Chargé d’Affaires at US Embassy in Dhaka JoAnne Wagner has said that his country is interested in the development plans for the Chittagong Port due to its role as gatekeeper for Bangladesh’s export economy

With India set to begin mass COVID-19 vaccination in a couple of weeks, top syringe makers in the country are eagerly waiting for the licenses so that they can supply the required numbers to avoid the last-minute rush or shortage

Just when the spread of Coronavirus infection in Tamil Nadu appeared to be receding, the premier technical institute of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has turned into a COVID-19 hotspot

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau comments on the ongoing protests by Indian farmers were "uncalled for, disconnected with ground realities and served merely to fan the flames", said an open letter by the Indian Ambassadors Group

Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa, on Monday, said the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) will not split; it will rather grow stronger amid the ongoing intraparty struggle

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed Nepal’s commitment to submit the enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions by the end of this year and develop an ambitious long-term strategy on climate change to reach the net zero-carbon scenario by 2050

Drone therapy for tuberculosis diagnosis in Nepal’s remote and hard to reach mountains has won at the 2020 International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) Sustainability Awards and will receive $10,000 in prize money as a start-up category winner

Pakistan's Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination on Sunday revealed that the government had allowed the private sector to purchase the coronavirus vaccine for the people who can pay through the nose

Prime Minister Imran Khan lauded the efforts of Pakistan Navy in defending the country's maritime borders, providing security to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, including Gwadar port, and for regional peace

Marred by mismanagement, the much-hyped Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) rally at Lahore’s Minar-e-Pakistan monument concluded on Sunday without presenting a clear action plan for taking the anti-government movement to its next phase

Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister and United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the Government has not given any support to the joint research by the Dengue Control Centre at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and the University of Oxford to find a cure for the coronavirus

After 49 years of the Liberation War, the Bangladesh government has approved a primary list of 1,222 martyred intellectuals who made sacrifices for the nation in 1971, a minister announced

The government has announced that the flights of airlines bringing passengers from abroad without COVID-negative certificates will be suspended for up to four weeks

Another 250kg bomb was found buried at the construction site of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's 3rd terminal in the capital today

People in Arghandab district of Kandahar province claimed that the US strikes against the Taliban killed at least 11 civilians, including children and women, according to a report on TOLOnews