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The Kathmandu Post
April 2, 2018
More than 82,000 Nepalis have applied online for the Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) language test—a pre-requisite for migrant workers seeking jobs in ... According to the EPS Section under the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE), a total of 82,279 Nepali youths registered themselves online fromÃâà...
Himalayan Times
March 21, 2018
KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court of Nepal on Wednesday has issued a directive order in the name of Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers ... the legal mechanism to ensure “external voting or out of country voting” in order to ensure the voting rights of Nepali migrant workers abroad.
The Kathmandu Post
March 21, 2018
8 Nepali migrant workers rescued from Oman. - Post Report, Kathmandu. Mar 21, 2018-Nepali Embassy in Oman on Tuesday rescued eight Nepali workers and sent them to Nepal after they were mistreated and denied promised job and salary in the Arab ... The manpower arranged air-tickets for the stranded Nepalis.
The Kathmandu Post
March 15, 2018
Mar 15, 2018-A Nepali migrant worker, who was preparing to return to Nepal, died in Malaysia on Tuesday. ... But we suddenly got the information of his passing,” said Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) Malaysia Chairman P.T Sherpa, who was coordinating with the embassy to return Tamang to Nepal.
The Kathmandu Post
March 11, 2018
UAE Embassy selects two agencies to verify Nepali migrant worker certificate ... It added not only extra workload, but also financial burden on migrant workers. ... As per the requirement, a Nepali worker has to apply at the Nepal Police Headquarters in Naxal, Kathmandu to obtain good conduct report. LaterÃâà...
The Conversation UK
March 9, 2018
Nepal has a real migrant workers economy with close to 50% of Nepalis relying on financial help from relatives abroad. Mental health ... For many rural Nepali women, the most qualified birth attendant they can expect to look after them is the Nepali Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs). But a study found thatÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
March 9, 2018
The South Korean government has already fixed the total number of Nepali workers it will be accepting in 2019. The Human Resources Development Service of South Korea has fixed the maximum ceiling of 7,100 Nepalis for its job market. Out of that, 4,800 will be placed in the manufacturing sector,Ãâà...
Nepali times
March 9, 2018
The Footwear Manufacturer's Association of Nepal estimates that at least 40% of its 20,000 workers are women, and this percentage is rising steadily. ... The number of outbound migrant workers was expected to decline after the end of conflict in 2006, but the political transition dragged on. After the 2015Ãâà...
Himalayan Times
March 9, 2018
The 'Good Conduct Certificate' for migrant workers is issued by Nepal Police, while the Department of Consular Services, under the Ministry of ... move requiring further authentication of the character certificate issued to migrant workers indicates suspicion over the reliability of the Nepali government andÃâà...
Nepali times
March 8, 2018
As provincial governments and legislatures get down to business in Provinces 5 and 6 in western Nepal, young elected representatives hold the answer to inclusive development of this under-served region ... Her father was a migrant worker in India to earn enough to pay for her ailing mother's medical bills.
Himalayan Times
March 7, 2018
The Embassy stated in a press release that stranded Nepali migrant workers were sent back home after completing all legal procedures of Oman. These migrant worker swere denied of facilities as mentioned in their contract paper, the Embassy stated in the statement. The Embassy said 20 Nepali workersÃâà...
ucanews
March 7, 2018
An International Labour Organization report showed that the Nepali deaths were due to "poor working conditions, high levels of occupational stress and lack of adequate medical care." The 2017 U.S. Department of State Trafficking In Persons Report warned that "migrant workers on palm oil and agriculturalÃâà...
La Croix International
March 5, 2018
An International Labour Organization report showed that the Nepali deaths were due to "poor working conditions, high levels of occupational stress and lack of adequate medical care." The 2017 US Department of State Trafficking In Persons Report warned that "migrant workers on palm oil and agriculturalÃâà...
Himalayan Times
February 23, 2018
The Embassy of Nepal to Malaysia rescued 10 Nepali migrant workers stranded in the Southeast Asian country and sent them home safe yesterday. ... According to the embassy, the Nepali youths were kept in the custody of Kuala Lumpur-based Lenggeng Immigration Detention Centre for weeks as theyÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
February 21, 2018
At the event organised by the Nepali embassy in Kuala Lumpur, the Nepali migrant workers were informed of their welfare and services and perks provided by various concerned agencies like the Department of Foreign Employment, the Foreign Employment Promotion Board and the Ministry of Labour andÃâà...
Nepali times
December 31, 1999
A trader told Nepali Times: "Those who had been simultaneously running businesses in Nepal and India are slowly withdrawing from here." The number of outbound ... Analysts suspect migrant workers' earnings are coming through illegal channels like 'hundi' paying their families here in Nepali currency.
The Kathmandu Post
December 31, 1999
The government of Israel has shown positive intent towards receiving more Nepali migrant workers as caregivers from this year. Officials from Israel Embassy in Kathmandu hinted the Middle Eastern country might accept 500 new caregivers from Nepal in 2018 during a meeting with officials from theÃâà...
