July 2021
LABOUR MOBILITY
Nepalis queueing up all night for proof of jab
Akram from Sunsari needs a vaccine certificate to go to Qatar. He came at 6AM twice, and failed to get […]
July 25, 2021
Nepal to Turkey, and onwards
Nepalis gathering in Istanbul in December 2017. The number of Nepalis applying for labour approvals to work in Turkey jumped […]
July 21, 2021
Nepal town to ban mothers migrating
epal has experimented with different kinds of restrictions on the mobility of its women migrant workers: age bans, blanket bans, country […]
July 6, 2021
June 2021
Job-seekers now also jab-seekers
Migrant workers, including Nepalis, in Kuwait after being vaccinated. A Nepali worker gets his jab (right). Source: Ram Bahadur Basnet […]
June 30, 2021
Opinion
South Asia’s migrants share problems, share solutions
his week, Nepali Times along with major media outlets in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India simultaneously carried a comment on a unique South Asian […]
June 19, 2021
May 2021
Here & Now
Nepali migrants again caught up in 2nd wave
Nepalis boarding a repatriation flight in Dubai last year. Photo: ISHWOR THAPALIYA am was a security guard in Malaysia until […]
May 31, 2021
Nepal’s diaspora comes to the rescue
Nepal’s Ambassador to Oman Sarmila Parajuli Dhakal (in sari) in front of the Nepali Airlines Airbus 330 that flew to […]
May 15, 2021
More remittance, more than remittance
emittances from Nepali workers abroad have continued to defy expectations. They have risen to Rs729.02 billion, a 16.5% increase from […]
May 13, 2021
April 2021
Mindful of migrants’ mental health
Suresh Teli and his father Purna Teli at the Tribhuvan International Airport. Photo: UPASANA KHADKA n January 20, Prabhu Nath […]
April 25, 2021
Latest
Why are labour officials transferred frequently?
DoFE sting team after a successful raid in Dhumbarahi. December 22, 2020. The Nepal government transfers civil servants regularly, sometimes […]
April 19, 2021