Ball back in Malaysia court on its strict new migrant labour recruitment criteria
How survivors of the earthquake on 3 November 2023 have found new hope for the future in Malaysia
Malaysia’s 10-point recruiter selection criteria risks punishing the good migration actors
Nepal has to plan for the day when more migrant workers start coming back, so they can contribute to the economy
Rinji Rai, 47, had been in the labour recruitment business for two decades, connecting Nepali workers with employment overseas. His Marvelous…
The Rafflesia is the largest flower in the world, growing in the jungles where Gurkhas fought a guerrilla war
Gorkhali troops fought in Malaya in WWII, now Gorkhalis join an army of migrant workers there
Nepali migrant workers bring home the body of a coworker who died on the job in destination country. Photo: GOPEN RAI/NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEI came…
Photo: SHANKAR DAHALNepal’s Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) issued more than 240,000 labour permits for migrant workers in 2021, even as…
International Migrants Day on 18 December is a fitting time to take another long hard look at the migrant labour that sustains Nepal’s economy.…
Vaccine certificates are just another in a long checklist of permits and authorisations for Nepali workers headed overseas
Many of us have fond childhood memories of the जुनकिरी (firefly), chasing the fascinating lightning bugs through fields and forests. Across the…
Many of us have fond childhood memories of the जुनकिरी firefly, chasing these fascinating flashing bugs through fields and forests. Across the…
A proposal by Nepal’s Immigration Department requiring consent from a guardian and local government for women under the age of 40 travelling to…
Recognising good examples among migrant worker recruiters is as important as holding the bad ones accountable
A Nepali security guard at a department store in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Om Astha Rai / Nepali Times ArchivesThe Malaysian government has initiated…
Illustration: SAMBHRANT BISTAThere was a collective, albeit cautious, sigh of relief in Nepal when overseas remittances defied prediction and…
Nepali Times Archives/Om Astha RaiNepal has set a positive image in the region for adopting a ‘employer pays’ principle that removes the cost…
Faced with criticism from migrant workers and Nepal’s embassies abroad for allowing only a limited daily quota of passengers to fly into…
Photo: Pattabi RamanDespite dire predictions about a drastic drop in remittances that Nepal gets from its workers abroad due to the Covid-19…
When Kalim Miya in the UAE and Bhumika in Kuwait found themselves stranded abroad after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, they took to social…
As the COVID-19 pandemic increases demand for latex gloves worldwide, Malaysian glove makers accused of exploitation of migrant workers,…
Photo: UPASANA KHADKAThe Nepal government knows how much this country is dependent on remittances from Nepalis working abroad. It pays the…
Stills from the video of the Nepali guard being beaten mercilessly by someone identified as a Malaysian Tamil supervisor of the firm, Allied…
