The World Bank on Wednesday approved $500 million in loans to Bangladesh for expanding, modernizing, and sustainably transforming the country's electricity distribution system

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend loans worth $1.53 billion to the Pakistan government in reforming its energy sector and improving health and other civic facilities in its mountainous tribal province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Maldivian opposition parties have announced they would intensify their ongoing “India-Out” campaign in the coming weeks under the leadership of former president Abdullah Yameen, days after the  government termed it a “misguided and unsubstantiated” campaign aimed at fuelling “hatred towards India.”

The rise of “extremist” parties like JUI-F and TLP— two of Pakistan’s hardline religious political parties—would harm the country’s national interest, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary said, terming the ruling party PTI as only the “only national party” good for the country

The Maldives is all set to achieve its tourist footfall target of 1.3 million in the year 2021 as it witnessed remarkable growth in recent months

Cash-strapped Pakistan, staring at a major economic crisis with mounting inflation and yawning fiscal deficit, will soon receive $250 million in loans from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) which has cleared two proposals for loans to be used for dam construction in Pakistan and vaccine procurements

In a first such reported friction between the border forces of the two countries after August 15, Taliban forces snapped a barbed wire erected by Pakistani forces on the Durand Line which divides Afghanistan and Pakistan leading to localised military confrontation, the Afghan media reported on Tuesday

Sri Lanka has arrested 68 Indian fishermen and seized 10 fishing vessels in the last three days, as the scale and intensity of the recent crackdown indicate Colombo’s hardening approach to what it says is illegal poaching in its territorial waters—a perennial issue between Colombo and New Delhi

The Indian government on Tuesday said it has asked YouTube and its Department of Telecom (DoT) to order Internet service providers to block 20 channels and two websites operating from Pakistan for spreading "anti-India propaganda"

A Kabul-based Afghan journalist was stabbed last weekend by unidentified people in the western part of the city as fear grows in the Afghan media which is facing increasing challenges like violent crimes and lack of access to information among others

In what seems a troubling sign for the already struggling economy, Pakistan in November recorded a whopping $1.9 billion deficit in its current account—the highest in the last 40 months—as the authority struggled to contain ballooning import bills, which outpaced growth in exports and inward remittance flow

The Maldives has said it is “profoundly concerned” by attempts to spread "misguided and unsubstantiated" information by a small group of individuals and a few political personalities aimed at propagating “hatred towards India", one of its closest bilateral partners

Bangladesh will support Afghan people through humanitarian aid packages in the form of food and medicinal assistance, Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Monday

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s comment—on respecting Afghan 'cultural sensitivities' regarding girls’ education—evoked furious reactions from non-Taliban Afghan leaders, with former Afghan president Hamid Karzai advising Pakistan “not to speak on behalf of Afghanistan” and avoid “interfering" in the country's "internal affairs"

India and the five Central Asian countries on Sunday agreed to enhance cooperation in trade, connectivity, and security even as they condemned terrorism, including cross-border terrorism, and stressed on the territorial integrity of Afghanistan and non-interference in its internal affairs