May 15: Nepali migrants who have spent at least six months in a foreign job are allowed to bring back two mobile phones along with them upon their return home.    
Only those who have gone for a foreign job after taking labour permits and have completed six months on the job can carry home two mobiles (a used one and another brand new or both used ones) with them, according to a notice issued by the Department of Customs on Sunday.    
However, those Nepalis who have gone to foreign countries to pursue education or for other purposes can bring in only one phone, said the department’s director Punya Bikram Khadka. "Those who have brought home two phones should go through the customs process," he said.    
A meeting of the Council of Ministers on May 9 took a decision to this effect. -- RSS