The Himalayan Times | 11 February 2019 A parliamentary panel has endorsed a proposal to jack up cash deposit and bank guarantee required to establish a manpower agency by up to 29 times and 17 times, respectively, in a bid to tighten the noose around comp... read more
Japan Times | 8 FEbruary 2019 KATHMANDU – As Japan prepares to welcome a wave of new foreign workers, experts are cautioning Nepalese over unethical immigration brokers and urging their government to conclude an agreement with Japan for greater tran... read more
Himalayan Times | 21 January 2019 Kathmandu – The government has directed recruitment agencies of the country to submit exact details of the people who have already received ‘calling visas’ from Malaysia. Calling visas are confirmations from the... read more
The Himalayan Times | 8 January 2019 According to Malaysian Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Mahfuz Omar, they are waiting for the final report of the Independent Foreign Workers Committee, which was formed to suggest the government the method that n... read more
Bernaman.com | 7 January 2019 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 (Bernama) — The full report on recruiting foreign workers, including from Nepal, will be known in one or two months, says Deputy Human Resource Minister, Datuk Mahfuz Omar. He said the report from th... read more
Himalayan Times | 1 January 2019 Though it has been more than two months that Nepal inked the labour agreement with Malaysia, the outflow of Nepali migrant workers to the Southeast Asian nation is still uncertain. As the Nepal-Malaysia technical committee... read more
Kathmandu Post | 30 December 2018 Following the crackdown on illegal agencies, Nepal suspended the departure of all its workers. Many feared at the time that Nepal would end up losing its biggest labour market, which currently employs nearly 400,000 docum... read more
New Age Bangladesh | 26 December 2019 Malaysia decided to eliminate middlemen who charge millions of foreign workers exorbitant recruitment fees, leaving them saddled with debt and vulnerable to exploitation. From factories to construction sites and plant... read more
The Himalayan 21 December 2018 Owing to its reputation of being a safe and reliable destination for migrant workers, the government has started formal negotiations with Japan to supply Nepali workers. Earlier, the Japanese government had formally announce... read more
Reuters | 19 December 2019 KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Under pressure to crack down on labor abuses, Malaysia is moving to eliminate middlemen who charge millions of foreign workers exorbitant recruitment fees, leaving them saddled w... read more