In an effort to quell the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bangladesh government is planning to reimpose area-wise lockdowns in capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country, a senior Health Ministry official said here

Bangladesh’s first human milk bank stalled once after running into opposition by a group of Islamists last year, and it faces another prodigious hurdle now: the coronavirus outbreak

There's water all around Amena Begum. Yet, her son has to bring drinking water in a raft from a shallow tube well 2.5 km away

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught the country to take food self-sufficiency seriously. Even after decades of having nutrition and food security policy, the country has not progressed beyond subsistence agriculture

The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has asked all international airlines operating to and from Nepal to not initiate any bookings for scheduled or passenger chartered flights originating from or with destination to Nepal

Nepal’s central government has laid out guidelines for COVID-19 quarantine centres across the country, but some local authorities say it may be better to let people self-isolate at home rather than run crowded facilities that may themselves spread the disease

The countrywide death toll from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rose to 1,998 on Saturday with over 100 deaths reported in a single day

As the number of coronavirus cases surged to 96,445 — an increase of around 5,000 cases in a day — amid strong criticism from the opposition of the Centre for relaxing the lockdown before flattening the curve, the federal government on Saturday said lockdown was not a solution to the pandemic anywhere in the world rather the masses should change their behaviour and learn to live with the virus

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has authorized a total of Rs.1,043 billion from the Consolidated Fund for the uninterrupted continuation of Government services and development activities from June 1 to the August 31

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that the country has managed the coronavirus pandemic while several developed countries struggled under the pressure

Afghanistan’s government on Saturday announced a new set of mandatory health guidelines aimed at slowing down the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country

Russia says that both the United States and Taliban want the peace agreement to be implemented in Afghanistan

The Maldives government confirmed on Saturday night that an additional 18 individuals tested positive for COVID-19 within 24hrs from Friday to Saturday

India's single-day spike in COVID-19 cases inched towards 10,000 on Sunday, a Health Ministry data revealed. At least 287 people died in the last 24 hours due to the disease

The COVID-19 crisis is wreaking havoc in Delhi as cases continue to pile up, yet the government has somehow pulled the brakes on testing with asymptomatic people being denied testing and six private labs and hospitals being restrained from conducting COVID-19 tests