"It is too late for Transitional Justice" "It is too late for transitional justice to be delivered to conflict victims," said Nirajan Thapaliya, Amnesty International's Nepal Director, to The Himalayan Times after releasing the Amnesty International’s Report in Nepal on Wednesday in Kathmandu. Nepal 25 Apr, 2024
Nepali exodus: People voting with feet Nepal is grappling with a growing sense of people’s dissatisfaction regarding the performance, efficacy and integrity of the government and the political leadership. Opinion 01 Mar, 2024
EDITORIAL: Justice for workers Remittances from Nepali migrant workers contribute about a fourth to the country’s gross domestic product and help keep the Nepali economy afloat. Were it not for the money sent home by millions of workers working especially in Malaysia and the Gulf countries, Nepal’s economy would have long collapsed. Opinion 21 Aug, 2023
'Need collective efforts to resolve issues faced by migrant workers' Members of trade unions, civil society organisations, and recruitment agencies have expressed concerns over reports of agents swindling people in the name of foreign employment, people being charged large sums of money by recruitment agencies, and violation of migrant rights abroad, among other issues. Business 31 Jan, 2023
EDITORIAL: Narrow the gap It’s evident that without the participation of women in economic activities on an equal footing with men, a nation cannot make the desired progress. Opinion 26 Feb, 2021
Nepal urged to review out-migration to ensure workers� safety KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 10 Nepali diaspora, researchers and academics have highlighted that Nepal needs to utilise the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to review its existing migration policies, their implementation and prepare a new roadmap for... Travel 11 Oct, 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
Labour minister Yadav leaves for Mauritius Kathmandu, February 25 The government is gearing up to implement the earlier agreement with Mauritius to send Nepali migrant workers to the Indian Ocean island nation. To determine the modality of sending workers, Minister for Labour, Employment... 26 Feb, 2020
Nepal seeks to cut migrant deaths with safety training KATHMANDU: In a bid to reduce migrant deaths in the Middle East and Asia, millions of Nepalis who work overseas will be given mandatory safety training before departure, officials said on Tuesday. About 1,000 out of an estimated 4 million Nepali... Women 12 Feb, 2020
Shrinking democratic space raises AI�s concern Nepal government resorted to methods to curtail the freedom of expression in 2019 Kathmandu, January 30 Amnesty International today expressed concern about shrinking democratic space in Nepal, saying the government proposed laws that restricted the... Horoscopes 31 Jan, 2020
Ethical hiring practices to protect rights of migrant workers, say stakeholders Kathmandu, October 25 Nepali government officials, private sector stakeholders and civil society representatives' meeting in Kathmandu today acknowledged that ethical recruitment practices could play key role in protecting the rights of migrants and... Horoscopes 26 Oct, 2019
�DoFE will take action against any education consultancy operating as A RECRUITING FIRM� Stakeholders have long been complaining about rising anomalies in the foreign labour sector and questioning the ability of the Department of Foreign Employment to carry out inspections properly. Similarly, DoFE is also facing criticism regarding its... 20 Aug, 2019
