remittance

Remittonomics and conflict

The fragility of Nepal’s economy is once more highlighted by the conflict in West Asia

Business as unusual

Is Nepal’s economy on the mend, or on the verge of disaster? Experts cannot seem to make up their minds.

Our notes count, but our votes don’t

During the 2017 election, overseas workers like myself consoled ourselves that in the next one, we would be eligible to vote. After...

Mirage of migrant rights

Another year, yet another May Day. As Nepal emerges from the ravages of the pandemic and the economic crisis created by Russia’s invasion of...

No country for young men

Nepal’s Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) issued more than 240,000 labour permits for migrant workers in 2021, even as the country reeled...

Shristi Karki

City Express, Ria, and Khalti tie up

City Express Money Transfer and Ria Money Transfer, a business segment of Euronet Worldwide, have partnered to allow Nepali migrants to send...

Nabil's Premium Remittance Savings Account

N abil Bank has started offering Nepalis employed abroad the opportunity to open a ‘Premium Remittance Savings Account.’ Customers can open the...

Nepal less and less able to feed itself

Despite two-thirds of its population dependent on agriculture, and having fertile land ideal for farming, Nepal’s annual food imports are rising exponentially due to...

Karnali’s Covid blues

The news of Covid infections in Karnali do not readily reach the capital. But remote districts in this far-flung region have some...

2AM is too late

The migration sector is a zoom lens through which we can examine up close Nepal's socio-economic and political problems through recent history. To a greater...

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