Laxman Datt Pant
Laxman Datt Pant
Laxman Datt Pant is our journalist based in South Asia. He covers development initiatives, activities, SDGs, development plans and policies and human rights issues. The Recipient of the 2020 International Communication Excellence Award, Pant is an internationally acclaimed media researcher, journalist, and communications strategist.

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Exclusive | Nepali-Israeli goo
CDC Group announces US$25 mill
Nepal secures EU’s support for
CDC Group expands footprint ac
Nepal advances earthquake engi
Misuse of antibiotics among to
Mountain, polar groups slam la
Exclusive | Nepal to conduct f
Exclusive | ICIMOD head: Himal
UNICEF urges greater action to
Bhutan launches first grid-tie
Nepal commits to green, resili
UK’s CDC Group invests US$1 bi
UN urged to scrutinize Banglad
Qatar fails to investigate the
UN human rights experts call f
Journalists in Maldives face v
Sri Lanka to access quality he
International community concer
Exclusive | "Democracy is the
Bhutan, UNDP sign US$ 4.854 mi
Pakistan requires structural r
UK group provides US$50 millio
Over 1 million people in Nepal
Afghan-Taliban tensions force
Himalayan countries urge for m
Embattled Nepalese hospitals r
US$50 million risk-sharing fac
Nepal's waste management syste
5.3 million children in South
Migrant women workers in India
49 Nepalese students receive E
Swedish fund approves US$25 mi
Sri Lanka, Nepal receive COVID
Exclusive | UNDP Bhutan head:
U.S. donates 1.5 million doses
World Bank approves US$100 mil
International NGOs call for va
Bhutan launches UNDP supported
Human rights defenders in Asia
Sri Lanka, Nepal accelerate ef
Exclusive: UNDP Nepal head: Po
Bangladesh requires reforms to
World Bank backs South Asian c
Afghan government urged to rel
World Bank approves US$442 mil
Nepal fails to assess COVID-19
EU states dispatch aid, World
World Bank-managed fund approv
Pandemic-hit South Asia expect
€12.35 million project launche
COVID-19 pushes children in Gh
U. S. to donate first 25 milli
International community provid
Rights bodies call on GoN to a
UK, Finland and Thailand exten
Nepal allocates US$230 million
Pakistan needs policy actions
HWPL commemorates the declarat
China to provide 1 million add
International HROs call on Cam
Voices of migrant women left o
Switzerland provides medical s
UN and partners in Nepal launc
EU member states mobilize €2 m
PRC, the U. S. and Australia s
Spain provides humanitarian ai
Nepal approves EIA report of t
Japan provides medical equipme
UN Special Rapporteur on VAW r
Study finds COVID-19 has had a
NHRC urges GoN to safeguard ci
Rights bodies call upon GoN to
Amnesty International calls fo
International community suppor
Heifer and partners develop ne
FMO, CDC Group, Swedfund and I
Report reveals economic transi
UNESCO reveals women journalis
IFRC calls for urgent internat
Only 28% of youth in Nepal are
United States provides US$ 8.5
Nepal's health infrastructure
More needs to be done to elimi
GoN imposes COVID-19 prohibito
Survey shows FDI inflow in Nep
Japan reconstructs the second
Censorship and disinformation
World Bank study reveals only
FRI between Nepal and Jordan o
Gender parity delays due to de
EU funded NEARR Facility concl
UNICEF calls for actions to pr
Nepal inaugurates India suppor
Nepal to receive € 2.399 milli
Foreign Minister of Nepal stre
US$75 million agreement signed
World Bank reveals South Asian
Stakeholders validate pashmina
Government of Nepal closes sch
Germany and Nepal sign a €10 m
UN and DPs in Nepal pledge to
Nepal and World Bank sign US$2
Nepal Invests launched to acce
Israeli envoy to Nepal says UN
World Bank approves US$75 mill
Japan provides US$266,429 to r
Saudi Arabia introduces new la
India constructs school buildi
Japan extends US$1.76 million
Nepal receives 348,000 doses o
India provides US$ 377, 007 to
UNFPA hands over China support
WHO calls for early interventi
International rights groups ca
UNCDP recommends Nepal’s gradu
Nepal and World Bank sign US$4
Nepal develops digital soil ma
Nepal's Supreme Court restores
Adaptation Fund accredits Nepa
Japan and WFP sign US$3.47 mil
INSEC documents 5,542 victims
Business sectors in Nepal face
Police and transitional justic
Nepal needs concrete strategie
U.S. envoy to Nepal stresses d
UN Women contributes towards g
ILO study recommends an end to
Nepal to receive 500,000 doses
Traditional practice and gende
Japan supports Nepal to streng
Agreements signed to ensure qu
EU envoy to Nepal stresses emp
Human activities and exploitat
Report calls for concerted eff
World Bank supported US$150 mi
Low literate readers suffer th
Nepalese migrants continue to
India provides one million dos
US$68.4 million required for m
Joint-commission meeting revie
Nepal launches LCC to mitigate
GLF recommends seven approache
Nepal decides to allow 100% FD
Vice-Chancellor fails to deliv
Japan supports Nepal to instal
Ascended AQI level lists Nepal
Nepal launches campaign to pro
Nepal signs US$80 million proj
Stakeholders call for collabor
US$2 million P2P project concl
Study finds debt repayment a m
HDR launched in Nepal with a c
Nepal and DPs agree to enable
Survey shows Nepal is signific
Six new improved wheat varieti
Conflict victims in Nepal wait
Switzerland contributes US$10.
US$42 million climate adaptati
Nepal secures US$495 million t
Four India-assisted developmen
Nepal fails to prevent women a
Nepalese bank bags a €0.1 mill
ADB approves US$150 million co
Children in Nepal are deprived
Nepal signs US$ 350 million lo
British Council and FNCCI sign
The US government provides 100
UNFPA hands over IT equipment
Japan supports the treatment o
US$ 1.8 million ‘COVID-19 MSME
Nepalese laborers are facing c
The EU invests €0.7 million to
Smallholder farming proving to
The World Bank approves US$150
Nepal’s green sanitation progr
US$9.4 million project launche
Nepalese Dalit communities rem
Girls in Nepal face multiple o
Experts warn that Nepal is not