Wife says rescued husband has 'a second life' after nine days trapped in Nepal tunnel

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

Rescue teams struggle to reach workers trapped in underground powerhouses

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

Flood rescue enters critical days, anxious families hope missing loved ones are alive

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

'Every second counts': Families await tunnel rescue

Kathmandu, Aug. 30 -- For Sita Pandey, going to the Nepal Electricity Authority headquarters in Ratnapark has become a daily routine since Wednesday. Her husband, Jiblal Adhikari, is believed to be t... Read More

Government to allow NRN joint ventures to issue foreign-currency IPOs

Kathmandu, Aug. 16 -- Nepalis living abroad will soon be able to invest directly in Nepal-based companies through foreign-currency initial public offerings, as the government moves to create a new cha... Read More

Nepal's labour market caught between jobless workers and worker shortages

Kathmandu, Aug. 16 -- After spending 18 years working in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, Nil Bahadur Khadka of Banke returned to Nepal seven months ago hoping to settle back home. Armed wi... Read More

ILO links youth joblessness in Nepal to growing political frustration

Kathmandu, Aug. 12 -- The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned that frustration over poor job prospects and a lack of decent work can spill into political unrest, citing Nepal alongside ... Read More

Financial constraints fueling informal women's labour migration to Kuwait

Kathmandu, Aug. 2 -- Nearly 69,000 Nepalis are employed as domestic workers in Kuwait despite a government ban on sending workers for such jobs, proof that Nepal's migration policy is increasingly out... Read More

Nepal's Kuwait domestic worker ban fails to stop migration, leaves thousands outside protection

Kathmandu, Aug. 2 -- Nearly 69,000 Nepalis are employed as domestic workers in Kuwait despite a government ban on sending workers for such jobs, proof that Nepal's migration policy is increasingly out... Read More

Nepali worker killed in Iranian missile strike in Kuwait

Kathmandu, July 31 -- A Nepali migrant worker has been killed in an Iranian missile strike in Kuwait, marking the second Nepali fatality linked to the ongoing West Asia conflict. The victim has been ... Read More

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