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Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Krishna Kumar Shrestha has said that the government was committed to making the foreign employment safe and more beneficial. 

He said this while addressing the meeting of the Development Problems Resolution Committee at the Ministry on Thursday.

On the occasion, Minister Shrestha stressed on exploring the labour market in the developed countries and on increasing the secure and beneficial foreign employment opportunities. 

He said the remittance inflow could be increased by two-folds if we could enhance the skills of Nepali workers in line with the demand and requirements of the major destination countries.

Reiterating the need of systematic reforms for boosting remittance which is highly valuable for the country's economy and people's livelihood, the Labour Minister called for reforms in the labour supply process.

He also directed the Ministry employees to work seriously for improving the physical and financial progress of the projects under the Ministry.

National Planning Commission (NPC) member Ram Kumar Phuyal stressed on bringing in remittance through formal means and encouraging its investment in productive sectors.

Ministry's secretary Ek Narayan Aryal said the regular monitoring, complaints hearing and rescue have been made more effective. 

It was shared on the occasion that 97.8 per cent of the complaints and grievances received at the Call Centre, Hello Government and the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) have been cleared in that connection. It is said 2.2 per cent of these complaints and grievances were in the process of being cleared.

India is to close the transit points on the border with Nepal for four days in view of the State Legislative election taking place in its Uttarakhand state.

India is closing the border checkpoints bordering Baitadi and Darchula districts of Nepal for four days from today.

Information Officer at the District Administration Office, Baitadi, Khagendra Bharati said the Jhulaghat transit point in Baitadi and Lali, Joljibi, Dattu, Khalanga, Tigram and Sitapul transit points in Darchula would be closed in this connection.

The Indian administration has written to the Baitadi and Darchula districts administrations to that effect, it is said.

The border transit points have been closed based on the agreement between the two countries in view of election security sensitivity. RSS

As many as five persons died when a fire broke out at a shoe factory in Tulsipur of Dang on Friday.

The identities of the deceased are yet to be established.

Police said that the fire broke out at the Iram Footwear at around 2 am today.

DSP Shyamu Aryal of the Area Police Office, Tulsipur said that the fire was later taken under contol with the help of Nepal Police, Nepal Army and Armed Police Force personnel backed by fire engines from Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City and Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City.

The cause behind the fire was electric short circuit.

US Assistant Secretary Donald Lu held separate telephone conversations with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli on Thursday.

Assistant Secretary Lu talked about Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) with all the three leaders.

During the discussion, Lu warned that the bilateral ties with Nepal will be reviewed if the MCC is not endorsed from the Parliament.

UML Foreign Affairs Department Chief Rajan Bhattarai confirmed that Assistant Secretary Lu and Oli held a phone conversation.

Bhattarai saud that Lu also talked about long relationship between Nepal and the United States.

Assistant Secretary Lu said that the historical relationship between Nepal and the United States could be affected if the MCC is not ratified.

During the conversation with Dahal, he urged him to endorse the compact by February 28, reminding him of the commitment letter send by him and Prime Minister Deuba to the MCC headquarters.

While talking to the Prime Minister, Lu asked him why they are delaying to table the MCC in the Parliament.

Nepal Teen Leaders (NTL), an exclusive student-centric year-long program designed for teenage students, has opened forms for the batch of 2022. Find the link to the form here.

NTL is an initiation of Career Point Education Services Pvt. Ltd. with an objective of enabling students’ growth in behavioral attributes and interpersonal skills to the best of their competencies.

This program prioritizes career-building, choosing the right career path, personality development, social and communication skills enhancement amongst the participants intending a positive impact upon their decision making ability and develop analytical perspectives over respective issues. In addition, this program has been primarily designed to create a noteworthy impact in their lives through active involvement in different tasks and activities that will be conducted through distinct expertise in respective sectors. 

“Our aim is to provide proper guidance and help participants to achieve their life goals together with behavioral progress through different planned activities,” says Bishal KC, Executive Director of Career Point.

For eligibility, the candidates must have cleared class 11 or equivalent level, should have the interest to work in leadership and social issues. They must bear the commitment to participate actively in every activity. Participants should also be initiative, laborious and focused while the selected ones will be fully funded throughout the program.

The main opposition CPN-UML has urged Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota to postpone the Parliament meeting scheduled for February 14.

UML Chief Whip Bishal Bhattarai urged Sapkota to postpone the meeting.

"The party has decided to organize an assembly in Biratnagar of Province 1. So, I urged the Speaker to postpone the Parliament meeting," party Chief Whip Bishal Bhattarai said.

"Party's office bearers, local level chiefs, deputy chiefs and all the lawmakers of the province will attend the assembly. That is why, the party has urged Speaker Sapkota to postpone the meeting," he further said.

Nepali Congress said that the time has not come to decide on the coalition. 

Speaking to journalists after the executive meeting, party spokesperson Prakash Sharan Mahat said that the time has not come to take appropriate decision on the alliance.

The decision will come at the appropriate time, he further said.

The meeting also discussed upcoming local level elections and sister organizations of the party.

Mahat said that the meeting also discussed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and to end the House deadlock.

Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering America’s consumers, wiping out pay raises and reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin raising borrowing rates across the economy, Associated Press reported.

The Labor Department said Thursday that consumer prices jumped 7.5% last month compared with 12 months earlier, the steepest year-over-year increase since February 1982. Shortages of supplies and workers, heavy doses of federal aid, ultra-low interest rates and robust consumer spending combined to send inflation accelerating in the past year.

When measured from December to January, inflation was 0.6%, the same as the previous month and more than economists had expected. Prices had risen 0.7% from October to November and 0.9% from September to October.

There are few signs that inflation will slow significantly anytime soon. Most of the factors that have forced up prices since last spring remain in place: Wages are rising at the fastest pace in at least 20 years. Ports and warehouses are overwhelmed, with hundreds of workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation’s busiest, out sick last month. Many products and parts remain in short supply as a result.