Close to 30,000 Bhutanese are seeking jobs currently. The number includes those laid off or affected by the pandemic and others returning from abroad, adding to the unemployment pool of 8,000 jobseekers that already existed before the pandemic

The national task force on the 21st Century Economic Roadmap for Bhutan is working on two main ambitious economic targets by 2030—a GDP of Nu 1 trillion and a high-income society as per the World Bank’s definition

To help strengthen the government’s effort in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a grant of USD 2 million (M) from its Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund (APDRF)

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could push nearly one-third of Nepal's population below the poverty line due to the loss of livelihoods in the wake of the health crisis, the World Bank said in a report

Private schools have decided to resume online classes from today onwards after resolving discussions with the government

The National Human Rights Commission of Nepal has taken serious exception to the alleged involvement of Chitwan National Park in the burning of houses of the people from the Chepang community on July 18 and for the death of another person after he was “beaten and tortured” by Nepal Army personnel deployed for security in Chitwan National Park

Nepal's Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa has underscored the need of replacing the existing development policy to prevent natural disasters

Pakistan's stability, growth and progressive development, coupled with its ongoing efforts to fight terrorism, with an aim to end all footprints seem to have become a never-ending struggle

The Imran Khan government in Pakistan is facing an uproar for facilitating legal remedies for alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, with the opposition parties slamming it for bringing in a "National Reconciliation Ordinance"

At least 20 people were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast that hit a market in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said

Pakistan has signed two financing agreements totalling $750 million with the World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for the Resilient Institutions for Sustainable Economy (RISE) programme

Sri Lankan authorities on Friday caught a COVID-19 patient after he had escaped from a hospital on the outskirts of Colombo while receiving treatment, police said

India's finance ministry and Export-Import Bank officials have held online talks with Sri Lanka’s finance ministry on structuring a debt moratorium for the country, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said

A hospital owner in Bangladesh, who has been arrested on charges of fraud and for allegedly issuing thousands of fake COVID-19 test results, embezzled around Tk 12.5 crore from various individuals and organizations

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has asked all Bangladeshi missions abroad to serve people with a smile