Govt to establish National Employment Authority Kathmandu, April 26 Despite facing criticism from several quarters for its failure to properly implement the existing policies and programmes the government is all set to launch the National Employment Authority (NEA) to govern the overall... 27 Apr, 2020
Govt to provide loans to returnee migrants who want to start enterprises Kathmandu, April 16 The government is planning to provide loans to foreign migrant workers who have returned home due to the coronavirus pandemic and want to start their own businesses. The government is drafting a programme to provide certain... 17 Apr, 2020
Amendment of Foreign Employment Act on the cards Kathmandu, April 6 With an aim to provide some respite to the foreign employment recruitment agencies to recover the losses caused by the coronavirus crisis, the government is preparing to amend the Foreign Employment Act. The Ministry of Labour,... 07 Apr, 2020
Govt set to misuse World Bank loan Kathmandu, March 8 The government is all set to grossly misuse billions of rupees of loan obtained from the World Bank, as it is gearing up to hire ‘unnecessary’ staff to support the controversial Prime Minister Employment Programme. The WB... 09 Mar, 2020
New statistics show 1.33 million people �unemployed� in country Kathmandu, February 27 Contrary to the data of the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) which show that there are 908,000 unemployed people in the country, 1,333,544 people have registered themselves as unemployed in the Prime Minister Employment... 28 Feb, 2020
21 Nepali workers lying in coma abroad Kathmandu, February 18 In clear display of government apathy, Nepali migrants who met with accidents that landed them in coma are yet to be brought home. As per the Foreign Employment Promotion Board under the Ministry of Labour, Employment and... Travel 19 Feb, 2020
Govt provides Rs 2bn for PMEP Kathmandu, February 16 The government has released Rs two billion in conditional grant to various local levels for effective implementation of Prime Minister Employment Programme (PMEP). The amount was released by the Ministry of Labour,... 17 Feb, 2020
Government drafts action plan to eliminate child labour Many children have been found to be employed in informal sectors Kathmandu, January 31 The government has drafted Action Plan for elimination of child labour to facilitate the implementation of the 10-year masterplan, which targets to abolish the... Horoscopes 01 Feb, 2020
EPF plans to diversity its investment beyond As the country’s largest financial institution with a wealth of Rs 346 billion, Employees Provident Fund has been running various schemes for its 600,000 customers. Earlier, the government had decided not to allow EPF to receive new registration of... 28 Jan, 2020
Frequent server shutdown at DoFE creates hassles for foreign migrants Kathmandu, January 19 Due to the unreliable online system installed by the government at the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE), foreign job aspirants have been facing problems time and again as the computer server at the department frequently... 20 Jan, 2020
MoLESS tries to allay doubts about SSF Kathmandu, December 19 Amid rising scepticism among firms about the social security scheme of the government, which has led to low participation in the programme, the government today issued a six-point clarification on different issues related to... 20 Dec, 2019
No Nepali job-seeker to go to Japan next year Kathmandu, December 11 It appears no Nepali job-seeker vying for Japan will be able to go to the land of the rising sun for employment next year, as all the aspirants have failed the language and skill tests. In the first phase of job opening for... 12 Dec, 2019
