Kathmandu, Nov. 29 -- Following pressure from defrauded students, the government has begun listing the "fake" institutions operating in the free zones of the United Arab Emirates and the students victimised by them.

The victims, organised under the banner "Scan the Scammers", had been requesting that the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology create a portal to collect information for an database.

Based on the request, the consular department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has developed a portal to record the details of the victims and agencies involved in cheating them.

Students can fill up a form providing their name, the consultancy through which they moved to the UAE, the college or university they joined, and the amount...