KATHMANDU, Feb 15: Young individuals are venturing into labor abroad after obtaining work permits from the government in pursuit of good income. Each year, millions of youths seek employment opportunities overseas due to the lack of job opportunities domestically.

KATHMANDU, Jan 22: The government’s decision to hike the fee for the Pre-Departure Orientation Training (PDOT) for Nepalis opting for foreign employment has sparked a strong protest. The fee which was earlier Rs 700 has been increased to Rs 2,800 as per the demand of the training providers.

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: The government has decided to suspend issuing work permits for Russia and Ukraine.

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Sunil Kumar Mohato, 28, a resident of Barahathawa, Sarlahi, returned to Nepal after working in Malaysia for eight years. He is leaving home on Wednesday to go to Malaysia again for five years with a dream of building his own house.

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: The Department of Foreign Employment has urged everyone to remain alert to potential fraud in the name of employment in Israel.

KATHMANDU, Dec 7: Aspiring to work abroad? Seeking information on the recruitment process? More often than not, individuals seek agents and manpower companies for guidance, bypassing government agencies. This inclination raises the question: why isn't the government the first point of inquiry?

KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Global Info Educational and Visa Services located at Old Baneshwor has promotional materials such as sending Nepalis to foreign employment and educational visas to countries with facilities in bold letters on the wall. The office is well managed with all  arrangements of working professionals from security guard to receptionists.

KATHMANDU, Aug 10: The online service of the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) has been restored and brought back into operation from today. The service remained disrupted since Tuesday as the file server of the FEIMS had to be migrated.

KATHMANDU, Aug 6: A total of 3,663 foreign nationals arrived in Nepal on working visas in one year.

KATHMANDU, July 12: Senior officials at the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) are responsible for regulating manpower agencies across the country. However, the irony is that it appears to be the manpower agencies regulating the DoFE officials instead.

KATHMANDU, July 16: Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) has said that the number of workers going abroad has increased by 3.68 times in the fiscal year 2021/22.

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Keeping in view of the increasing cases of COVID-19, the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) in Kathmandu is set to issue labor permits online to aspiring Nepali migrant workers from Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 27: The recent raids by the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) have exposed a ‘syndicate’ of recruitment agencies to supply Nepali workers to Qatar by flouting government regulations with a ‘tacit support’ from the Embassy of Qatar in Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, Sept 30: The Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE), Tacahal has suspended issuing labor permit to the migrant laborers for a few days after an employee tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Now Department of Foreign Employment has prohibited as many as 53 Malaysian companies from hiring Nepali workers due to their ‘dismal track record.’  Total of 67 companies—including four Qatari companies, and five companies each from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates—have been blacklisted.

KATHMANDU, March 22: Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) has announced application forms for the Korean Language Test under the Employment Permit System (EPS) on Thursday.

KATMANDU, Dec 20: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Tuesday filed a corruption case against three Department of Foreign Employment (DOFE) officials including its Director General Bishwaraj Pandey at the Special Court on charge of receiving bribes from service seekers.

KATHMANDU, Nov 16: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Wednesday arrested Director General of the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) Bishwaraj Pandey on the charge of taking bribe from a manpower agency.

KATHMANDU, Oct 26: The Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) is mulling over the plan of studying financial health of companies in Saudi Arabia before sending workers there.