Around 750,000 Nepali get labour permits in 11 and half months The number of people acquiring new labour permits is reported to be increasing. Business 05 Jul, 2023
'Increasing skilled manpower, minimising problems in employment sector a priority' Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Sharat Singh Bhandari has expressed his commitment to focus on producing skilled manpower and take specialised skills to the international level alongside minimising the problems, challenges and fraudulent activities seen in the employment sector. Business 25 Apr, 2023
Ten thousand foreign workers in Nepal, highest from China Nepal largely depends on technical human resources from foreign countries for the implementation of big projects. Nepal 03 Apr, 2023
Labour permit being issued from Janakpurdham The institutional and individual labour permits that were earlier issued only from Kathmandu are now being issued from other provincial offices including Janakpurdham in Madhes from today. Nepal 09 Jan, 2023
EDITORIAL: Use the fee properly The government has been collecting indirect taxes from the consumers for specific purposes for many years, but the collected funds are hardly utilised properly due to lack of its institutional capacity. Opinion 22 Jul, 2022
Two Rautahat youths duped by manpower company A manpower company in Kathmandu has fleeced two youths from Rautahat. Nepal 09 Feb, 2022
Workers from 87 countries employed in Nepal Kathmandu, January 17 The Department of Labour has granted new work permits to 540 foreign nationals and renewed work permits of 537 in five months of the current fiscal year. Chinese nationals make the highest number of foreign nationals... Travel 18 Jan, 2020
Expats taking work permit fell 30pc last fiscal Kathmandu, July 26 The number of foreigners taking work permits to work in Nepal came down by 30 per cent in fiscal 2018-19 compared to the previous fiscal. As per the statistics maintained by the Department of Labour and Occupational... 27 Jul, 2019
Work at Kabeli Corridor halted Panchthar, March 26 Workers deployed along the Panchthar section of Kabeli Corridor have halted work saying that they were not paid their wages for the past four months. Workers mobilised to erect towers and pillars and cable electricity wires... Travel 27 Mar, 2019
Trends of instability: Clarity needed to move ahead Dealing simultaneously with cooperating and competing regional and global super-powers in a changing global political and economic order and strategic equation demands access to right information and ability to interpret it with knowledge A year... 19 Mar, 2019
Foreign firms flouting govt�s hiring policy Firms cannot hire over 5 per cent foreign workers Kathmandu, February 22 A majority of foreign companies operating in Nepal have been found to be violating the country’s labour laws, especially in terms of employing workers. As per the... 23 Feb, 2019
Labour ministry denies involvement in circular Kathmandu, February 8 The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MoLESS) has claimed that it is not responsible for the decision about making work permit provision compulsory for Indian nationals who are working in Nepal. As per the... 09 Feb, 2019
