Although Nepali workers returning home without salary, bonus and other company benefits has been common for years, the issue of wage theft came to the fore after the pandemic.

Nepalis have not been able to migrate to Kuwait since March last year. Even after getting jabbed against Covid-19, Nepalis who came home on job breaks are denied entry.

While poor nations should press rich countries to scale up aid, they should also try to be part of the solution, experts say.

For 1,000 caregiver jobs, more than 5,000 candidates have already applied and over 20,000 are in the application process. The application deadline expires on August 16.

The amount of rain received between June 1 and August 6 is 69.9 percent of the rainfall the country gets in the whole monsoon season, meteorologists say.

Foreign job seekers will be issued certificates within a few days of filing an application, which can be done online or in person.

The decision comes as a relief to only those workers vaccinated in the UAE and possessing valid visas.

After waiting for weeks to get jabbed, youths planning to head for foreign countries for work have to struggle again for paperwork showing proof of vaccination.

Although the government has resumed regular international flights, there are not enough flights to labour destination countries hence ticket prices have skyrocketed, affecting departure plans of thousands of Nepali workers.

Nepalis who are home on job break fear losing employment as their vaccine certificates don’t have the required QR code.

A labour deal already under criticism for making workers pay has put an additional financial burden on Israel job aspirants, labour migration experts say.

Ever-increasing physical infrastructures have already impacted the wildlife, their behaviour and movements.

A study on recruitment of Nepali workers for Kuwait and Qatar urges the Nepal government to eliminate payment of fees and other costs by migrant workers to recruiting agencies and sub-agents for ensuring ‘zero cost’ foreign jobs.

Changing forms of human trafficking and gap in existing laws have made things worse for the victims as well as authorities working to prevent them.

The government first decided to give them Vero Cell jabs. After concerns from stakeholders, it decided to give the single-dose Janssen, but there aren’t enough doses.