THREE NEPALI WOMEN WORKERS KILLED IMMEDIATELY ON ARRIVAL IN MALAYSIA

THREE NEPALI WOMEN WORKERS KILLED IN
MALAYSIA AFTER ARRIVAL AT KUALA LUMPUR

Kathmandu, 28 Oct.: Three Nepali workers
were killed in van accident at Kuala Lumpur immediately after
arrival from Nepal, Nepal embassy in Malaysia said.
Sixteen were injured in the vehicular accident.
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PM BHATTARAI, MADHAV KUMAR NEPAL DISCUSSIONS

Kathmandu, 28 Oct.: Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai held discussions in the midst of bhai tika Friday with former prime minister and
senior UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal at the latter’s residence.
They discussed concluding the peace process.
Nepal asked Bhattarai to be flexible to
gain support.
Maoists have held talks with main opposition NC which said
disagreements remain with Maoists leading the government of the number of former combatants to be integrated and the size of a relief
packet.
Trilateral talks with the party leading the government and the two
opposition parties are expected after tihar.
UML Chairman Jhalanath Khanal confirmed Saturday such talks are in the offing.
Meanwhile, Maoist Chairman Prachanda Friday called for another six month extension of the constituent assembly almost confirming a constitution to institutionalize a declared won’t be completed by November end.
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DEVOTEES VISIT YAMALESWAR TEMPLE
MANDIR ON BHAI TIKA
Kathmandu, 28 Oct.:: A large number of brothers without sisters and those who missed going home due to various reasons thronged the Yamaleswar temple at Rani Pokhari of Kathmandu Friday in order to receive tika on the occasion of
Bhai Tika, RSS reports..

The temple opens to the general public only once in a year on the day of Bhai Tika. General devotees also avail of this annual opportunity to pay obeisance to God Yamaleswar.


Constructed during the rule of King Pratap Malla, this temple has been serving as a location for brothers to receive tika since ages, says priest at the temple, Harsha Narayan Pujari.

The temple is open from 5:00 am to 5:00 pm Friday.

Security personnel had to be mobilized in order to manage the huge crowd, and also considering the feeble state of the bridge leading to the temple in the middle of the pond.
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FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
RULES BEING AMENDED
Kathmandu, 28 Oct 28: The Department of Foreign Employment is set to make policy reforms citing that Nepali nationals going for foreign employment are facing a litany of hassles, RSS reports.

Director General of the Department, Narendra Raj Sharma said the policy reforms would be finalized in a matter of few days after reaching agreement with the stakeholders.

Acknowledging that there are some policy level problems, Sharma said draconian laws were needed to check cheating in foreign employment.

He assured that the Nepalis going on foreign employment will not have to face any hassles in the coming days as the government is committed to strictly regulating the foreign employment service.

Director General Sharma said the main goal of the policy reforms is to dissuade the agents in the foreign employment sector as it is found that the agents dupe the people going on foreign employment.

Similarly, he said different provisions governing women from going on foreign employment would be made more stringent.

Director at the Department, Lalbabu Kawari said in the last week alone the Department held 20 foreign employment agents and handed them over to police for necessary action as they were found involved in cheating the people going for foreign employment.

Kawari also said that the Nepalese Ambassadors in different countries where Nepalis go for foreign employment have been directed to address the grievances of Nepali workers there in the context of complaints of Nepali women workers being forced into prostitution and subjected to extreme labour exploitation.
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