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Overseas employment problems, by Prabhakar Ghimire (rep 05/09/2010)
Labour Ministry ready to resolve problems of Nepali migrant workers (nn 03/09/2010)
Labour pain: Our labour diplomacy is conspicuous by its absence as thousands of Nepalis continue to work in dangerous conditions, by Bishal Bhattarai (kp 31/08/2010)
Migrant workforce hits roadblock, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 30/08/2010)
Smart card ID draws flak (kp 28/08/2010)
Getting
migration right: The key is to empower individuals so that every step
of the process is driven by their own informed decisions, by Aya Tasaki (kp 26/08/2010)
Overseas jobs market shrinks (ht 23/08/2010), Outflow of Nepali migrant workers declines (nn 23/08/2010), Less outbound labour (kp 24/08/2010)
Redress these, says House panel (kp 20/08/2010)
Only few women migrant workers recorded (ht 17/08/2010)
Algeria added as a new destination for workers (ht 12/08/2010)
Half of the population unemployed: As a result, the number of migrant workers has grown tremendously (ht 11/08/2010)
'Ban individual contracts to Gulf' (ht 10/08/2010)
Curious Nepali workers queue up for Iraqi jobs (ht 06/08/2010)
Foreign job scams worth Rs 348m (ht 30/07/2010)
Iraq ban likely to be off today (kp 27/07/2010), Govt to turn off Iraq ban switch: Travel mode to the war-ravaged country to get tighter (kp 28/07/2010), Iraq job door reopens: US military to probe scenario (kp 29/07/2010)
Poland to hire 400 workers (nn 26/07/2010)
‘Find new destinations for foreign job seekers’; Job makets to stay active: FEPB, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 24/07/2010)
Worker departures 294k last FY (kp 21/07/2010), Departures of Nepali workers soar by 35.42 percent (nn 21/07/2010), Foreign employment up 26 pc in 2009-10 (ht 22/07/2010), Right channels: Foreign employment is not going to stop, but it can be better managed (kp 22/07/2010)
Govt mulls identity cards for migrant workers (kp 16/07/2010), Govt to introduce identity cards for migrant workers (nn 16/07/2010)
391 Nepali workers have died abroad in one year (nn 16/07/2010)
Three million Nepali youths toiling in foreign lands (nn 15/07/2010)
Beyond remittance: The government should work to ensure the rights of Nepali migrant workers overseas, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 11/07/2010)
Migration abates (ht 04/07/2010), Job aspirants heading overseas declines (nn 04/07/2010)
Prioritise foreign employment (ht 02/07/2010)
The migration story: Another facet, by Binod Bhattarai (ht 28/06/2010)
FEPB spends Rs 65 million on migrant workers’ welfare (ht 27/06/2010)
DoFE to open 5 branches (ht 26/06/2010)
Number of outbound workers sets record: 31,636 Nepalis go abroad in a month, by Ramesh Shrestha (kp 22/06/2010)
Hello
Kitty salvation: Because of Taukay Politics, our best and brightest can
only dream of going to work in a plastic factory in Korea, by Sushma Joshi (kp 20/06/2010), Unemployment vs foreign employment, by Prabhakar Ghimire (rep 20/06/2010), Politics of poverty, by Ameet Dhakal (rep 22/06/2010)
Youth migrating, elders only hope Officials keep mum even as workers’migration continues unabated (ht 19/06/2010), For food, locals go to work for NGOs, by Dikshya Singh (ht 19/06/2010)
Vacancy, Nepal: What does work mean for Nepalis?, by Artha Beed (nt 18/06/2010)
Foreign employment (rep 17/06/2010)
Schemes for migrant workers on the anvil, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 11/06/2010), Regulating foreign employment (rep 11/06/2010)
Call to tie up EIC with employment Linking job with centre key (ht 24/05/2010)
Migrant workers’ departure rises (kp 21/05/2010)
Outsourcers take benfits of lack of jobs at home, charge double (ht 17/05/2010)
Strike affects foreign employment (kp 07/05/2010)
Youth at work: The self-employment plan was designed to generate jobs through micro enterprises, by Uma Shankar Prasad (kp 26/04/2010)
Fraud cases lesser in foreign employment (ht 26/04/2010)
Over two dozen women leave country every day (ht 23/04/2010)
Manpower agencies decry GAMCA monopoly (ht 20/04/2010)
Foreign employment market sees recovery (nn 19/04/2010), More labourers outbound (kp 21/04/2010), Nepali workers seeking work abroad up by 63.29 percent in mid-April (nn 21/04/2010)
NFEEA all set to elect its new executive committee (nn 06/04/2010)
Hard labour: Existing laws have not been enough to protect Nepali women abroad (kp 05/04/2010)
Proper papers best shield for workers abroad (ht 01/04/2010)
Teams to work on Employment Guarantee Act (ht 25/03/2010)
Govt urged to ensure migrant workers safety (ht 25/03/2010), Amnesty International asks govt to ensure safety of workers (nn 25/03/2010)
Departures of migrant workers down 18pc (kp 22/03/2010)
Fraud rising in foreign employment (ht 19/03/2010)
EPS SKorea again hiring workers (ht 19/03/2010)
Workers migration trend back on track (ht 18/03/2010)
Any qualified person can apply for jobs in Mauritius (kp 18/03/2010)
Lebanon to reopen for jobseekers (kp 16/03/2010)
Outflow of Nepali workers declines by 11.7 pc (nn 15/03/2010)
Malaysia calls for housemaids (ht 13/03/2010)
Youth employment fund remains unutilised for over a year (rn 13/03/2010)
MRC disseminating info on foreign employment (kp 12/03/2010)
New destination (ht 10/03/2010), Nepal gets job offers from Papua New Guinea (ht 12/03/2010)
FEPB to offer scholarships (kp 04/03/2010)
Migration Resource Center to open soon (nn 21/02/2010)
Malaysia to regain top post as destination country (ht 19/02/2010)
More migrant workers getting jobs abroad (ht 18/02/2010)
'RAP has provided employment to 47,000 poeple' (nn 15/02/2010)
Course set for Japan-bound workers (kp 14/02/2010)
Foreign employment rules to be amended (kp 12/02/2010), Govt mulling to amend Foreign Employment Regulation (nn 12/02/2010)
Khadgi recounts harrowing tale (ht 04/02/2010)
Info centre for migrant workers to be set up (kp 03/02/2010)
Foreign employment up as financial crisis eases (kp 27/01/2010)
Blanket ban on foreign employment via India, by Anil Giri (kp 26/01/2010)
Hurdles force govt to revise FER, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 04/01/2010)
Addressing Unemployment, by Laxman Datt Pant (rn 29/12/2009)
More Nepali workers leaving for jobs abroad (kp 22/12/2009), Foreign employment on the rise (nn 22/12/2009)
Malaysia tops as Nepali labour destination (ht 20/12/2009)
No state for migrant workers, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 05/12/2009)
Self-employment scheme sought (ht 03/12/2009)
When machines crushed dreams, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 03/12/2009)
Dreams shatter: 18 workers return from Qatar empty-handed (kp 02/12/2009)
Migrant workers' plight, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 28/11/2009)
More outbound workers going after fest season (ht 20/11/2009)
Worker departures down 20pc (kp 18/11/2009)
Unsung heroes, by Bhanu Bhakta Acharya (kp 08/11/2009)
Employment agencies urge reopening of Israel (kp 04/11/2009)
Festive season pulls down outbound workers’ number (ht 25/10/2009), Migrant workers’ number declines (kp 25/10/2009)
FEPB seeks help in exploring labour market (ht 23/10/2009)
FEPB to train women workers, by Ramesh Shrestha (kp 09/10/2009)
In distress (kp 07/10/2009)
HK snubs Nepal’s call to reopen work destination (ht 05/10/2009), Nepal asks Hong Kong to reabsorb Nepali workers (nn 05/10/2009)
Nepalis may land in Oz, Canada soon, by Ramesh Shrestha (kp 02/10/2009)
Mauritius the new overseas destination, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 01/10/2009)
Plea to hike migrant workers compensation (ht 26/09/2009)
Gulf fatal for Nepali workers: Three bodies being flown back home daily, on an average, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 23/09/2009)
Destination South Korea revives, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 22/09/2009)
Foreign employment: Mauritius new destination, by Ramesh Shrestha (kp 21/09/2009)
Demand for Nepali migrant workers up (kp 17/09/2009)
Welfare first: The state must gear up to utilise the potentials of the youths who can contribute to the maximum (ht 15/09/2009)
Qatari company fires 529 Nepali workers (nn 14/09/2009)
Malaysia's worker shortage Nepal's chance (ht 11/09/2009)
Unemplyment scheme to benefit migrant workers (nn 09/09/2009)
Overseas jobs getting secure for Nepali workers (nn 06/09/2009)
Passport applications decline, by Rabindra Upreti (kp 04/09/2009)
36,000 applicants to get loans, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/09/2009)
HK: New destination for Nepali women (kp 28/08/2009)
Manpower agencies flouting rules (kp 26/08/2009)
Saudi Arabia high on migrant labour list (ht 21/08/2009)
Overseas jobs slump by 21 percent (kp 20/08/2009), Manpower export declines by 21 percent (nn 20/08/2009)
Govt mulling orientation centers to check rising deaths of Nepali workers in Qatar (nn 16/08/2009)
50pc urban labour force underutilised (kp 11/08/2009), One-third working population under-utilised (ht 11/08/2009), Only two-third Nepalis fully employed: Labour Survey 2008 (nn 11/08/2009)
The recession & the lahure, by Baburam Kharel (kp 08/08/2009)
South Asia: Problems faced by migrant workers, by Sridhar K. Khatri (tg 05/06/2009)
SKorea reopens EPS sector (ht 04/08/2009)
Missing foresight: The unemployment rate will go on increasing unless remedial measures are taken (kp 03/08/2009)
Europe next stop for Nepalis (kp 31/07/2009)
Qatar, Riyadh hotspots for migrant workers (ht 27/07/2009)
No dignity in death: Every day, the bodies of three Nepali migrant workers arrive at Kathmandu airport, by CK Lal (nt 24/07/2009)
DoFE burns midnight oil to curb sector fraud (ht 23/07/2009)
Outbound migrant workers dip 13pc, by Ramesh Shrestha (kp 22/07/2009)
Trainee export to Japan, by Bishal Bhattarai (kp 15/07/2009)
Damsels in distress: Unless women get visas easily, they will continue to seek easier ways (kp 14/07/2009)
Alam to visit Korea, Israel to sort out labour issues (kp 07/07/2009)
Outsourcers under scanner (ht 26/06/2009)
MoLTM eyes new work destinations (ht 25/06/2009)
Few takers for DoL’s EIC programme, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 23/06/2009)
Youth ask govt for EPS jobs in Korea (kp 18/06/2009)
10pc less Nepali workers leaving (kp 17/06/2009), Weakening Nepali foreign employment, by Prabhakar Ghimire (rep 17/06/2009), Migrant worker outflow ups (ht 19/06/2009)
EPS hopefuls grope for details, in vain, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 13/06/2009)
Worker destination attraction veering from Gulf to Eurozone, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 10/06/2009)
UN launches ‘jobs for peace’ in Nepal (nn 09/06/2009)
Employment trainees put off by red tape (kp 03/06/2009)
150,000 being trained (kp 15/05/2009)
Govt reopens Lebanon for migrant workers (ht 13/05/2009)
Two lakh migrant women workers ‘missing’ (ht 09/05/2009)
Foreign labour mart is booming (ht 08/05/2009), Export of Nepali manpower 'growing' (nn 08/05/2009)
Manpower agencies to merge (ht 03/05/2009)
EPS website top hit govt site (ht 02/05/2009) [see corresponding website]
MoLTM soon to select recruiting agencies under JITCO (nn 28/04/2009)
Labour marts abroad shrink (ht 27/04/2009)
FEPB provides compensation to 103 returnees (nn 24/04/2009)
Crooked manpower agencies flayed (ht 22/04/2009)
Bahrain fifth best work destination (ht 21/04/2009)
Job website for Far West launched (ht 14/04/2009), Website launched for unemployed youths (nn 14/04/2009), Website to help jobless youth (kp 14/04/2009) [see website]
Self-employment programme falters (kp 09/04/2009), 'Self-employment is focused on developing entrepreneurship and resource mobilisation' (nn 13/04/2009), SEP's USP spins out of control (ht 13/04/2009), Self-employment scheme hits snag, by Bed Raj Poudel (kp 15/04/2009), Self-employment scheme a farce, allege youths (ht 17/04/2009)
DoFE cracks whip at manpower agencies (ht 09/04/2009)
Minister unveils seamier side of foreign employment process (ht 04/04/2009)
Govt nod to Libya, the new work destination (ht 28/03/2009)
Scams prevail in labour outsourcing (ht 26/03/2009)
More women go to work abroad (kp 24/03/2009)
Employment generation to be the main objective of next budget (nn 21/03/2009), Employment creation will be top priority of upcoming budget: Dr Bhattarai (nn 29/03/2009)
Youths prefer farming to jobs abroad, by Amrita Anmol (kp 20/03/2009)
Recruiting agencies' selection delayed (ht 19/03/2009)
Fewer migrant workers leaving for foreign jobs (kp 16/03/2009), Global meltdown affecting foreign employment (nn 16/03/2009), Outbound workers’ number dents (ht 21/03/2009)
‘Send more women on foreign jobs’ (kp 14/03/2009), Experts for pro-worker labour diplomacy (ht 14/03/2009)
Self-employment scheme lures youths, by Krishna Acharya (kp 12/03/2009), 10-12 pc interest on bank loans, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/03/2009), Youth scheme draws applicants in droves, by Kumbharaj Rai (kp 20/03/2009), 7,000 apply for self-employment in Banke (kp 26/03/2009), Skill scheme aspirants find going tough, by Mohan Guragain (ht 28/03/2009)
Foreign calls for Nepali workers getting scarce (ht 07/03/2009)
FEBP aids in bringing dead workers back to homeland, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 05/03/2009)
Nepali women flying out via India (ht 02/03/2009)
Meltdown hits work destination Qatar (ht 01/03/2009)
Fewer workers Malaysia-bound (ht 27/02/2009), Number of Nepali workers going Malaysia sees fall (nn 27/02/2009)
Nobody's Concern, by Keshab Poudel (sp 20/02/2009), Unemployment in South Asia: A case of Nepal, by Bishwambher Pyakuryal (sp 20/02/2009), Tackling Unemployment, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 27/02/2009)
Fewer Nepalis are unemployed, by Kuber Chalise (ht 18/02/2009)
Employment talk (ht 17/02/2009)
Expert fears flood of laid-off Nepali migrant workers (ht 17/02/2009)
Foreign employment not a permanent solution, say Nepali ambassadors (nn 12/02/2009), Experts ask govt to initiate measures to protect foreign employment (nn 13/02/2009)
Fewer migrant workers (ht 10/02/2009), Global economic crisis may send home Nepalese workers (rn 10/02/2009), Tough times ahead for Nepali jobseekers abroad (kp 13/02/2009), Homeward bound, by Bishal Bhattarai (kp 13/02/2009)
Govt working to shield foreign employment sector: Minister Bhatta (nn 09/02/2009), Bhatta calls for concerted action to tackle job losses (kp 11/02/2009)
Workers' new batch off to South Korea (ht 03/02/2009)
Outbound worker torrent slows (ht 02/02/2009), Export of Nepali manpower in crisis (nn 02/02/2009), Hitting Home: Nepal is just feeling the first painful blows of the global recession as herds of laid off workers return home, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 05/02/2009)
Qatar approves 112,000 visas for Nepali workers (rn 02/02/2009)
Nepalis in UAE set to lose jobs (kp 02/02/2009)
Efforts underway to introduce unemployment insurance (nn 01/02/2009)
DFE to start token system from Wed (kp 31/01/2009)
Growing unemployment may topple ruling coalition, by Kuber Chalise (ht 29/01/2009)
Malaysia bans foreign labour, by Yogesh Khatiwoda (kp 24/01/2009), Govt concerned about job security for Nepalis in Malaysia (nn 24/01/2009), Job pledge for migrant workers (kp 25/01/2009), Remittance hit, BoP crisis looms: Jobs-cut abroad to affect forex reserve, by Kuber Chalise (ht 25/01/2009), Global meltdown hits Nepal as workers return, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/01/2009), Laid off workers to be compensated (ht 29/01/2009), Govt decides to compensate repatriated workers (nn 29/01/2009), Malaysia clarifies on foreign workers’ ban (kp 05/02/2009)
Qatar okays 12,000 working visas (kp 23/01/2009)
Youths may land plum jobs abroad (kp 18/01/2009)
Remittance best foreign currency earner (ht 17/01/2009), Outsourcing labour a compulsion: Minister (ht 18/01/2009), Export of manpower is not long term solution: Minister Bhatta (nn 18/01/2009)
Coal mines lure Nepalis to Indian state, by Tika Bhatta (kp 16/01/2009)
The invisible: There are no figures on Nepali women working abroad, by Mallika Aryal (nt 16/01/2009)
70,000 jobs go poof! (ht 15/01/2009)
A harvest of dreams, by Sushma Joshi (kp 10/01/2009)
Foreign Employment Fund remains unutilized (kp 08/01/2009)
Separate dept for foreign employment (kp 01/01/2009), New unit to look after migrant workers (ht 01/01/2009)
Call to protect Nepali migrant workers' rights (ht 30/12/2008)
A forgotten population, by Sophia Furber (kp 22/12/2008)
Working to death: Stacks of coffins in Pashupati indicate the rising fatality rate among Nepali migrant workers abroad, by Dewan Rai (nt 19/12/2008), Migrant workers’ plight brought to light (kp 20/12/2008), Govt urged to protect migrant workers (ht 20/12/2008)
A world on the move: Labour migration has moved to the top of the agenda as the flow of migrant workers turns into a flood, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (kp 18/12/2008)
Malaysia not hiring, Qatar bent on firing, by Kuber Chalise (kp 17/12/2008)
DoLEP tightens Israel job approval: No to women placed through individuals (kp 05/12/2008)
Youths form ‘ministry’ for unemployed, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp 04/12/2008)
Nepalis
who scoff at modern-day 'lahures' and Westerners in migrant-receiving
nations are equally ignorant about the true human cost of migration:
Open minds, closed borders, by James Sharrock (kp 30/11/2008)
Foreign employment laws need revision: Khanal (rn 11/11/2008)
Govt mulling plan to help poor find work abroad (kp 10/11/2008)
Fly-by-night (kp 04/11/2008)
More Nepalis heading abroad for jobs (kp 27/10/2008)
Nepali youth leaving in droves to seek fortune (kp 17/10/2008)
Overlooked jobs, by Sajag Karki (kp 17/10/2008)
Manpower drain on rise (ht 15/09/2008), Maoist promises no succour for hopefuls (ht 15/09/2008)
Nepali exodus for overseas work despite Maoist vows (Xtra 14/09/2008)
Outbound Nepali workers up 27pc (kp 10/09/2008)
More Nepali women seeking greener pastures abroad (ht 05/09/2008)
Nepali workers’ safety top agenda: Bhatta, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 03/09/2008)
Govt bans Saudi Arabia, Malaysia for Nepali maids, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 29/08/2008)
Manpower agents on warpath (ht 25/08/2008)
Unemployed Youths, by Bishnu Gautam (rn 14/08/2008)
Migrant workers want to start in business after returning home, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 12/08/2008)
Sweat and tears: Is the social cost of migrating for work worth it?, by Ganesh Gurung (nt 08/08/2008)
Manpower company submits false documents, by Shyamsundar Shashi (kp 22/07/2008)
Nepali overseas workers double in five years, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 21/07/2008)
Ensuring Safe Migration, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 20/07/2008)
Engineers ditch DoR for greener pastures (kp 19/07/2008)
3 travel agents bid to fly 6,586 Nepali workers to SKorea (kp 17/07/2008)
Health help-desk for foreign employment seekers soon (ht 14/07/2008)
Home thoughts from transit: How the failure of education fuels the manpower market, by CK Lal (nt 11/07/2008)
Tackling Foreign Job Issues, by Anjan Shakya (rn 06/07/2008)
Manpower agencies shun govt offer (kp 03/07/2008)
Look farther afield (kp 02/07/2008)
Lack of skills limits Nepali workers’ overseas prospects, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 01/07/2008)
22.44pc rise in overseas job seekers (kp 27/06/2008)
22 manpower agencies sealed (kp 21/06/2008)
Youth Unemployment: Huge Expectations, by Keshab Poudel (sp 20/06/2008)
Employment agents demand equal opportunity (kp 19/06/2008)
Anti-graft body to probe irregularities in labour export (ht 18/06/2008)
Qatar is destination of first choice for Nepali workers, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 10/06/2008)
Lure for foreign employment: Women leaving for riskier jobs abroad (kp 08/06/2008)
Youths of Nepal and the Employment Scenario in a Civil Society, by Prem Raman Uprety (tg 04/06/2008)
New action plan proposed to cut jobless rate (kp 04/06/2008)
Action sought against manpower agency, by Shyamsundar Shashi (kp 30/05/2008)
Overseas jobs jump 24pc (kp 30/05/2008)
6,593 qualified apply for Korean jobs (kp 28/05/2008)
Japan to take in Nepali workers, by Prabhakat Ghimire (kp 25/05/2008), Destination Japan (kp 26/05/2008)
Manpower issues, by Sajag Karki (kp 24/05/2008)
Women workers’ lot gloomy: study (kp 16/05/2008), More young women at work: Report (ht 16/05/2008)
Reform labor laws, by Prem Khanal (kp 16/05/2008)
Foreign employment sector sees upward trend (nn 10/05/2008)
Nepali workers take great leap outward (kp 29/04/2008), Labour export, remittance and foreign policy, by Sunil Poudyal (ht 29/04/2008)
64 Nepali workers deported in 3 months (kp 23/04/2008)
Doctors, engineers new Lahures, says Pampha Bhusal (ht 06/04/2008)
Qatar, UAE main magnets for Nepali labor (kp 27/03/2008)
Govt okays sending workers to Japan (kp 08/03/2008)
Govt to send jobless youths to villages (ht 03/03/2008)
Nepali women in Lebanon live horrid lives, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 02/03/2008)
Most women migrant workers ignorant of rights (kp 29/02/2008)
Nepalis rushing abroad to work in greater numbers (kp 22/02/2008)
Foreign job seeker needs to chip in with Rs 500 (kp 21/02/2008)
Nepal's Exodus for Foreign Employment: Some 600 leave the country daily for foreign employment, by Keshar Kumar Lamgade (Nepal Monitor 13/02/2008)
‘Our priority is to ensure the safety of our workers’, interview with Ramesh Lekhak, Minister for Labour and Transport (kp 04/02/2008)
Foreign Employment and need for a Refined Foreign policy, by Anjan Shakya (tg 30/01/2008)
Qatar now favorite labor destination: 24pc more Nepalis seek work abroad in 2007/08 FY (kp 24/01/2008)
4th Asian Labor Ministers' Conference: Nepal to fight for migrant workers' safety, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 18/01/2008)
Call center workers a disillusioned lot, by Baburam Kharel (kp 11/01/2008)
Karnali employment plan ‘a total failure’ (kp 08/01/2008)
Low pay forcing workers to turn illegal, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 06/01/2008)
MoFA help sought to check illegal labor exit (kp 06/01/2008)
754 Nepali workers died abroad in 2007, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 05/01/2008)
Departures
to foreign pastures up 23 pc (kp 26/12/2007), The
best are leaving, by Shirish Ranabhat (kp 26/12/2007), ‘Put
foreign employment sector in order' (kp 26/12/2007)
Learning
to drive a fad among foreign job aspirants, by Lila Ballav Ghimire (kp 25/12/2007)
‘Pay
Rs 125,000 at most for jobs in South Korea’ (kp 22/12/2007)
The
money is flowing in, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 04/12/2007)
Foreign jobseekers up 26pc (kp 01/12/2007)
Nepal looks Down Under for foreign jobs, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 16/11/2007)
Foreign employment soars by 26 percent (kp 10/11/2007)
Precautions for Nepali Women in Foreign Employment, by Mohan Nepali (Scoop 05/11/2007)
Reducing growing unemployment problem, by Khilendra Basnyat (kp 19/10/2007)
Overseas job seekers up by 9.5pc (kp 04/10/2007), Overseas jobs (kp 05/10/29007)
Concern over plight of migrant workers (kp 27/09/2007)
Cutting out middlemen for foreign jobs still elusive (kp 15/09/2007)
Nepal proposes co-operation with IOM (kp 07/09/2007)
Nepal losing thousands of job offers for skilled workers (kp 06/09/2007)
Foreign Employment: Women's Hardships (sp 31/08/2007)
Foreign job seekers rise by 16 pc (kp 28/08/2007)
EPS office for Korean jobs this week (kp 24/08/2007)
Nepalese labour shortage hits Himachal apple harvest (Monster and Critics, 19/08/2007)
Nepal to sign migration accord (kp 14/08/2007)
‘Seek alternative to remittance’ (kp 09/08/2007)
Overseas employment sees a whopping 21 percent rise (nn 02/08/2007), Foreign employment climbs by 12.5 pc (kp 02/08/2007)
561 youths leave for foreign job daily (kp 30/07/2007)
NAFEA against hike in cash deposit (kp 19/07/2007)
Forged certificates add to Nepali workers' plight, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 12/07/2007)
S Korea invites Nepal for labor pact (kp 07/07/2007)
Nepal, Malaysia finalize labor MoU, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 06/07/2007)
Nepal to ink labor pact with UAE, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 30/06/2007), Nepal and UAE sign labour pact (nn 03/07/2007), Nepal signs labor pact with UAE, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 04/07/2007), Labor pact (kp 05/07/2007), Nepal-UAE labor pact to cut recruitment cost (kp 05/07/2007)
Earnings of overseas workers dwindle, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 28/06/2007)
Seven percent growth in foreign employment (nn 27/06/2007), Overseas jobs see some rise (kp 27/06/2007)
Job hopes in Karnali still unmet, by J Pandey (kp 27/06/2007)
Manpower agencies!, by Dhananjay Shah (kp 26/06/2007)
Nepal to sign labor pact with Malaysia, UAE (kp 22/06/2007)
Additional state support for Nepali workers soon, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 21/06/2007)
State Minister Lekhak meets Indian and Qatari counterparts (nn 12/06/2007)
Labour MoU with UAE to be signed in July (nn 10/06/2007)
Foreign employment: Recovery rate of swindled money low, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 09/06/2007)
Lekhak stresses on protecting workers' rights (nn 07/06/2007)
Locals have no option but hazardous foreign jobs, by Bhim Ghimire (kp 05/06/2007)
Safe migration of women demanded (samn 01/06/2007)
Meager rise in overseas employment (kp 30/05/2007)
Foreign job seeker swindled (kp 29/05/2007)
Manpower entrepreneurs demand security (nn 15/05/2007)
Govt, manpower agency nexus suspected, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 09/05/2007)
Nepal may lose labour quota for 2007 (samn 09/05/2007)
Labor shortage hits construction sector (kp 07/05/2007)
Israel drawing more women (samn 06/05/2007)
Amendment in foreign labor act proposed (kp 01/05/2007)
118 Nepalis working as bonded labourers in Malaysia (nn 30/04/2007), 118 Nepali bonded laborers in Malaysia, by Binod Bhandari (kp 30/04/2007)
Victims seek Rs 152 million compensation (kp 25/04/2007)
136,805 leave for foreign jobs (kp 21/04/2007)
Jordan suitable destination for work (samn 21/04/2007)
States to uphold women worker rights (kp 20/04/2007)
Employment package for Karnali residents launched (kp 12/04/2007)
Woman migrant workers getting bag deal (samn 08/04/2007)
Good jobs chase sound MBAs, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 29/03/2007)
Labor export falls by up to 30 pc (kp 22/03/2007)
Govt to handle employment procedure for Korea: Lekhak (nn 13/03/2007), Nepal set to sign labor pact with S Korea, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 13/03/2007)
Employment package to relieve Karnali jobless, ba Rupak D Sharma (kp 24/02/2007)
Education and employment, by Lok Nath Bhusal (kp 23/02/2007)
Social security of home-based workers stressed (kp 21/02/2007)
Blacklisted firms continue ‘illegal recruitment’ from Nepal (Gulf Times 16/02/2007)
8 Sankhuwasabha youths die abroad (kp 14/02/2007)
Labor export up by 12 percent (kp 14/02/2007)
Labor market distortions, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 08/02/2007)
Job aspirants padlock Moondrops (kp 02/02/2007)
Manpower agencies closed in protest (kp 01/02/2007)
Foreign employment in South Korea, by Rajendra Sigdel (kp 31/01/2007)
Rs 102.62m demanded by fraud victims (kp 27/01/2007)
Foreign employment declines by 5 pc (kp 19/01/2007)
Labor market distortion, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 12/01/2007), see also part 2 (26/01/2007)
2006 saw rise in foreign employment (kp 04/01/2007)
Manpower fraud cases up by 24 pc (kp 30/12/2006)
Nepal's labor export declines by 5.5% (samn 24/12/2006)
Mandatory insurance for overseas Nepalese workers (Peninsula 24/12/2006)
Manpower agencies end agitation (kp 13/12/2006)
Paradoxes of Nepali labor policy, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 12/12/2006)
Job creation must to avert conflict: Khetan (kp 09/12/2006), Checking unemployment, by Girish P Pant (kp 09/12/2006)
Allow women workers to Gulf: Task force (kp 08/12/2006), Over 9 percent of overseas workers are women (nn 09/12/2006)
Fraud cases increase (kp 06/12/2006)
Hundreds foreign-bound youths duped, stranded in Delhi (kp 30/11/2006)
CBS to survey employment situation (samn 29/11/2006)
SAC questions state minister, officials on recruitment process of NT, NEA (nn 28/11/2006)
Complaints against manpower agencies increase (kp 14/11/2006)
Foreign employment bill tabled at House (kp 09/11/2006)
Resources crunch hampers Labor Office (kp 05/11/2006)
Women domestics to be allowed in Gulf region (kp 02/11/2006)
Nepal to request labor source country status (kp 02/11/2006)
Foreign employment up by 15 pc (kp 27/10/2006)
Great Strides: Foreign employment is coming up as the fastest growing and most lucrative sector of national economy (sp 13/10/2006)
Foreign
employment up by 25 percent
(kp 29/09/2006)
Cabinet
endorses foreign employment bill
(kp 28/09/2006)
Shape
up foreign employment, by Amod Domzone Lama (kp 20/09/2006)
‘Lumbini
Overseas evaded Rs 208m in taxes’
(kp 19/09/2006)
Govt
keen to sign labor agreements
(kp 16/09/2006)
Foreign
employment rises by 25 percent
(kp 06/09/2006)
South
Korea exploits migrant workers: AI
(nn 17/08/2006)
Freelance
agents swindle Rs 158m
(kp 16/08/2006)
Labor
export through formal channel stressed
(kp 12/08/2006)
Govt
to relax grip on foreign employment, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 05/08/2006)
Reversing
'Lahure' legacy in 'New Nepal'?
by Surendra Phuyal (kp 02/08/2006)
Nepalis
stranded in Dubai
(nn 01/08/2006)
1,500
Nepali women detained in Lebanon
(samn 30/07/2006)
Govt
bans labour export to Labanon, Israel
(nn 26/07/2006)
Govt
to form foreign employment department
(kp 26/07/2006), Govt
mulls new foreign employment law (samn 26/07/2006)
Foreign
employment up by 29 pc
(kp 25/07/2006)
‘Automation
may reduce jobs for unskilled’
(kp 23/07/2006)
Manage
foreign employment: Experts
(nn 22/07/2006)
‘Revoke
2 pc service charge’
(kp 19/07/2006)
Foreign
employment entrepreneurs warn to send workers via India
(nn
19/07/2006)
Nepal
likely labor source for S Korea
(kp 14/07/2006)
Victims
demand Rs 142m as compensation
(kp 06/07/2006)
Go
ahead but with conditions: Government to Moondrops, by Rupak D Sharma
(kp 05/07/2006)
Foreign
employment bucks the trend
(kp 27/06/2006)
Korean
employer refuses to drop Moondrops
(kp 22/06/2006), Korean
puzzle (kp 23/06/2006)
Over
1,500 Nepalis stranded in Afghanistan, by Rupak D Sharma (kp
17/06/2006)
‘Govt
move weakens foreign job trade’
(samn 14/06/2006)
Job
seekers cheated of Rs 5.1m
(kp 08/06/2006)
Government
decides to act on sending workers to South Korea
(nn 06/06/2006), Minister
intervenes in Moondrops affair, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 06/06/2006), Govt
reinvents itself as manpower agency (samn 06/06/2006), Minister
think twice: S Korean Employment, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 10/06/2006)
‘Acknowledging
HBWs is providing dignity to people’
(kp 29/05/2006)
Fraud
agents swindle Rs 122m Manpower Irregularity
(kp 20/05/2006)
Sit-in
against Moondrops, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 09/05/2006), NAEFA
accuses govt. officials involvement in Moondrops scam (nn 10/05/2006)
Foreign
employment increases by 44.9 percent
(nn 04/05/2006), Foreign
employment up by 44 pc (kp 04/05/2006)
Fraud
cases continue
(kp 14/04/2006)
UAE
to provide more employment opportunities to Nepalis
(nn 09/04/2006), UAE
to absorb more Nepali workers (kp 11/04/2006)
Exhibition
on foreign employment held
(kp 06/04/2006)
500
Nepalis a day head abroad for jobs, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 30/03/2006)
Qatar
to be choice labor destination
(kp 25/03/2006)
Govt
to prioritize foreign employment
(kp 22/03/2006)
Manpower
Agency’s Illegal Deal Revealed; Sends 100 Nepalese Workers to Iraq
(nln 13/03/2006)
Backward
groups may be sidelined: Targeted Loan Program
(kp 11/03/2006)
Foreign
employment up 41 percent
(nn 03/03/2006), Foreign
employment shoots up by 41 pc (kp 03/03/2006)
MoLTM
cautions foreign job seekers
(nn 01/03/2006)
A
unique uncle: A dear uncle recently returned from Japan and told me his
bittersweet tale, by Shradha Ghale (nt 24/02/2006)
As
Nepal economy weakens, one export grows: people
(Channel News Asia
29/01/2006)
Manpower
agencies turn to women: Sent for factory work, Nepali women end up as
domestics in Malaysia, by Netra KC (nt 27/01/2006)
Awareness
campaigns needed to reduce fraud
(kp 25/01/2006)
Government
amending laws related to foreign employment
(nn 24/01/2006)
Foreign
employment: Give it its due, by Amod Domzon Lama (kp 22/01/2006)
Robust
growth in foreign employment
(kp 20/01/2006)
300
Nepalis stranded in Amman
(nn 16/01/2006)
MoLTM
asks foreign jobseekers not to travel in visit visas
(nn 13/01/2006)
Govt
unable to meet demand for YSP (kp 04/01/2006)
Shining
Input: Even though they constitute only six percent of total migrant
workforce, Nepalese women contribute 11 percent of the total remittances,
by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 30/12/2005)
23,000
leave Nepal in one month (Peninsula
29/12/2005)
Govt
to levy VAT on manpower agencies (samn 28/12/2005)
Government
to tighten measures of sending labourers abroad (nn 26/12/2005)
Overseas
employment (kp 22/12/2005)
Nepal
Earns More Than US$14 Million Remittance Weekly (Bernama 20/12/2005)
Manpower
agents to Iraq arrested (kp 20/12/2005), Two
arrested in Nepal over Iraq job scam (wi 20/12/2005)
Role
of women important in generating remittance (nn 19/12/2005)
Foreign
employment jumps by 51 pc (kp 07/12/2005)
Manpower
fraud cases down (kp 03/12/2005)
First
lot of women workers for Malaysia (kp 30/11/2005)
Meet
on migrant workers' rights held (samn 26/11/2005)
Foreign
employment: Skilled workers in short supply (kp 26/11/2005)
Foreign
employment up by nearly 50 percent (nn 27/10/2005), Foreign
employment up by 46pc (kp 27/10/2005) [There is no economic basis in a country that is terrorized by Maoist
insurgents and royal autocrats!]
Kargil
jobs lure Nepalis, by Chitranga Thapa (kp 19/10/2005)
Korea
issues 200 labor quota (kp 10/10/2005)
Foreign
employment sector Govt for autonomous coordinating body (kp
08/10/2005)
40
duped Nepalis stranded in Mumbai (kp 08/10/2005)
10pc
of foreign jobs reserved for targeted group (kp 22/09/2005), Foreign
jobs (kp 23/09/2005)
Nepal's
only industry, by Marty Logan (at 20/09/2005)
Workers'
interest (kp 14/09/2005)
Foreign
employment sector: Self-regulatory code recommended (kp 11/09/2005)
Nepali
women & foreign employment, by L B Thapa (kp 28/08/2005)
Diplomatic
missions urged to protect workers’ rights (kp 19/08/2005)
Nepali
workers (kp 13/08/2005)
Complaints
against manpower agencies decline (kp 11/08/2005)
Unemployment; barrier to national
development, by Bimal Gautam (tg 10/08/2005)
Apples
ripe in India, Nepali workers migrate, by Chitrang Thapa (kp
28/07/2005)
Nepali
manpower mafia on the prowl in India, by Surendra Phuyal (kp
23/07/2005)
Labour
export up by over 50 per cent (samn 21/07/2005)
Foreign
employment rises by 28pc (kp 08/07/2005)
Govt
opens up Malaysia labor market for women (kp 25/06/2005
Experts
urge for quality trainings (kp 19/06/2005)
Action
against 34 manpower agencies (kp 18/06/2005)
More
countries to import Nepali workers (kp 15/06/2005)
Foreign
Employment Prospects, by Nirmal Gurung (rn 11/06/2005)
Foreign
Employment: Boon And Bane, by Keshab Poudel (sp 10/06/2005)
Foreign
employment up by 25pc (kp 28/95/2005)
S.K.
Labor Market to Make Way For Nepalese: South Korea, Nepal end four-month
deadlock on labor quotas, by Rupesh Silwal (Ohmy News 23/05/2005)
Indian
agents duping Nepali job seekers, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 25/04/2005)
Foreign
employment up by 25 pc (kp 24/04/2005)
Employment
agencies told to use English (kp 30/01/2005), Right
move (kp 31/01/2005)
Malaysia
to bar Nepali workers (kp 29/01/2005), Malaysia
stops visas to Nepali workers, by Chandra Shekhar Adhikari (rn
31/01/2005)
Deposit
hiked to discourage phony manpower companies, by Chandra Shekhar
Adhikari (rn 28/01/2005)
Qatari
Labor Act change signals possible cost cuts (kp 28/01/2005)
Demand
for female workers on rise abroad (rn 23/01/2005)
Labour
Market (rn 23/01/2005)
Foreign
Employment: Need For Streamlining It, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
22/01/2005)
Support
of Remittance, by Anup Bhandari (tg 19/01/2005)
Government
bans MAMCA and GAMCA, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 19/01/2005), MAMCA,
GAMCA register with govt, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 20/01/2005)
Foreign
Employment: Advantages & Challenges, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
18/01/2005), Foreign
Labour (rn 19/01/2005)
Manpower
Agencies (rn 13/01/2005)
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