When Donald Trump was elected the US president in 2016, he didn't even wait to take the formal oath before telephoning then Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

Accusing previous Pakistan governments of neglecting planning, Prime Minister Imran Khan has stressed that long-term planning was needed in the country

At a time when the Covid 19 pandemic has badly affected the income prospects of the general public and disrupted employment opportunities, the Nepalese government has cut down its target for jobs creation for the fiscal year 2021-22, drawing criticism

Authorities in Pakistan have allowed in-person classes at schools and colleges in some parts of the country in a move to reopen educational centers gradually

Pakistan has launched the country's first-ever Eurobond,  a move aimed at raising around $500 million for building dams in the country

As part of a continued declining trend, India has reported the lowest Daily New Cases in the last 50 days with 152,734 cases in the past 24 hours, IBNS reported

Bhutan’s external debt is estimated to reach $3.11 billion by the end of June 2021, an increase of 5.8 percent from the last year, according to the country’s annual budget report 2021-22. In June 2020, it was around $2.94 billion

Expatriates in the Maldives, who are found violating curfew, will be deported to their respective countries, Maldivian authorities have decided

A Sri Lankan lawmaker belonging to an opposition party has alleged that the Rajapaksa government is planning to sell another 200 acres of prime land to foreigners, adding that it has already been passed by the cabinet

The deportation of Noor Chaudhary, a convicted killer of Bangladesh founding father Shaikh Mujibur Rahman, is the “most important issue” in bilateral ties between Bangladesh and Canada, Khalilur Rahman, Bangladesh high commissioner to Canada, said

Thousands of Afghans, who have had worked for the British military as supporting local staff during its stay in Afghanistan, will be granted permission to settle in the UK, the British government announced, after considering the threat to their lives as foreign forces are withdrawing

The Sri Lankan government has decided to keep away from expensive foreign loan-funded schemes in the future to avoid the external debt trap, but was bullish on the China-backed Colombo Port City project which, an official said, could rope in huge foreign direct investment

Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest straddling both Bangladesh and India and home of the endangered and elusive Royal Bengal Tiger, was badly damaged by the tidal waves and strong winds of Cyclone Yaas, during its landfall in the eastern Indian state of Odisha

Amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic, nurses in Sri Lanka have decided to go on a two-day strike from today, a move that could seriously affect the country’s COVID-19 response

Nepal has made historic progress on gender equality and women’s participation in the country through constitutional changes since the democratic transition took place in 2005, KP Sharma Oli, the country’s prime minister claimed on Women’s Rights Day