Kathmandu. Foreign employment entrepreneurs have picketed the office of the Foreign Employment Department with various demands. The entrepreneurs have drawn the attention of the department by deman...
Recruiters say flawed government policies and weak regulation are to blame, while officials accuse agencies of routinely violating foreign employment laws. Private recruitment agencies are the mai...
KATHMANDU, Aug 8: Nepal’s foreign employment industry is threatening to bring the recruitment and deployment of workers to a halt, accusing the government of imposing impractical policies and regul...
Kathmandu. A New Road-based mobile phone trader says he suffered financial loss and spent three days in police custody after unknowingly receiving money linked to a foreign employment fraud through...
Kathmandu, July 24: Minister for Youth, Labour and Employment, Ramji Yadav, has pledged that practical policies would be implemented in the foreign employment sector by addressing the existing poli...
The Department of Foreign Employment has taken action against 159 manpower companies for sending Nepali workers abroad through Indian airports without authorisation. The department found these comp...
31st May 2026, Kathmandu The Foreign Employment Term Life Policy offered by IME Life Insurance Company Limited is a specialized insurance product designed specifically for Nepali citizens going ab...
Kathmandu. Police have arrested one person from Kathmandu involved in fraud in the name of foreign employment by making fake labor permits. The arrested person has been identified as 37-year-old F...
The suspension will disrupt Nepali youths’ migration for jobs abroad and could affect remittance inflows, a key source for Nepal’s economy. The Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies has...
Foreign employment has become far more than a source of income for Nepal. It has reshaped the country's social fabric, aspirations and way of life. The migration of millions of young Nepalis reflec...
A committee has been formed to study the fees Nepali migrant workers are required to pay to manpower companies before going abroad for employment. The committee was constituted under the coordinati...
Kathmandu. Demanding policy reforms, the Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies has announced that it will not send workers abroad for the time being. The association announced at a pres...
Industry leaders cite unsustainable fee structures and high airfares as 15-day reform ultimatum approaches its deadline. Foreign employment recruitment agencies have warned that they will stop pla...
KATHMANDU, June 28: The Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) has stepped up efforts to locate, organize and digitize thousands of foreign employment fraud cases and investigation files that have...
Kathmandu. The Department of Foreign Employment has taken strict action against manpower entrepreneurs who refuse to accept applications by making excuses that 'quotas have already been filled' for...
DoFE warns 434 recruitment firms for failing to submit mandatory flight records. The Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) has penalised 159 recruitment agencies for sending migrant workers to o...
KATHMANDU, June 18: The Department of Foreign Employment has intensified its efforts to control fraud in the foreign employment sector and address issues concerning migrant workers. According to th...
Kathmandu. Chairman of the Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies, Dik Bahadur Khatri, has stated that migrant workers going abroad must pay a certain fee. Speaking at a discussion on for...
The department also introduces stricter enforcement of worker compensation rules, including a Rs50,000 fine per worker for charging recruitment fees above the legal limit. The Department of Foreig...
KATHMANDU, June 8: Foreign employment agencies have demanded comprehensive policy reforms in the foreign employment sector from the government, arguing that the current “Free Visa, Free Ticket” pol...
Kathmandu. Applications have been opened for the Korean language examination. The EPS Korea Branch of the Department of Foreign Employment under the Ministry of Youth, Labour and Employment has cal...
Foreign employment agencies accuse Saudi authorities of bypassing bilateral labour mechanisms and adding new financial burdens on migrant workers. A mandatory skills certification programme introd...
They say the rule was introduced unilaterally and will add financial burden on job seekers in Saudi Arabia. Foreign employment recruiters protested in Kathmandu on Wednesday against Saudi Arabia’s...
Nepal’s Department of Foreign Employment has called for applications for caregivers at long-term care centres in Israel, with 60 percent of the quota reserved for women. Nepal’s Department of Fore...
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