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KATHMANDU: Suicide among Nepali migrant workers has increased by 12.96 per cent in the last nine months.

ITAHARI: Around 80 Nepali migrant workers have reportedly been stranded in Dubai after they were denied work and salary as per the contract.

KATHMANDU, May 13: The Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) has begun short message service (SMS) from Tuesday to provide information regarding its activities including the labor permission to the aspiring migrant workers.

DUBAI: Sanjeev was able to get out of Saudi Arabia last month after having spent close to 6 months in what he described as “poor” conditions.

KATHMANDU: Diplomats working in Nepali missions in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have said that the missions in the destinations must be labour centric. It concerns citizens, so the major job of the missions is to protect Nepali migrant workers, they said during the National Conference on Migration, today.

KATHAMNDU, April 30: As Nepal lacks strong voice in international arena, it has not been able to help Nepali migrant workers who face severe forms of violence and discrimination in foreign lands, government officials admit.

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is estimated to be 1.5 per cent in the fiscal year 2003 and 3.5 per cent in 2004, according to the Asian Development Bank.

KATHMANDU: Migrant rights activists have sought a strong mechanism to rescue stranded migrant workers in destination countries or countries of origin.