 14/09/2017), 12
nations to forge common stance on migration (ht
14/09/2017)
Burning
issue: Labour migration governance demands a focus
beyond its regular economic perception, by Prakash
Bhattarai, Reshma Basnet and Vivek Adhikari (kp
07/09/2017)
Free-visa-free-ticket
scheme: Recruiting agencies slapped with penalties for
not submitting details, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 05/09/2017)
Help
wanted: The farm sector can create immense employment
opportunities for jobless youths, by David Kainee
(kp 01/09/2017)
When
they return: The irrelevancy of the skills migrants
learn abroad prevent them from doing business,
by Amar B. Thing (kp 29/08/2017)
Just
victims? Nepali women migrating out for work do also
come back with higher remit and non-exploitative
experiences, by Guneshwor Ojha (kp 25/08/2017)
More
Nepalis goving abroad (ht 13/08/2017)
‘Free
visa
free ticket’ scheme a dud: Panel; House committee
report says provision was never implemented, hence
none of the migrant workers benefited in the last two
years, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/08/2017)
Sweat
money: Valuable assets, by Bijen Jonchhe (ht
07/08/2017)
Welfare
sum for migrant workers’ kin doubled, by Sabin
Mishra (ht 01/08/2017), Migrant
workers will now pay up to Rs 2,500 into welfare fund
(rep 01/08/2017), Relief
finally:
Criticism has come from various quarters that a lot of
money was spent out of the Welfare Fund to pay for
junkets and other expenses of powerful people (ht
02/08/2017), Money
for misuse: Migrant Workers’ Welfare Fund (rep
02/08/2017), Compensation
period
extended for migrants: Earlier, families could claim
compensation if the migrants workers died or suffered
injury during the contract period (kp 03/08/2017),
To
better protect: Amendments to Foreign Employment Act
must be implemented to safeguard migrant workers
(kp 04/08/2017)
Migrants’
problems will be resolved soon: Mahara (kp
28/07/2017), ‘MoU
must before opening destinations for females’ (ht
28/07/2017)
Manpower
agencies, legal provisions major hurdles for
government says Home Minister (rep 28/07/2017)
Number
of workers seeking foreign jobs drops (ht
24/07/2017)
Rebuilding
lives as important as rebuilding homes: Even if
earthquake families move into new houses, they need
help finding jobs, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep
21/07/2017)
Migrants’
outflow dips, labour shortage hits reconstruction
(ht 20/07/2017), Labour
shortage hits reconstruction works (kp 21/07/2017)
Govt
revises
welfare schemes for migrants: Compensation to families
of deceased workers doubled; Workers suffering from
grave illness and severe injuries are also covered by
the government’s new welfare programme (kp
18/07/2017)
Questions
that
matter: The discourse on migrant workers needs to
focus on accountability and attribution, by Barun
Ghimire (kp 18/07/2017)
Online
system
troublesome for aspiring migrant workers (ht
15/07/2017)
Poverty
forcing
women into migration: Report (kp 13/07/2017), Exodus:
Structural
barriers and discrimination in local labour market
drive women to work abroad (kp 14/07/2017)
Cost
of
migration: Two years into the adoption of the
free-visa, free-ticket scheme, its practice is largely
ignored, by Anurag Devkota (kp 11/07/2017)
Fewer
Nepalis
apply for jobs as tensions flare in the Gulf, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/07/2017), The
job
issue: Ongoing Gulf row should prod Nepal into
becoming less dependent on remittances (ht
12/07/2017)
Gathering
storm:
If migrant workers lose their jobs, how will they
repay their debt to recruiting agents? How will they
even return home?, by Nishchal Nath Pandey (rep
26/06/2017)
Nepali
workers
falling prey to deceptive recruitment agents, shows AI
report: The main form of deception workers reported
was related to salaries (ht 25/06/2017)
Woes
Of
Work Abroad, by Aditi Aryal (sp 23/06/2017)
Quiet
riot
brewing: The achievements of the Jana Andolan II do
not benefit the youth and every day over 1,500 leave
in search of better opportunities abroad, by Bimal
Pratap Shah (rep 21/06/2017)
Managing
migration:
Nepali workers receive lower pay for work of equal
value in comparison to workers from other countries,
by Sudeshna Thapa (rep 21/06/2017)
SDG
8
: The new workforce; Transforming the economy in a way that
increases the number of quality jobs is essential for
sustainable development, by Bhawani Rana (kp 20/06/2017)
Fun
after
40: Unless Nepal is able to create significant number
of jobs in agriculture, infrastructure and tourism
labor migration to other countries won’t stop, by
Bhagirath Yogi (rep 18/06/2017)
Breaking
through the legal bind, by Priyanka Gurung (rep
16/06/2017)
DoFE:
Demands
for work permit dropped: Recruiting agencies claim the
lull is annual phenomena due to Ramadan, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/06/2017)
Lack
of
well-paying jobs a formidable challenge in LDCs:
Ambassador Dhital (ht 13/06/2017)
Find
alternatives:
The focus of Nepali planners and policy makers should
be on chalking out policies aimed at generating enough
employment within the country (ht 12/06/2017)
Nepal
failing
to protect migrant workers: Amnesty International
(kp 07/06/2017) [see AI
report], Seize
the
moment: For Nepalis, there is no ‘safe migration’
without the end of debt bondage, by James Lynch
(kp 07/06/2017), Unscrupulous
recruiters
continue to exploit migrants: AI (ht 07/06/2017),
Nepal
fails
to stop exploitation of migrant workers: AI (rep
07/06/2017)
PAHS
team
to probe deaths of Nepali migrants (kp 06/06/2017)
Compelled
to
leave: Despite having experienced the hardships of
labor migration, why is Mina still choosing to leave?,
by Ayushma Basnyat (rep 05/06/2017)
Carnage
in
Kabul: Only adequate jobs at home can stop Nepalis
from seeking opportunities in unsafe places (kp
02/06/2017)
Migrants
with
mobiles: Essential information about foreign
employment could be effectively disseminated through
mobile phones, by Himalaya Kharel (kp 30/05/2017)
Bank
accounts must in Nepal for people heading abroad to
work, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 30/05/2017)
Key
Issues In Nepalese Labour Market, by Lok Nath
Bhusal (rn 14/05/2017)
End
this
injustice: The government should ask the host
countries to scrap the Kafala law which gives undue
leverage to the employers (kp 12/05/2017)
Female
migrants
at higher risk of suicide (ht 11/05/2017)
Do
Nepalis
really need jobs? An exploration of why our work
culture is deteriorating and what can be done to
improve it, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 25/04/2017)
MoI
to
give priority to employment generation (ht
17/04/2017)
Nepal
should
not send labour to Qatar under Kafala law: Bundestag
Vice President (ht 12/04/2017)
Worker
health
and safety: Major obstacles remain, by Sunil Kumar
Joshi (ht 04/04/2017)
House
panel to govt: Stop women domestics from going to Gulf
(rep 03/04/2017)
Smuggling
of
Nepali women: House panel says immigration officials
involved; Finds nexus between DoI employees and
smugglers (kp 29/03/2017)
Report
on
labour migration, its socio-political impact released
(kp 14/03/2017), Migration
realities:
Govt should pay heed to suggestions about enhancing
the migration experience (kp 15/03/2017)
Maladies
of
the migrating mind: Migrant workers’ lives can be
saved by improving the mental health services offered
to them before and after departure, by Samik
Adhikari and Sagun Ballav Pant (kp 06/03/2017)
Outflow
of
migrants declines (ht 19/02/2017)
The
migrant
story: Nepali migration overseas in search of good
jobs has been pronounced following the restoration of
democracy in 1990, by Gokul Pokhrel (rep
16/02/2017)
Insurance
policy
for migrants on anvil (kp 14/02/2017)
Foreign
employment:
Mixed blessing; Social values are declining and
absence of youths put their conjugal life and other
relations in jeopardy, by Shreedhar Aryal (rep
08/02/2017)
In
praise
of entrepreneurship: Government alone cannot provide
adequate employment opportunities to a growing number
of educated people, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp
07/02/2017)
Rescued
migrant
workers seek govt support for rehabilitation (ht
01/02/2017)
Women
learning
masonry for financial independence in Nuwakot, by
Jaya Ram Gautam (ht 30/01/2017)
Never
heard
from again: Hundreds of Nepali migrant workers never
return home, not even in coffins. They simply
disappear, by Om Astha Rai (nt 27/01/2017), Victims
help
would-be victims: Having endured hardships, migrant
worker returnees help others avoid suffering the same
fate, by Upasana Khadka (nt 27/01/2017), High
risk
and no return: Nepali migrant workers borrow money, do
not earn promised salaries, and if they die their
indebted families are cheated of compensation, by
Puru Shah (nt 27/01/2017)
Insurance
to
double for migrant workers: PM (kp 25/01/2017), More
insurance, welfare plan for migrant workers unveiled:
A migrant worker to get up to Rs 2.7 million under
social welfare and insurance (rep
25/01/2017),
Insurance
for
migrant workers raised, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
25/01/2017)
Migrant
workers: Nepali women ahead of men in committing
suicide abroad, by Rudra Khadka (rep 24/01/2017)
Underage
workers
leaving for jobs abroad (ht 21/01/2017)
NAFEA
asks
govt to facilitate migrants’ medical check-ups (kp
16/01/2017)
PM
vows punish unscrupulous manpower agencies, by
Narayan Bhurtel (rep 16/01/2017)
Work
permits
to be issued online beginning Monday: Recruiting
agencies said the online system could make the
process easy and fast, as there will be less
paperwork (kp 15/01/2017)
European
job
market being explored: Manpower agencies have resorted
to this move due to hardships faced by Nepali workers
in Gulf countries, by Rupesh Acharya (ht
15/01/2017)
Lost
in
numbers: A wrong picture of migrant worker deaths has
been given, as statistics were misread, by Anil
Bhattarai (kp 13/01/2017)
Plight
of
irregular migrants: In South Asian countries, there is
a huge gap between practice and policy when it comes
to emigration laws, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp
11/01/2017)
Pitch
for
uniform labour deal with host countries (kp
10/01/2017)
Migration
& Development Towards Sustainable Future, by
Jhabindra Bhandari (rn 07/01/2017)
Formation
of labor bank in limbo, by Rudra Khadka (rep
07/01/2017)
Lack
of
evidence adds to woes of duped Nepali foreign
job-seekers, by Rupesh Acharya (ht 04/01/2017)
Lessons
in
mourning: We need to move beyond sensationalising
migrant deaths to asking harder questions, by
Upasana Khadka and Aamik Adhikari (kp 02/01/2017)
Ministry
to
increase migrant workers’ levy: Officials say move
necessary for providing needy workers, their families
with better relief (kp 28/12/2016)
Lack
of annual leave, disintegrating migrant worker
families, by Krishna Oli (rep 28/12/2016)
Fraudulent
agents
tricking unwitting migrants in Delhi: Nepal Police
receives 281 plaints on fraud cases from Nepalis based
in various countries between Sept 2015 and Oct
2016, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 27/12/2016)
Migrant
workers
continue to suffer appalling treatment, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 19/12/2016), Foreign
employment:
Govt should strengthen diplomatic resources and fight
for fair treatment of migrant workers (kp
20/12/2016)
DoFE
launches
online process for work permit (kp 19/12/2016)
Safe,
regular
and orderly migration: Nepal needs dedicated policies
and investment in preparing its nationals for overseas
work, by Paul Norton (kp 18/12/2016)
Skill
development
critical to obtaining productive work opportunities:
PM (kp 15/12/2016)
Qatar
labour
reform: ‘Ending kafala barely scratches the surface’;
Old wine in new bottle; laws do not protect migrant
workers: Activists; Will make comments after studying
new legislation: Nepali officials, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 14/12/2016)
Call
to
adopt ‘Nordic Model’ to address labour issues (ht
14/12/2016)
Fluid
dynamics:
Nepal cannot afford to ignore the urgency of
strengthening its labour market governance, by
Richard Howard and Saloman Rajbanshi (kp 13/12/2016)
Rural
migrants
face reality check, by Anita Shrestha (ht
12/12/2016)
Youth
unemployment, by Binita Thepa (ht 12/12/2016)
Call
to
tackle migrants’ needs through multi-sector approach
(ht 03/12/2016)
Exodus
to
India for employment (ht 02/12/2016)
Govt
told
to probe fraud cases in foreign job sector (kp
25/11/2016)
Stop
‘looting’
of Malaysia-bound workers, govt told, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht 25/11/2016)
Nepalis
can
seek security guard jobs abroad, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 23/11/2016)
Samsung
and
Panasonic accused over supply chain labour abuses in
Malaysia: Migrant workers making goods for the global
electronics brands claim they are trapped and
exploited in Malaysia (Guardian 21/11/2016), Flagrant
exploitation:
Govt should continuously press for better labour
rights for our migrant workers (kp 23/11/2016)
Outflow
of
migrant workers drops (ht 15/11/2016), Recruiting
firms
face a bleak future, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
16/11/2016)
Govt
to
offer vocational training to jobless youth (kp
15/11/2016)
MoI
plans
to generate 11,450 new jobs over next six months
(ht 15/11/2016), Useful
approach:
The SMEs would also generate more jobs with the
passage of time if more micro entrepreneurs make the
most of the opportunities that would exist for them
(ht 16/11/2016)
No.
of
Nepalis leaving for foreign jobs drops sharply, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 08/11/2016)
Outflow
to
Gulf, Malaysia back for housemaid jobs (kp
31/10/2016)
Employment
in
Malaysia, Saudi: Ending monopoly of pre-flight service
firms suggested (kp 18/10/2016)
Agencies
press
govt to review visa-ticket rule (kp 09/10/2016)
NYC,
NRNA
join forces to empower youths (kp 05/10/2016), Govt
to
set up fund to nurture entrepreneurship among youth
(ht 05/10/2016)
Skilled
Nepalis
abroad earn 27pc more than unskilled (kp
04/10/2016)
Govt
mulls
lifting work ban on Nepalis in conflict-hit countries
(kp 30/09/2016)
‘Govt
should
protect rights of migrant workers’ (ht 28/09/2016)
Ban
on security guards for conflict countries ending,
by Kamal Pariyar (rep 27/09/2016)
Fighting
syndicate:
Recruiters urged to stop sending workers to M’sia:
Nepali migrants going to Malaysia for jobs are forced
to pay up to Rs 35,000 in pre-departure service,
including health check-up (kp 23/09/2016)
Service
fees
of manpower firms not be hiked soon (ht
20/09/2016)
Foreign
employment
act: Workers’ welfare package on cards (kp
14/09/2016)
ILO
proposes
barring recruitment agencies from charging fees from
workers (ht 10/09/2016)
Waiting
for
a rainy day: Productive use of Foreign Employment
Welfare Fund will go a long way in solving problems
faced by migrant workers, by Samik Adhikari (kp
06/09/2016)
Passport
fee
for Nepali migrant workers reduced (ht 02/09/2016)
Dahal
presses
for making foreign employment safe: Dahal has asked
ministries of Foreign Affairs, and Labour and
Employment to collaborate for safety, security of
migrant workers (kp 31/08/2016)
Free-visa-free-ticket
policy:
Minister Gurung drops hint at revising scheme (kp
30/08/2016)
Working
abroad:
Contemporary mindset, by Rabindra Adhikari (ht
24/08/2016)
The
long
way home: Fluctuating oil prices and the political
instability in the Gulf has stakeholders debating the
long-term feasibility of a remittance-driven economy,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 20/08/2016)
The
Cycle
of Migration: What perpetuates it, and why it is
important to break it, by Om Astha Rai (nt
19/08/2016)
The
missing
men: Migrants are tackling poverty in their own ways,
but Nepal needs to generate capital within its own
borders, by Eriko Shrestha (kp 14/08/2016)
Migrant
workers’
welfare fund: Probe panel to look into alleged misuse
of fund (kp 11/08/2016)
In-flight
beer
a rare treat for Nepali migrant workers (ht
03/08/2016)
Overseas
labour
migration fell 18.4 per cent in last fiscal year
(ht 30/07/2016), Jobs
at
risk (ht 09/08/2016)
Blessing
in
disguise: Absorbing migrant worke s in post-disaster
reconstruction can actually be a good thing (kp
28/07/2016)
Migration
falls
to its lowest in four years, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
25/07/2016)
18pc
lost
regular income source after quakes (ht 20/07/2016)
Report
unveiled
on labour trend abroad (kp 18/07/2016)
Far
from
home and hearth: Many things need to be changed to
ensure the rights and dignity of labour migrants,
by Bhawana Pokhrel (kp 12/07/2016), Risky
business:
The govt should bring in a concrete plan to address
the security concerns of Nepalis working in high-risk
countries, by Motikala Subba Dewan (kp 13/07/2016)
Unemployment
blues:
Around 70 percent Nepalis are engaged in agriculture;
But since most of it is primitive, youths are not
attracted, by David Kainee (rep 05/07/2016)
Minister
says
recruiting firms fleecing workers (kp 04/07/2016)
Foreign
lives,
Nepali bodies: It is a shame that Nepal has not signed
any of the treaties relevant to migrant workers,
by Deepak Thapa (kp 30/06/2016)
A
national debate: It is unrealistic to say that Nepali
youths should not go abroad to work, but some things
need to change, by Abhi Subedi (kp 26/06/2016), The
Nepali
labour sector is going in a sad and wrong direction,
interview with Ganesh Gurung (kp 27/06/2016)
Rights
groups
against age limit for women migrant workers: Only
those women who are 24 years and above are allowed to
go to Gulf countries for employment (kp
25/06/2016), NOC
may
be necessary for workers flying out via SLanka (kp
26/06/2016)
Kabul
incident
a grim reminder: At least 10,000 Nepali migrants have
died on foreign soil since 2000, over 5,000 in the
last five years, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 24/06/2016)
Officials
hint
at ban on working in Afghanistan, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
22/06/2016)
Flow
of
Malaysia returnees on rise (kp 18/06/2016)
Give
migrants
their due: The least the government could do is make
migration a pleasant experience, at least while
departing and arriving, by Deepak Thapa (kp
16/06/2016)
Female
migrant
Nepalis taking up jobs outside domestic confines,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 05/06/2016)
What’s
causing
the delay in signing BLA? (ht 03/06/2016)
'Vegetable
farming
better than foreign employment', by Nagendra
Upadhyay (rep 23/05/2016)
A
leap of faith: The obvious dangers of migrating to
countries ravaged by war have not stopped Nepali women
from seeking employment in Iraq, Syria and beyond,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 21/05/2016)
App
for
migrant workers launched (rep 19/05/2016)
Ban
on
women going for domestic jobs lifted: Women aged 24
and above will now be able to take up domestic jobs in
the Gulf and Malaysia with help of selected recruiting
firms (kp 13/05/2016), Nursing
moms
banned from work as domestics, by Shreejana
Shrestha (ht 14/05/2016)
Staying
home:
The number of Nepalis going to work in Malaysia and
the Gulf showed a drastic drop this year, by Sonia
Awale (nt 13/05/2016)
Illegal,
ill-treated:
Nepali workers are unlawfully forced to become
‘illegal’ by unscrupulous employers, recruiters and
the government, by Om Astha Rai (rep 13/05/2016)
Work
permits
to be renewed from destination countries (rep
13/05/2016)
Wasting
talents:
Lack of professional diversity can have adverse
consequences on Nepal’s society and economy, by
Marleen Heuer (kp 08/05/2016)
Number
of
Nepali foreign job-seekers on the decline: Govt unsure
of the reason for the drop, manpower agencies blame
free visa, free ticket provision, by Subodh Dahal
(ht 07/05/2016)
MPCD
helping
rescue stranded migrant workers (ht 06/05/2016)
Karnali
Employment
Program fails in Jumla, by DB Budha (rep
05/05/2016)
Free-visa,
free-ticket:
Govt didn’t consider all formal and informal
institutions active in the migration process while
formulating the policy, by Himalaya Kharel,
Mohammad Ayub and Bandita Sijapati (kp 02/05/2016)
Fewer
Nepalis
keen to take up overseas jobs: ‘Growing work
opportunities at home main reason’, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 01/05/2016)
‘Recognise
work
in informal sector’ (kp 01/05/2016)
Youths
begin
fast for job security: Article 33 of the constitution
states that every citizen shall have the right to
employment with provisions for unemployment benefits
(kp 01/05/2016)
Employment
in
Korea: Applicants face tough job odds (kp
29/04/2016)
‘Tap
tourism
potential for job creation’ (ht 26/04/2016)
Manpower
firms
seek ‘moderate’ hike in service fee (ht
22/04/2016)
Migration
causes
labour shortage in Parsa-Bara, by Shankar Acharya
(kp 19/04/2016)
Hiring
through
outsourcing firms: House panel: Ensure minimum wage,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 15/04/2016)
Govt,
manpower
firms still at loggerheads (ht 06/04/2016), Volte-face:
Free-visa-free-ticket
issue should address the costs of all the aspects of
recruitment (kp 07/04/2016), Govt
mulling
options without nulling policy (kp 08/04/2016)
Govt
U-turn
feared on cost-free foreign jobs: Recruiting firms ask
for 45 days’ salary from workers in processing fees,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 04/04/2016)
NAFEA
‘to
press govt’ for recruitment fee revision:
Free-visa-free-ticket is a low cost recruitment scheme
introduced to end exploitation of prospective migrants
(kp 03/04/2016), Manpower
firms
to sit for talks today: Labour ministry may decide to
roll back free visa, free ticket provision, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 03/04/2016)
Changing
times:
Majority of jobs that our folks have been doing on
foreign soil will soon be performed by robots, by
Manish Pokharel and Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 03/04/2016)
Amnesty
International
paints a bleak picture of Nepalis in Qatar, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht 01/04/2016)
Few
rights,
little freedom and meagre pay: Law for house workers
has been amended, but Nepal is yet to ratify ILO C89
Convention, by Pratichya Dulal (kp 30/03/2016)
Recruiting
agencies
urged to resume stalled services (kp 30/03/2016),
Manpower
firms
to resume operations partially from today (ht
31/03/2016), NAFEA
lifts
restrictions ‘partially’ (kp 01/04/2016)
Plan
afoot
to help out kin of migrants: Families of those who die
at work to get Rs500,000 in compensation, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 27/03/2016)
NAFEA
demands
abolition of free visa, free ticket system: 19-day
long strike has barred around 50,000 people from
flying abroad for employment (rep 26/03/2016)
MoLE
to
review foreign employment laws (ht 21/03/2016)
NAFEA
asks
agencies to uphold strike (kp 15/03/2016)
‘Better
governance
couldsolve migrants’ woes’ (ht 15/03/2016)
Villagers
turn
to micro-business giving up foreign dreams, by
Bipulendra Adhikari (rep 14/03/2016)
Recruiting
agencies
‘defying’ NAFEA by obtaining permits: Sources at the
Department of Foreign Employment say they have
acquired 2,804 work permits since the day NAFEA went
into strike on March (kp 13/03/2016)
Few
jobs
for visually impaired: Nepal Blind Association says
out of around 100,000 visually impaired women in the
country only 134 are employed,
by Pratichya Dulal (kp 12/03/2016), Breaking
the
sound barrier: Agents of change from the deaf and hard
of hearing community are forging new opportunities for
themselves in a tone-deaf society, by Kripa
Shrestha (kp 11/03/2016)
Drought
leads
to male exodus (ht 11/03/2016)
Migrant
Resource
Centre in operation after years (kp 10/03/2016)
Foreign
job-aspirants
hit by closure of manpower agencies, by Pushpa Raj
Koirala (rep 10/03/2016)
Kin
of
migrants who died in Nepal to get compensation, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 09/03/2016)
NAFEA
to
shut up shop from today (kp 06/03/2016)
Migration
and
development: Migrants are individuals with rights, not
‘agents’ or ‘tools’ for economic growth or poverty
reduction, by Bandita Sijapati (kp 04/03/2016)
NAFEA
members
submit memo to labour minister: Recruitment agencies
keep licences with themselves a day after threatening
to return them to government (kp 02/03/2016)
NAFEA
threatens
to return licences en masse: Recruitment agencies say
they are ready to help the government but service
charge must be increased (kp 01/03/2016)
Valley
police
raid manpower agencies, arrest eight suspects: Certain
manpower agencies have been forcing migrant workers
into unpleasant jobs (ht 25/02/2016), Manpower
agencies
protest against ‘uninformed raids’: Shut offices
decrying what they call ‘police raj’; service seekers
affected (kp 26/02/2016), Foreign
employment
agencies warn retaliation, by Shreejana Shrestha
(rep 26/02/2016)
Malaysia
visa
processing: Officials put through wringer over VLN
Nepal (kp 23/02/2016)
Missing
migrants:
Lack of data to understand migration process is
hurting policies governing labour migrants, by
Samik Adhikari (kp 23/02/2016)
Learn
to
earn: More Nepali overseas workers want to acquire
skills before they go abroad, by Om Astha Rai (nt
19/02/2016), Young,
educated
and unemployed: Youth unemployment among university
graduates in Nepal is three times higher than among
those without education, by Sangita Thebe Limbu
(nt 19/02/2016)
Our
remit:
Until it is possible to create jobs for them at home,
make it as easy as possible for Nepali migrant workers
to earn more overseas (nt 19/02/2016)
NAFEA
set
to launch another round of strike (kp 12/02/2016)
Nepal
to
host regional conference to protect migrants’ rights
(kp 08/02/2016)
Govt
mulls
system for accreditation of academic qualification
(ht 06/02/2016)
NAFEA
threatens
to stop sending migrants abroad (kp 04/02/2016)
Women
continue
to fall prey to lure of foreign jobs, by Raju
Adhikari (rep 02/02/2016)
Worker
outflow
shrinks by 22.49pc (ht 30/01/2016)
Flawed
agency
relationship: Increase in remittance has for now
partly solved the issues of employment and balance of
payment, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (kp 29/01/2016)
Recruiting
agencies
telling twisted tale? Govt figures contradict what
lobbyists say about Nepali migrant workers, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 14/01/2016)
Show
you
care: More needs to be done to protect migrant workers
who keep Nepal’s economy afloat (kp 12/01/2016)
Jobless
southerners
take to smuggling gasoline, by Abdesh Kumar Jha
(kp 07/01/2016)
Unbearable
Pain, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 30/12/2015)
Overseas
labour
migration drops 22.59 per cent (ht 23/12/2015)
Migrants
in
trouble: Doing away with anomalies, by Shobhakar
Parajuli (kp 08/12/2015)
Free
taining
to benefit 10,000 migrants (kp 27/11/2015)
Unhelpful
move
for domestic help: Govt set to open Gulf, Malaysia for
Nepali housemaids, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
08/11/2015)
Overstay
threatens
South Korean jobs for Nepali worker, by Santosh
Pokhrel (rep 07/11/2015)
Qatar
is
reforming labour laws, but is Nepal? Nepal first needs
to reform its own laws to protect Nepali migrant
workers in the Gulf, by Om Astha Rai (nt
06/11/2015), Working
away
from home: One in every five people in Doha is a
Nepali migrant worker, by Pattabi Raman (nt
06/11/2015)
Nepali
migrants:
In search of better opportunities, by Shobhakar
Parajuli (ht 02/11/2015)
The
greener
grass on the other side, by Weena Pun (kp
31/10/2015)
The
long
view: Nepalis are leaving the country because it does
not have a favourable environment for work, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 27/10/2015)
More
than
8,000 pass Korean language test, by Devendra
Sambahamphe (kp 09/10/2015)
Earthquake-displaced
get
job demolishing buildings, by Harihar Singh Rathaur
(kp 06/10/2015)
Job
market
data paints a worrying picture: Problem of labour
underutilisation high among literate, rich, urban
population (ht 23/09/2015)
New
constitution:
'Jobless allowance’ removed from draft (kp
17/09/2015)
FEPB
plans
more support for migrant workers, by Ramesh Shrestha
(ht 16/09/2015)
More
foreigners
seeking permit to work in Nepal, by Ramesh Shrestha
(ht 28/08/2015)
Employment
in
South Korea: Nepali migrants to benefit from new Korea
guidelines, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 19/08/2015)
Race
to
the bottom: Unemployment creation, honouring the worst
(nt 14/08/2015)
Migrant
departures
down by 2.9pc (kp 09/08/2015)
M’sia,
Gulf
ready to hire workers under new rule (kp
07/08/2015)
Nepali
workers
top Tibetans’ wantlist, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
04/08/2015)
Foreign
job
fraud cases increase (ht 02/08/2015)
90,000
not
eligible for free visa, ticket, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 27/07/2015), Manpower
agents
end strike after 31-point deal with government, by
Ramesh Shrestha (ht 27/07/2015), Workers
flay
govt-NAFEA deal (kp 28/07/2015), NAFEA
divided
over new govt regulations (kp 31/07/2015)
113,000
new
jobs to be created this fiscal year (kp
27/07/2015)
Not
just
a ticket: Without imparting skills to migrant workers,
the free visa policy will only generate unproductive
remittances, by Himalaya Kharel (24/07/2015)
Out
of
work: Allowance to the unemployed cannot be a long
term solution for joblessness (kp 24/07/2015)
Seasonal
workers
throng Chitwan as locals opt for foreign jobs, by
Pawan Yadav and Bechu Gaud (kp 19/07/2015)
Number
of
migrants leaving for foreign jobs on the decline,
by Ramesh Shrestha (ht 19/07/2015)
Employment
in
Malaysia: Govt set to allow biometric system, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 17/07/2015)
Govt
plans
to enforce work permit rule: Hiring of foreign workers
without legal process causing losses in millions
(ht 17/07/2015)
‘Fraudulent
activities
widespread’ (kp 09/07/2015)
Foreign
employment
firms to stop sending workers: Say labor demand will
be diverted to other countries, by Sagar Ghimire
(rep 08/07/2015), Recruiting
agencies
start indefinite strike (kp 09/07/2015), Free
visa
and ticket row: Manpower agencies launch protest,
demand high-level commission to study the new
provision; State minister for labour and employment
says government won’t give into pressure (ht
09/07/2015), Our
business
more important than workers: Agencies, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 09/07/2015), Govt
decision
to waive visa fee, airfare gets vote of confidence
from workers: The provision, if strictly enforced,
would benefit some 3.5 million Nepalis working in Gulf
states and Malaysia, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
10/07/2015), Who
is
against zero-cost migration and why? Labour recruiters
are protesting their right to keep on cheating poor
Nepali migrant workers, by Om Astha Rai (nt
10/07/2015), Recruiting
agencies
continue strike; govt not to back down, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 15/07/2015), ‘Strike
of
recruiting agencies untenable’ (kp 16/07/2015), Govt,
manpower
agencies talks end inconclusively (ht 18/07/2015),
Provision
to
be enlisted in labour pacts (kp 20/07/2015), ‘Suspend
new
provision until labour agreement’: Foreign employment
agencies want free visa, ticket provision halted
(kp 20/07/2015), Govt,
manpower
companies refuse to budge: Row related to free visa
and ticket provision hits foreign employment sector
hard (ht 23/07/2015), Recruiting
firms
to resume service, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
26/07/2015), Recruitment
agencies’
protest labelled ‘sham’ (kp 26/07/2015)
New
provision
comes into effect: DoFE expects it will take two weeks
to send workers under ‘free visa and ticket’ facility
(ht 07/07/2015)
NAFEA’s
23rd
AGM today (ht 02/07/2015)
Demand
for
Nepalis workers may decrease in Malaysia, by Ram
Chandra Giri and Roshan Sedhai (kp 27/06/2015)
Number
of
workers going abroad rises gradually (ht
26/06/2015)
MoLE
enforces
new provision for migrants: Job-seekers eyeing seven
labour destinations to be able to go at zero cost from
July 6 (ht 25/06/2015), NAFEA
to
protest free visa, ticket provision (kp
28/06/2015), Recruiting
agencies
stage protests (kp 29/06/2015), House panel hails
MoLE’s new provision: Says
free
visa and ticket rules should be implemented for
countries that have signed labour agreement (ht
30/06/2015)
Reconstruction
phase
can offer alternative to foreign employment, by
Sujan Dhungana (rep 25/06/2015)
Plight
of
Nepalis in Malaysia: Migrants systematically rendered
'undocumented', by Kosh Raj Rai (rep 24/06/2015)
New
Agenda For Donor Conference: Making Migration Free For
Nepalese, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 23/06/2015)
Road
to
recovery: Japan and Korea can jhelp by increasing their
quotas for Nepali migrant workers, by Birat Anupam
(rep 22/06/2015)
‘Decision
to
regulate labour outflow not well-thought-out plan’
(kp 17/06/2015)
Government
gearing
up to send workers as domestic help (ht 16/06/2015)
Govt
to
introduce new rules for manpower agencies: Initial cost
of job-seekers to seven labour destinations to come down
drastically, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 13/06/2015),
Free
ticket,
visa for seven labor destinations, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 13/06/2015)
No
approval
unless migrants get free visa, ticket: Govt, by
Roshan Sedai (kp 05/06/2015)
Guaranteeing
Constitutional
Right To Employment, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn
05/06/2015)
Labour
shortage
hits businesses, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht 05/06/2015)
Orientation
for
outbound workers outside Valley too: Applications sought
from firms to run training schools in nine districts
(ht 02/06/2015)
Labour
shortage:
Capital grapples with soaring costs, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 28/05/2015), Create
jobs
within: The government also needs to be clear about
several aspects of its financial assistance plan for the
victims (ht 28/05/2015)
Number
of
foreign job-seekers nearly halved, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 27/05/2015), Nepali
migrant
workers: Around 4,000 returning home daily after quakes
(kp 28/05/2015)
Earthquake
rattles
foreign employment sector, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
05/05/2015)
Number
of
people leaving for foreign jobs up 16.66pc (ht
25/04/2015)
Outbound
female
domestic help: Govt set to revise restrictions on age,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 24/04/2015)
Law
requires
domestics to be produced at Nepal missions every 4
months, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 24/04/2015)
Govt
preparing
send workers to Malaysia free of cost, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 21/04/2015), Govt
in
ambitious bid
to safeguard workers: Two-pronged strategy: Improve
workers’ conditions or stop sending them there (kp
22/04/2015)
Preps
to
send Nepali workers to Israel: Ministry to table
proposal soon (kp 19/04/2015)
Nepal’s
labour
black-market: Greed of a few recruiting agencies and
top bureaucrats has landed many Nepalis in trouble at
work destinations, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
14/04/2015), ‘Weak
regulation
fuel fraud cases’ (kp 14/04/2015)
Ministry
to
increase guarantee amount posted by agencies, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 12/04/2015)
Middle
men
muddy the waters, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 11/04/2015)
Zero
cost
migration, really?, by Om Astha Rai (nt
10/04/2015), Belabouring
the
obvious (nt 10/04/2015)
Housemaids
in
M'sia, gulf: Nepali missions against lifting
employment ban on women, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
03/04/2015)
Nepal
tourism
generated 487k direct jobs in 2014 (kp 01/04/2015)
Domestic
jobs
abroad: Women continue to fall prey to traffickers,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 31/03/2015)
At
least
two Nepalis die abroad daily, by Ramesh Shrestha
(kp 27/03/2015), Call
to
make post-mortem mandatory, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
28/03/2016)
Educated
and
unemployed: More women are pursuing education degrees,
but it will be difficult to gainfully engage them in
work, by Deepak Thapa (kp 26/03/2015)
Relief
fund
for stranded illegal migrants in offing (ht
24/03/2015)
Govt
to
establish Labour Dept branches outside Kathmandu,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 22/03/2015)
Govt
unveils
umbrella employment policy (ht 22/03/2015)
Youths
call
for transparent use of workers’ welfare fund (kp
19/03/2015)
Eight
foreign
job-seekers duped every day (ht 19/03/2015)
Agents
add
to Nepali migrants’ expenses, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
15/03/2015)
‘Janajatis
more
prone to foreign job fraud’ (kp 10/03/2015)
Easing
the
passage: Even as hundreds of Nepali men continue to
take out loans for foreign employment at exorbitant
interest rates, the government is yet to come up with
a scheme to stop the trend, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
07/03/2015)
Unemployment:
A Perennial Problem, by Krishna Prasad Acharya (rn
05/03/2015)
Recruitment
firms
resist regulation on transparency, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 01/03/2015)
Stakeholders
stress
on creating jobs at home: Say lack of opportunities
forcing youths to fly abroad (kp 01/03/2015)
NAFEA
directed
to form new exec body (kp 27/02/2015)
Migrant
worker
welfare: Govt works to double insurance, relief pays,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 22/02/2015)
NAFEA
members
quit in protest of ‘power abuse’ (kp 15/02/2015)
All
about
the attitude: The Nepali government has already
created workplace policies that should help women in
the workplace; But unless the men who run
organisations willingly implement them, working women
will continue to be treated unfairly, by Chahana
Sigdel (kp 14/02/2015)
Online
measure
to monitor pre-departure orientation (kp
13/02/2015)
Plans
to
establish labour bank in limbo (ht 13/02/2015)
NAFEA
excom
members plan to resign en masse (kp 12/02/2015)
Govt
raises
medical fees for migrant workers (kp 08/02/2015)
Action
sought
against bio-med test providers, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 05/02/2015)
Bank
transaction
must for foreign job agencies, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 04/02/2015)
Thousands
apply
at PSC for govt jobs as deadline nears (ht
02/02/2015), Applicants
want
PSC exams decentralised, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
04/02/2015)
Flawed
narrative:
Poverty and lack of economic opportunities has meant
that Nepal is rapidly losing its working-age
population to oberseas, by Mukesh Khanal (rep
02/01/2015)
Foreign
job
seekers increase: Number of people looking for
employment abroad up 20pc (ht 01/02/2015), Outward
bound (ht)
Unfulfilled
promises:
Dreams shattered and neck deep in debt, families of
migrant workers who die abroad struggle to get by,
by Debendra Basnet (rep 28/01/2015), Scholarships
for
children of deceased migrant workers in offing
(rep 28/01/2015)
Youths
departing
for foreign jobs swindled (ht 27/01/2015)
DoFE
directs
manpower companies to use banking channel to collect
fees (ht 22/01/2015)
Malaysia
enforces
bio-metric system for migrant labor: Recruiting firms
threaten to stop processing Malaysia-bound workers,
by Sagar Ghimire (rep 19/01/2015), Nepali
migrants
to Malaysia: Biometric screening is a go (kp
22/01/2015), Malaysia
confirms
implementation of biometric health test: Irate
manpower agencies form joint struggle committee to put
pressure on government, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
24/01/2015), Foreign
job
firms against biometric health screening (kp
25/01/2015), CA
panel
instruction to halt biometric screening (kp
29/01/2015)
Foreign
employment:
Govt’s 7-day ultimatum to agencies, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 18/01/2015), DoFE
asks
manpower agencies to submit details by Friday: Those
that fail to comply will face legal action (ht
18/01/2015)
83pc
of
economically inactive people literate (ht
16/01/2015)
Evaluation
mechanism
for labour markets in offing: Only countries securing
60 marks to be listed as eligible destinations, by
Ramesh Shrestha (ht 15/01/2015)
Govt
preparing
to lower ceiling on recruitment fees, by Sagar
Ghimire (rep 15/01/2015)
Committee
to
identify five new labour destinations (ht
12/01/2015), Govt
working
to send Nepali workers to Japan, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 12/01/2015)
Employment
rate
in Valley highest in Bhaktapur: Latest CBS report
shows 22.25 per cent of employed population are
engaged in retail, wholesale trade (ht 10/01/2015)
No
country
for women: Despite a ban, women migrant workers come
back from the Gulf in the thousands with harrowing
tales of economic and physical exploitation, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 09/01/2015)
Why
so
many deaths? Without documented causes of death, there
is a lot of speculation to identify the reasons for
the high rates of death among Nepali migrant workers,
by Buddha Basnyat (nt 09/01/2015)
46
pc
people of working age group ‘economically inactive’,
by Rupak D. Sharma (ht 09/01/2015)
Retaining
youths:
Population dividend has remained just a dream in Nepal
as the nation faces an acute shortage of manpower,
by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 07/01/2015)
More
Nepalis
vie for 3rd-country jobs: Charm of seasonal labour
market in India gives way to more stable, better
paying works (kp 07/01/2015)
Loan-ly
ride:
From the moment they leave home and throughout their
stay abroad they cannot think of beyond paying back
loan, by Ravi Lochan Paudyal (rep 03/01/2015)
Foreign
employment:
262 women go missing in a year (kp 02/01/2015)
Labour
sector
reforms afoot: Government takes numerous initiatives
to organise migration (ht 01/01/2015)
Rights
of
migrant workers: Broader coordination stressed to
prevent labour exploitation (kp 30/12/2014)
Foreign
employment
fraud up 14.83 pc, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
29/12/2014)
Departure
of
migrant workers up 24% (rep 25/12/2014)
Manpower
agencies
defy govt direction (ht 24/12/2014)
Migration
blues:
Nepali migrant workers routinely undergo physical,
mental and sexual harasssment and often work for
extremely low salaries, by Rebanta Bahadur K.C.
(rep 24/12/2014)
Experts
call
for reducing social cost of migration (rep
22/12/2014)
Profile
of
recruiting agencies: Dept turns deaf ear to House
panel order (kp 21/12/2014)
Migration
gains:
Migration has been an alternative livelihood
opportunity for many Nepali households, by
Moheindu Chemjong (rep 20/12/2014)
A
great coming storm: Complex social conflicts loom,
unless Nepal creates jobs for returning migrants from
India and overseas, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp
19/12/2014)
Jobs
in
Gulf, Malaysia: Govt to lower migrant woman age bar to
25, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 19/12/2014) [including
reports on other rape cases]
Govt
sticks
to conditions for sending domestic workers, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 18/12/2014)
Female
migrant
domestiv workers: Govt may lift ban, on safety
condition, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 05/12/2014)
Countries
have
to sign MoU to get Nepali ‘help’, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 04/12/2014)
Overworked
and
underpaid: Stakeholders urge government to take
initiative to ensure minimum wages for workers, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 04/12/2014)
Workers
without
frontier, working sans safety net, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 27/11/2014)
IRLC
investigating
manpower agencies (ht 21/11/2014)
Government
plans
to explore new labour destinations (ht 20/11/2014)
Cabinet
nod
sought for Labour Bank, by Ramesh Shrestha (kp
18/11/2014)
Money
to
work: National policies and plans must acknowledge the
relationship between migration and climate change
adaptation, by Soumyadeep Banerjee and Meena
Poudel (rep 15/11/2014)
MRP
delay
costing migrant workers lucrative jobs, by Ritesh
Tripathi (rep 13/11/2014)
Regulating
manpower
agencies: Recruitment fees through banking channel
only: Panel (kp 10/11/2014), Recruitment
fees
to manpower firms only through banks soon, by
Sagar Ghimire (rep 10/11/2014), Labour
Ministry
told to profile manpower firms, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 12/11/2014)
Call
for
labour pact in job destinations: Nepal pressed to
allow female domestic helps, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
09/11/2014)
Challenges
Before
Labor Migration, by Jacqueline Groth (sp
07/11/2014), Labour
Migration:
There is no guarantee that they will find work. In
many cases, they find themselves largely deprived of
basic rights, by Jacqueline Groth (sp 21/11/2014)
Malaysia
and
Gulf nations hiring more Nepalis: Number of outbound
workers rise by 33 per cent to 129,410 (ht
04/11/2014)
Not
easy:
I have seen unemployed Nepoalis spending nights in
poarks and under bridges and begging in the streets of
Europe and the US, by Neelam Adhikari (rep
01/11/2014)
Overseas
employment:
Finding new frontiers, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
31/10/2014)
Jobs
in
little-known countries luring Nepalis, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 29/10/2014)
Foreign
jobs:
Vocation training goes a long way, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 28/10/2014), No
solution
in prohibition: Instead of restricting women workers
from visiting the Middle East, the government should
be focusing on their safety and job security, by
Nirmala Adhikari (kp 28/10/2014), Overcoming
shortcomings
in migrant labour industry, by Chahana Sigdel (kp
28/10/2014)
Hire
lawyers
in labour receiving nations, govt told (kp
23/10/2014)
Nepali
women
still going to Iraq despite govt ban: Four turned back
from TIA, by Kamal Pariyar (rep 23/10/2014)
Stories
of
pain: Many Nepali workers are forced to work like
slaves; They are not paid for months, their salaries
retained and passports confiscated, by Hari Bansh
Jha (rep 22/10/2014)
Over
half
of migrant workers from Tarai: However, hill districts
account for the majority of the women leaving Nepal
for foreign employment, government report shows,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 19/10/2014)
More
women
join labour force as men go abroad, by Binod
Bhandari (kp 15/10/2014)
Foreign
job
seekers in the lurcH: General education consultancy
swindles Rs 5 million, by Chandi Raj Dahal (ht
19/09/2014)
Foreign
employment:
Govt to double pay for dead, injured, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 14/09/2014)
A
daily living, by Anup Ojha (kp 13/09/2014)
No
bar
to work in war-torn countries: Around 3,000 youths
have left for war-hit nations of Asia and Africa in
past six months; Nearly 2,000 permits issued for
Afghanistan, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 08/09/2014)
Suicide
rate
among Nepali migrants up: 94 workers took their own
lives in last fiscal, compared to 81 the year before,
by Ramesh Shrestha (ht 04/09/2014)
Govt
to
enforce old decision: MoLE prepares to impose complete
ban on Nepali women leaving for Gulf countries to work
as domestic helpers (ht 02/09/2014)
Creating
jobs
at home: Experts advise government and policymakers to
stop being deluded with fleeting success of remittance
and provide employment opportunities for its youth
inside the country, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
02/09/2014), Doing
it
right: Government should provide job-specific training
to workers and take responsibility of their security
(kp 02/09/2014), Government
plans
to make labour importing countries more responsible,
interview with Tek Bahadur Gurung (kp 02/09/2014)
Assuming
fake
identity: Women aspiring for work abroad are forced to
accept forged passport by employment agents - thanks
to flawed labor law, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep
01/09/2014)
Frequent
changes
of chief affecting DoFE services, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 30/08/2014)
Look
Before
You Leap, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (kp 27/08/2014)
Govt
should
consult us before signing deal with Malaysia: NAFEA
(rep 27/08/2014)
Every
six
tourists create one job in Nepal: Study, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 22/08/2014)
No
country
for young: Promises of employment alone will not
suffice to keep Nepalis from leaving (kp
15/08/2014)
Korean
language
test: EPS receives over 19,000 applications on day one,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 14/08/2014), Korean
jobs
aspirants face cops’ wrath, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
14/08/2014), Applications
swamp
EPS: Number of applications estimated to cross 55,000
this year, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 15/08/2014), More
than
40,000 apply for EPS jobs (ht 15/08/2014)
Foreign
work
permits from Soalteemode (kp 13/08/2014)
Jan
limit
for work permit on old PPs, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
11/08/2014)
Run
for
employment campaign organised (ht 10/08/2014)
The
final
straw: Centralized medical test systrem adds financial
burden to aspiring migrant workers, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 10/08/2014)
Tarai
regions
top charts in worker migration (ht 08/08/2014)
Govt
denies
FEPB funds for Nepalis stuck in Libya, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 07/08/2014)
Curbing
fraud
recruitment firms: Signing contract before govt
official to be mandatory, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
01/08/2014)
Number
of
Nepali migrant workers up 16pc (ht 31/07/2014)
80k
jobs
to be created in small businesses, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 30/07/2014)
Govt
prepares
to lift Gulf ban for female workers, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 28/07/2014), More
harm
than good: Ban on women migrating to the Gulf for
domestic work must definitely be lifted (kp
29/07/2014)
A
neglected lot: Even as remittance becomes the mainstay
of economy, migrant workers struggle for justice back
home, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 20/07/2014)
Blood,
sweat
and tears: ‘The vulnerability of Nepali migrant
workers to exploitation abroad is heightened by
routine misconduct within Nepal’, by Damakant
Jayshi (nt 18/07/2014)
55
recruitment
cos banned to send workers to Qatar, by Hom Karki
(kp 17/07/2014)
Manufacturing
jobs
increase 14.8pc in 6 years, says CBS (kp
09/07/2014)
Remittance
management:
Labour bank to reduce forced migration, by Weena
Pun (kp 07/07/2014), Mapping
migrants:
Nepal must capitalise on the skills andresources of
its professional diaspora (kp 08/07/2014)
Manufacturing
units’
reliance on foreign workers grows (ht 28/06/2014)
Youths
glad
at Qatar airport job openings sans middlemen, by
Shreejana Shrestha (/rep 28/06/2014)
When
seeking
redress, migrants prefer violence: Trust in justice
system is very low, by Weena Pun (kp 25/06/2014)
Nepali
workers’
departure surpasses annual records (ht 24/06/2014)
Nepali
migrant
workers’ woes: A fresh approach is needed, by
Vikash Raj Satyal (kp 17/06/2014)
NSU
demands
jobs, loan for one lakh youths (ht 16/06/2014)
Chasing
mirage:
The number of migrant workers is increasinf; This
poses serious challenges for the country, by
Shristi Kafle (rep 14/06/2014)
Migrant
workers
lack access to justice: Report (ht 12/06/2014), Lax
law
to blame for migrant woes: Report (kp 13/06/2014)
'Rratify
UN
convention on migrant worker rights': DoFE not
enforcing contractual rights, oblicagtions (rep
11/06/2014)
Foreign
employment
fraud on rise (ht 01/06/2014)
Lack
of
opportunities: Rising jobless youth, by Lekker de
Jong (ht 30/05/2014), Call
to
retain foreign-bound workers (kp 31/05/2014)
From
Katari
to Qatar:Beset by political troubles, the Nepali
state, both directly and indirectly, has forced its
citizens to migrate, by Sanjay Sharma (kp
30/05/2014)
Who
benefits
from jobs generated by foreign investment?, by
Rudra Pangeni /rep 16/05/2014)
72
workers
die each month in foreign employment (nn
16/05/2014)
Foreign
Employment:
Is It Sustainable?, by Krishna Prasad Acharya (rn
13/05/2014)
Most
migrants
die due to cardiac arrest (ht 13/05/2014)
Around
half
a million migrant workers leave Nepal annually: Govt
(nn 12/05/2014)
Foreign
migrants
lack training: Orientation centres found
‘selling’certificates to workers, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 08/05/2014)
Women
migrant
workers flying to Gulf via India to skirt age limit
rule, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 04/05/2014)
Youths
still
under unemployment spell: ILO report (kp
30/04/2014), Govt
has
to play role of facilitator for Nepali youth: ILO
(ht 30/04/2014)
Agencies
providing
orientation to migrant workers required to furnish
details online, by Sreejana Shrestha (rep
23/04/2014)
Foreign
jobs
dept plans database of migrant workers: Bid to
discourage fake certificates (kp 21/04/2014)
2
migrant workers dying abroad per day, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 20/04/2014), Nepali
migrant
workers dying at higher rate, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 22/04/2014)
The
long
wait to bid final farewell: Families of deceased
Nepali migrant workers wait for months, even years, to
receive bodies of loved ones, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
19/04/2014)
Hard
choice:
Women workers abroad (rep 17/04/2014)
Plight
of
undocumented Nepali migrants, by Subarna Poudel
(ht 16/04/2014)
Work
begins
for all-in-one foreign employment services, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 14/04/2014)
Nepal
to
ink labor accord with three countries soon (rep
13/04/2014)
Half
dozen
candidates eye top NAFEA post: NAFEA, the umbrella
organisation of recruitment companies, is holding the
election on April 26 (kp 06/04/2014)
DoFE
shifting
to a bigger, better location (ht 03/04/2014)
After
SLC,
students go to India for job (kp 03/04/2014)
Misuse
of
migrant workers’ welfare fund goes rampant, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 30/03/2014)
Agents
visit
villages to send youths abroad, by Thakur Singh
Tharu (kp 27/03/2014)
Gov
penalizes
44 manpower companies, by Sagar Ghimire (rep
26/03/2014)
Board
to
get chief in ‘two weeks’ (kp 25/03/2014)
Govt’s
work
permit plan for foreigners ineffective, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 24/03/2014)
Udayapur
youth
turn to self-employment, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
23/03/2014)
Cases
filed
at DoFE against manpower agencies up 32pc (ht
20/03/2014)
Youth
fund
plans to raise loan limit to Rs 500k (kp
20/03/2014)
Fund
piles
up, govt lacks plans for migrants’ care, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 19/03/2014), Two
years
on, Board without executive (kp 19/03/2014)
Majority
of
foreign job migrants from Dhanusha district (ht
18/03/2014)
No
work
permit without MRP from May 15, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 16/03/2014)
Bid
to
control high death rate of Nepali workers abroad
(ht 16/03/2014$)
Except
India:
The lack of representation and self-definition for
Nepali workers in India needs to be rectified, by
Devendra Bhattarai (kp 16/03/2014)
Duped
and
grounded in Delhi in bid to fly abroad: India becoming
an alternative route for Nepali foreign job aspirants,
by Devendra Bhattarai (kp 14/03/2014)
Stop
it:
Absence of effective policies and programs contributes
the most to the great exodus, by Som Bhandari (rep
13/03/2014)
Govt
misused
migrant workers’ fund, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
13/03/2014)
Permits
for
new manpower agencies only after 2 years (kp
13/03/2014)
Illegally
run
manpower agencies shut (kp 09/03/2014)
42
agencies
face action, 8 licences scrapped, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 05/03/2014)
Progress
on
‘De Pogo’ (ht 04/03/2014)
Make
details
of policy buyers online: DoFE, by Sagar Ghimire
(rep 03/03/2014)
DoFE
padlocks
five manpower offices in eastern region (ht
28/02/2014)
Migration
as
metaphor: Power relations are inherent in any
experience of migration, by Pranaya SJB Rana (kp
26/02/2014)
DoFE
set
to launch ‘Mobile’ campaign (ht 24/02/2014)
DoFE
scraps
license of 8 manpower agencies (rep 20/02/2014)
On
the
move: Nepal, as a traditional labour exporter, should
work harder to protect migrant rights, by Gopal
Krishna Siwakoti (kp 19/02/2014)
DoFE
gears
for major overhaul (ht 18/02/2014)
DoFE
to
open Malaysia Section at Babarmahal in near future
(ht 15/02/2014)
Ensuring
safe
migration: Government planning to bring various
procedural reforms to help overseas labourers (kp
13/02/2014), Call
for
concerted efforts to stop female labour exploitation
(kp 13/02/2014)
Nepal
lumbered
in ‘jobless growth’ from 2000 to 2012 (ht
13/02/2014), 550k
Nepali
youths enter job market every year: UNCTAD (rep
13/02/2014), Very
critical (ht 14/02/2014), More
jobs
for youth needed: UNCTAD (kp 15/02/2014)
Job
creation
critical for durable economic progress in Nepal:
Report (nn 12/02/2014)
62
miss
flight due to negligence of labor desk, by Kriti
Bhuju (rep 11/02/2014)
Over
80
officials, hiring agents face charge: Probe sees role
of immigration officers, duty officers at airport desk
and manpower agency owners in fraud, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 10/02/2014)
Migrant
workers:
A story of opportunities and challenges, by Nitya
Pandey (rep 07/02/2014)
People
falling
prey to ‘unauthorised’ individual manpower agents
(ht 04/02/2014)
Specific
services
for foreign jobs in a week, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
02/02/2014)
DoFE
staff
accused of issuing permits illegally (kp
30/01/2014)
Lack
of
separate pact: Domestic help: The plight continues,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 28/01/2014)
Fraudulent
counselling
firms for migrant workers penalised, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 23/01/2014)
Addressing
the
youth bulge: What Nepal can do, by Raj Kumar Baral
(ht 22/01/2014)
Most
cases
filed at DoFE not genuine (ht 22/01/2014)
For
some
electric crematorium means job loss, by Pratibha
Rawal (rep 21/01/2014)
The
way
forward: Nepal experiences labor force deficit while
worrying levels of unemployment have created anguish and
desperation among the youths and policymakers, by
Avinash Gupta and Hari Sharma (rep 21/01/2014)
Most
migrants
under 25 years (ht 20/01/2014)
Job
security
in the Gulf: A confident democracy should have the
resourcefulness to speak to the Gulf countries, to try
raise job security and income levels of Nepali migrant
workers, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp 17/01/2014)
Song
of
development: We should not necessarily discourage labor
migration, but employment creationat home is more
important, by Laxmi Oli (rep 15/01/2014)
Guideline
to
regulate hiring of foreigners: Makes it mandatory for
non-Nepalis to get work permit within a month (kp
14/01/2014), 50
firms
penalised for hiring foreigners sans work permit, by
Ramesh Shrestha (kp 19/01/2014), 53
organizations
face action for illegally hiring foreigners, by
Sagar Ghimire (rep 19/01/2014)
Govt
issues
work permit guidelines, by Sagar Ghimire (rep
13/01/2014)
Costs
of
leaving home: More and more migrant workers are
returning home in coffins, leaving their families with
exorbitant loans to pay off, by Dorje Gurung (kp
05/01/2014)
Govt
stops
Malaysia work permits (kp 02/01/2014), Govt
to
discuss medical system: Meeting will weigh pros and cons
of Malaysian biometric test (ht 06/01/2014)
Rs
8000
pay enough to keep women migrant workers at home: UN
study, by Anjali Subedi (rep 02/01/2014)
Raising
the
bar (kp 01/01/2014)
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