Some Afghan elders, who usually act as local lines of communication between the Taliban and the government, have been arrested by the government forces, the Afghan Ministry of Interior informed

Karim Khalili, former vice president of Afghanistan, has warned that if the government wouldn’t prevent future attacks on Hazaras, a Persian-speaking ethnic minority community of Afghanistan, they will “attempt anything” to ensure their safety

Foreign firms have now been allowed to operate airports in the Maldives as parliament passed an amendment permitting 100 percent stakes for foreign companies in running airports

India has reported 80,834 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours

Pakistan Supreme Court has issued an order staying all demolition activities at an almost 90-year-old dharmsala, a community place of minority Hindus, in the port city of Karachi in Sindh province. The court also ordered the Karachi commissioner to take over the possession of the premises

The World Bank has assured the Afghan government of its continued assistance within the framework of the commitments made ar last year’s Geneva conference

The Pakistani government has hinted at increasing levy - up to 300 to 400 percent--on petroleum products from the next fiscal

The World Bank will provide $60 million to Nepal to improve the quality of Nepal's higher education, scale up online learning, and expand access to academic institutions for underprivileged and vulnerable students

Thimphu, Bhutan’s capital, has gone into a three-day lockdown, starting from Sunday evening, as a child tested positive for Covid-19 on an antigen test, raising fear of suspected community transmission

Maldives has launched a counter-terrorism operation in its prisons in the capital Male and Mafushi in connection with the failed assassination bid on the archipelago’s former president Mohammad Nasheed

Sri Lanka has raised the eligibility age of employment for children to 16 years from the existing 14 years, the country’s  National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) announced the decision, citing the change in the age of compulsory education

Sri Lankan Navy this week submerged old buses in the seas off the coast of Jaffna peninsula in an effort to create artificial reefs to nurture marine life

The Sri Lankan Ministry of Trade has issued a special gazette notification to prevent the concealment of stocks of essential commodities including paddy, rice, sugar, milk powder and maize

Nepal's first liquid oxygen plant is set to come up at Bhairahawa, around 265 km west of the country’s capital Kathmandu

The World Bank’s board of executive directors has approved USD 40 million in additional financing for Sri Lanka to expand water supply, sanitation, and hygiene services in seven districts through the Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project (WASSIP)