Kathmandu, Jan. 18 -- Nepali workers going abroad in search of greener pastures have declined sharply in the last five months.

According to a report of Nepal Rastra Bank, 92,931 Nepalis had left the country for foreign jobs in the last five months. The number is 40 percent less compared to the same period last year.

It has been learnt that the number of outgoing labours plummeted after the government imposed ban on Malaysia-bound workers. Malaysia is the biggest labour-receiving country for Nepali workers.

Around 49,057 workers had left for Malaysia last year against only 2,005 workers this year.

The government had barred Nepali workers from going to Malaysia saying that the aspiring labourers were charged exorbitant fee.

Though Labo...