Eighteen Nepalis stranded in Lanka

Eighteen Nepali workers bound for South Africa have been stranded in Sri Lanka, after the broker accompanying them died after drowning in the sea near Colombo.

The Nepali Embassy in Colombo informed the Foreign Ministry on August 17 that the workers were stranded after their job broker Lok Bahadur Dahal of Panchankanya VDC of Sunsari died on August 13.

The embassy said Dahal had accommodated them in a hotel in Colombo and had dues of Rs 270,000 to the hotel.

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