Kathmandu, Sept. 16 -- In May last year, Sakar Adhikari, a fresh civil engineering graduate, was excited for his first job abroad. Adhikari, now 22, had everything in front of his eyes-a lucrative job in Malaysia with promising facilities.

As a Building Information Modeling coordinator for the reputed Malaysian technical company CNQC, he would get 5,000 Malaysian Ringgit per month.

As he was preparing for his departure, the government geared up to stop labour migration to the south-east Asian country after Malaysia-bound Nepali workers were charged hefty fees under various headings.

On May 17, 2018, the government decided to scrap all the fees levied on Nepali migrant workers under various headings as part of the Malaysian government's...