Holistic approach necessary to end forced, child labour

A new survey on ‘Employment Relationship in the Brick Industry in Nepal’ unveils important information on forced labour, bonded labour and child labour in the sector.

Business 30 Jan, 2021

Relief provided to 103 brick kiln workers in Tanahun

DAMAULI: An organisation has provided relief materials to 103 brick kiln workers struggling to bring food to their tables in Myagde Rural Municipality-2 of Tanahun district. Integrated Green Development Nepal (IGDN) under the Better Brick Nepal...

Travel 22 Apr, 2020

Over 6,000 brick kiln workers left in a lurch

Dhading, March 29 More than 6000 labourers working at various brick kiln industries are starving for want of money in Dhading. Brick kiln workers are forced to stay hungry due to lack of food. The hapless labourers have not been able to return...

Travel 30 Mar, 2020

EDITORIAL: Cut smoke and dust

The introduction of new technologies in Nepal could save both the ecology and economy while reducing the health hazards Runaway urbanisation in the Kathmandu Valley has fueled a demand for construction materials, and bricks are the primary building...

09 Dec, 2019

Brick kiln workers� health at risk

Exposure to dust particles, smoke, carbondioxide has made them susceptible Kathmandu, December 7 A recent research conducted on 20 brick kilns of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur has revealed that brick kiln workers are at high risk of...

Environment 08 Dec, 2019

Children of brick kiln workers deprived of education

Kathmandu, April 14 Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is all set to launch student enrolment campaign across the country from tomorrow. The ministry is launching the campaign to ensure that no child of school going age is deprived of...

Horoscopes 15 Apr, 2018

Brick kiln workers back home for cultivation

Ramechhap, May 24 With the start of farming season, villagers in Ramechhap who had gone to work in brick kilns in Bhaktapur have returned home. Every year, residents from over a dozen drought-hit villages, including Pakarbas, Bhatauli, Manthali,...

Travel 25 May, 2017

Children of Bhaktapur brick kiln workers deprived of education

Kathmandu, January 28 Every winter, hundreds of families from Rolpa, Rukum, Surkhet, Jumla, Humla, Dailekh, Kalikot, and other districts migrate to Bhaktapur to work in brick kilns for six months, after which they return to their homes. For...

Horoscopes 29 Jan, 2017

Diktat not to employ children at Bhaktapur brick kilns

BHAKTAPUR:  The Bhaktapur Chief District Officer and District Child Welfare Board Chair Tej Prasad Paudel today directed the brick kiln entrepreneurs not to employ children in the factories. The entrepreneurs would face action as mentioned in the...

Travel 08 Dec, 2016

Collision claims 16

HYDERABAD: A truck and an overcrowded motorized rickshaw collided in southern India, killing 16 people, half of them from a single family, police said Sunday. All the victims came from the rickshaw and were on their way to a temple in Adilabad district...

Women 16 May, 2016

�Invisible� women brick-kiln workers in India�s Punjab demand their rights

Mumbai, April 25 Hundreds of women brick-kiln workers from India’s Punjab state have come together in a rare gathering to demand equal pay and better accommodation, as the country’s often invisible women labourers become increasingly vocal in...

26 Apr, 2016

Campaign to educate children of brick kiln workers launched

Damauli, February 18 Various stakeholders have pledged to extend financial support for bridge school programme launched to educate children of brick kiln workers in Tanahun. The stakeholders expressed their commitment during an interaction...

Travel 19 Feb, 2016