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, Oct 3: The Department of Foreign Employment has taken action by suspending 14 manpower companies (recruitment agencies) for their involvement in sending Nepali workers to Japan based on questionable certificates of language and cultural training required for foreign employment.

KATHMANDU, July 13: The manpower companies that could not send even 100 workers abroad in the current fiscal year will be renewed keeping in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

KATHMANDU, Aug 5: The Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) has intensified crackdown on manpower companies amid rise in reports of noncompliance with the government’s free-visa-free-ticket policy.

KATHMANDU, Sep 1: Today marks the 14th anniversary of run riot against manpower agencies to protest the brutal murder of 12 Nepali citizens in Iraq.