Most of the mega development projects in Bangladesh were already behind schedule before the pandemic. Then came several months of shutdown, deteriorating the situation to a great extent

Bangladesh's foreign currency reserve and inward remittances have hit new highs amid the coronavirus pandemic. For the first time in the country's history, the foreign currency reserve touched 34.23 billion USD, said a press release from the finance ministry

Member states of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation or BIMSTEC have resolved to further strengthen cooperation to combat the impact of COVID-19 pandemic together

Bangladesh has made it to the list of countries with most coronavirus cases with confirmed infections crossing 60,000 in 90 days after the first COVID-19 patient was detected in the country

The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) in a statement issued late on Friday vowed a thorough probe into an incident in which three Afghan nationals were killed after their vehicle was shot by Iranian police in Yazd province in the center of Iran

America's largest development bank has approved millions of dollars of investment that will strengthen food security and energy sector in India to fight the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic

India on Friday launched its campaign to secure an elected seat at the UN Security Council, saying that it can play a constructive global role by offering inclusive solutions to overcome old and new fault lines in the world

The death toll from the novel coronavirus infection in Bangladesh has climbed to 811 after 30 new fatalities were registered in a daily count

At least 168 people were killed and 283 injured in 149 road crashes across the country in 13 days while travelling during the Eid-ul-Fitr festival and amid shut down, according to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity

Five Bangladeshi and international organisations have written to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asking her to take action guaranteeing press freedom amid an alarming surge in physical and judicial attacks on reporters and cartoonists in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, a media report said on Friday

The Sri Lankan government is mulling moves to reclaim oil tanks at the Trincomalee oil farm which is under the Indian Oil Corporation, officials said

Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry has prepared a mini-budget of 1,043 billion rupees from June to August 2020, citing authority given to the President under the constitution to spend money in the absence of appropriations approved by parliament

A Pakistan Senate panel on Thursday asked the government to convene a SAARC conference to formulate a joint strategy to effectively combat coronavirus

Out of the three million jobs, the industrial sector is likely to lose one million and the remaining two million will be lost in the services sector

Like everywhere around the world, the air travel business in the country has been hit the hardest from the COVID-19 pandemic