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A people-powered economy
Business Mirror
The meeting was attended by representatives of over 29 countries, 11 of them “labor-sending”—Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam, and six “labor-receiving”—the United ...

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United Arab Emirates concern for OFWs
Philippine Star
Last week's dialogue was the second of senior officials' meetings and ministerial consultations discussing regional contractual labor collaboration among labor origin countries as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, ...

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Fake notes, real threat
The Hindu
According to a 2011 report of the US State Department, India faces an increasing inflow of 'high-quality' counterfeit currency, produced primarily in Pakistan, and smuggled in through multiple international routes including Nepal and Bangladesh.

Migrant worker issues
Ceylon Daily News
While the international day of workers was celebrated almost everywhere on May1st, Sri Lankan migrant workers (mostly domestic workers) in Lebanon joined migrant workers from Ethiopia, the Philippines, Nepal, Sudan and many other countries in a May Day ...

Critical Allusions to Foster Republic Order in Nepal
Telegraphnepal.com
Introduction: The deadline for promulgating the Constitution for Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is approaching fast on May 27, 2012 as per the verdict proclaimed by the Supreme Court sometimes back this year. In no case the tenure of existing ...

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Suspension of IMF SBA to bode ill for CA
Business Recorder
The external sector registered a surplus on the current account with exports rising by 29.3% and workers' remittances reaching an historic level of more than $11.2 billion in 2011. Rising prices of value-added textiles helped propel the rapid growth of ...

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Financial puzzle
Himalayan Times
Fortunately, the banks and also the country have been saved by remittances, which is recent years have been growing quite satisfactorily. The remittances are expected to grow and it is expected that it will be a major form of earning for the country ...

Indo-Pak Relations: Peace Paroxysms Strike Again - Analysis
Eurasia Review
Despite the US being the largest donor of economic and military aid, one of the largest trading partners, and among the largest source of remittances, all these haven't stopped Pakistan from taking relations with the US to breakpoint.

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HIV widows on the edge
Gant Daily
Rakam, Nepal (IRIN) – Widows living with HIV in Nepal's remote hill districts in some of the country's poorest and vulnerable communities face a particularly bleak future. “My husband died four years ago. We had to sell our cattle and farm to pay his ...

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Stop the brain drain
Himalayan Times
The same is true for us out here in Nepal. We are educated and we have the potential, and the energy to do any work, but the only thing we lack is the opportunity to find work as per our qualification and capability. It is the state's responsibility to ...