11 March 2016, My Republica Nepal’s remittance through overseas employment that has been contributing 24 percent to the GDP, has been hit hard after manpower firms put up the shutters. The problem cropped up after as many as 754 manpower companies close... read more
5 May 2015, Migrant-Rights.org In the villages, there is a saviour and he is simply called ‘agent’. He takes on the garb of the bogeyman in global migration narratives. The corrupt recruitment agent preying on gullible citizens and packing them off to... read more
10 April 2015, Nepali Times We doubt the zero-cost agreement between Qatar and Nepal this week will come into force because there is too much money to be made on the blood, sweat and tears of Nepali workers by the politically-connected manpower mafia. For... read more
23 November 2014, Times of Oman Muscat: A move to increase the fee to recruit expatriate labour in Oman has been voted down in the Majlis Al Shura on Sunday. The Majlis Al Shura’s economic committee is holding a meeting to discuss various proposals ... read more
1 October 2014, The Nation & Foreign Policy in Focus Excerpt: In Bangladesh, one of the most densely populated countries on the planet, more than 157 million people live on about 57,000 square miles of land. That’s a population greater than Russiaâ€... read more