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Though there has been talk about Nepali foreign job aspirants being able to go to Japan to seek employment in various sectors, the Japanese government has said that only nurses will be hired this year.Bhishma K Bhusal, director general of Department of Foreign Employment, informed that the government and concerned Japanese authorities will…

Nepal has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with African country Republic of Mauritius on a labor agreement on Tuesday. The MoU was signed in Geneva on the sidelines of ILO centenary celebrations. Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security Gokarna Bista and Mauritian Minister for Labor, Industrial Relations, Employment and…

The government has issued Juvenile Justice Procedural Rules 2019 for effective adjudication of cases filed against minors.As per the rules, in case of information about an offence allegedly committed by a juvenile, a police investigator will have to register a complaint and initiate inquiry by maintaining his/her confidentiality. The rules…

More than two years after making it mandatory for all electric scooters in the country to be registered at the Department of Transport Management, the government is finally taking action against e-scooter riders who have been flouting the rules.Concluding that electric scooter riders have been violating the existing rules, especially in…

The Korean Language Test (KLT) conducted by the Employment Permit System (EPS) in South Korea for Nepali job aspirants has been scheduled for June 8 and 9.The EPS Korea Section at the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) informed that necessary groundwork to hold the KLT in a fair manner simultaneously in Kathmandu and Pokhara has been…

The Nepal Telecommunications Authority has decided to set up IT service centres at 124 remote villages in a bid to provide integrated government services.The authority has already prepared the Information Service Centre Formation and Management Work plan.The move from the telecom authority has come a year after the government launched…

The government has set a target to complete the remaining construction work of the Melamchi Water Supply Project within the upcoming fiscal year 2019/20.Unveiling the budget for the fiscal year 2019/20 in the federal parliament on Wednesday, Minister for Finance Yuba Raj Khatiwada announced a budget of Rs 7.39 billion for the completion of…

Veteran mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa has broken his own world record for the most number of Everest summit climbs in a week.Department of Tourism official Mira Acharya said Rita reached the summit on Tuesday along with several other climbers taking advantage of favorable weather.Sherpa, who had climbed Everest for the 23rd time a week…

Ncell Private Limited has reached an agreement with the Institute of Engineering (IOE), Pulchowk Campus to give continuity to the coveted ‘Ncell Scholarships and Excellence Awards’ programme for the next 5 years, incorporating two more engineering faculties under this initiative.This initiative under Ncell’s Corporate Social Responsibility…

Nepal's mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa has become the first person to climb to the top of Mouth Everest for the most number of times with his 23rd conquest on Tuesday of the highest summit on Earth.The climbing season runs from March through May. Kami Rita Sherpa started the climb from Nepal side, one of the two routes to the peak, the other…