Kathmandu, Sept. 30 -- The debate over raising wages for low-income workers in Malaysia, a major employment destination for Nepalis, is no longer limited to how high the minimum wage should go. A key ... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 28 -- Malaysia is considering another increase in the minimum wage for low-paid workers, with the debate entering its final stage ahead of the 2027 budget. The current minimum wage p... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 26 -- Arun Rai, a resident of Dharan, is waiting for a call from an Abu Dhabi-based five-star hotel, where he worked as a chef. The hotel sent him home on unpaid leave in March, promi... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 23 -- The National Human Rights Commission of Nepal (NHRC) and Malaysia's Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) have renewed a three-year agreement to investigate and monitor rights viola... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 19 -- A dispute over recruitment and service fees has stalled two proposed agreements to send Nepali workers to Israel's agricultural and home-based care sectors, despite demand for l... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 15 -- In a sweeping operation on Sunday, Malaysian immigration authorities detained 472 undocumented migrant workers, including eight Nepalis, during a crackdown in Kotaraya of Kuala ... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 12 -- For four months, Tulsi Ramrai has walked the same circuit through Singha Durbar, Nepal's central secretariat in Kathmandu - Foreign Affairs, Labour, Finance, and back again. He ... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 4 -- The wife of a man rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal on Friday said her husband had been given "a second life" and thanked the rescuers who risked their lives to save him.... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 2 -- A week after a devastating flash flood swept through northern Nepal, rescue teams still cannot reach workers and employees believed to be trapped inside underground powerhouses a... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 1 -- Mithu Khadka has spent days calling her husband's phone, hoping that this time he might answer. Instead, there has been only silence. The last time she spoke to Kamal Khadka, kno... Read More