Saudi Arabia’s new skill test rule adds hurdles for Nepali workers
New rule taking effect today requires workers travelling to the kingdom on labour visas to pass a mandatory skills certification test.
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Three-quarters of newborn care facilities in Nepal lack critical medicines
Assessment by the health ministry shows newborn units rely heavily on contract staff, while infection control, hygiene and quality monitoring remain weak.
Beijing raises concerns over US initiatives in Nepal
Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal discusses Lipulekh, says Nepal government has no role in Pokhara airport sub judice case.
Nepal’s industrial slowdown deepens as new factory registrations fall
Only 461 industries registered in the first six months of the fiscal year, while factory utilisation, industrial lending and manufacturing’s share of the economy continue to…
Unauthorised entry of Indian mil chopper into Nepali airspace in Darchula sparks diplomatic row
Last week, the helicopter flew directly above Nepalis’ houses in Chhangru, prompting residents to run out, shouting and protesting in anger.
Nepal tea factories to shut as India tightens export rules, shipments stuck
Factories in Ilam’s Suryodaya Municipality say they are forced to halt operations from June 15 after new Indian Tea Board testing rules leave more than 300,000 kg of Nepali tea…
Sri Lanka emerges as new hub for cyber scam networks
Authorities say organised fraud networks are shifting operations to Sri Lanka as crackdowns intensify in Cambodia and Myanmar, where dozens of Nepalis have been detained in recent…
Tracing Nepal’s Madhesh province between memory and modernity
Artist Hare Ram Yadav’s ‘From Siraha to Kathmandu’ captures a region negotiating change, where village traditions and agricultural transformations coexist in complex ways.
Nepal government plans to force mass retirement of civil servants
A proposed amendment to the draft Federal Civil Service Bill has set retirement at 30 years of service or 55 years of age.
In Nepal, startups came, took loans and vanished. Now borrowing isn’t easy
Nearly 1,500 startups have received subsidised government loans over the past three fiscal years, but entrepreneurs say weak policies, poor targeting and lack of long-term support…