Women's unseen contributions “Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?” by Katrine Marçal is a book that touched my heart and opened my eyes to the incredible, often overlooked efforts of women in our economy. Opinion 30 Jul, 2024
Taking on poverty and inequality in Nepal With growth averaging 4.5 per cent per year over the last decade, Nepal also achieved lower middle-income status in 2020 and is aiming for graduation from Least Developed Country status by 2026 Opinion 23 Nov, 2022
Climate disasters drive Bangladesh children from classrooms to work Twelve-year-old Alamin's house rested on the bank of the Ilsha river in southern Bangladesh until last year, when the surging river eroded it and the family's farmland away, forcing them to flee to a slum in Keraniganj, close to the capital Dhaka. Environment 09 May, 2022
EDITORIAL: For safe foreign jobs Nepal has so far signed bilateral agreements or memorandums of understanding (MoU) with nine labour destination countries, mostly situated in the Gulf. Opinion 25 Feb, 2022
Panels formed to manage foreign, domestic labour market The Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Social Security has formed different taskforces and talk committees to manage foreign employment and domestic labour market. Nepal 24 Feb, 2022
�Impact of pandemic will push millions of workers below the poverty line worldwide, including in Nepal� The coronavirus pandemic has had a severe impact on Nepalis in terms of unemployment rates, hours worked and labour force participation. While uncertainty still looms large regarding how long the crisis will last, it is becoming increasingly clear that... 19 Nov, 2020
Uncovering poverty amidst the pandemic: Better data required The COVID-19 crisis provides an opportunity to innovate on the data front—by transforming the availability of data on jobs and economic activity in Nepal, by improving the use of existing data, and by investing in data systems at the federal,... 16 Oct, 2020
Employment and Transformation Initiative project launched The project will run for the next four years with focus on youth employment KATHMANDU, JULY 20 ‘Youth Employment Transformation Initiative’ project was launched today with the support of World Bank to promote employment in the... Horoscopes 21 Jul, 2020
Govt and World Bank jointly launch YETI project KATHMANDU, JULY 20 The ‘Youth Employment Transformation Initiative’ (YETI) project was jointly launched today by Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security Rameshwor Raya Yadav and World Bank Country Director for Nepal, Maldives and Sri... 21 Jul, 2020
Budget to focus on health, infra, education and production Kathmandu, April 30 With the entire world and Nepal too grappling with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed thousands of lives and severely hit the global economy, National Planning Commission — the apex planning body of the... 01 May, 2020
Foreign direct investment: Improve investment climate Prior to holding an investment summit, it is vital that the needs of investors and the projects they seek are explored than just calling on them to compromise and make do with the available policies and projects A number of global reports have painted... 23 Aug, 2019
Poverty to be reduced through job creation: PM Kathmandu, June 30 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today said that the government’s top priority will be to alleviate poverty through employment generation. Addressing the two-day National Labour and Employment Conference 2019, which kicked off in... 01 Jul, 2019
