The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
With the onset of vegetable season in the country and potential challenges anticipated in exporting the produces in the current pandemic situation, the agriculture ministry has issued an order to temporarily control import of commonly grown fruits and vegetables into Bhutan
As many as 278 new coronavirus transmission cases have been reported in Nepal of Friday, taking the national tally to 2912
Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health reported 915 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,763 samples tested in the last 24 hours, which is the highest daily count so far. The total accumulated cases in the country are 18,969
At least 10 Afghan security forces members were killed on Friday morning in an ambush by the Taliban on the Zabul-Kandahar highway near the city of Qalat, in Zabul province, said Ata Jan Haq Bayan, head of Zabul's provincial council
The Transport Ministry has stated that the anticipated amount of flights may not operate to Maldives once the country re-opens ints borders
An additional 342 Indian citizens stranded in the Maldives due to the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19 left for their home country aboard private chartered flights on Wednesday and Thursday
Maldives' national Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report revealed that 28 percent of the population falls below the poverty line
With the biggest-ever jump of 9,851 new cases and 273 deaths in the past 24 hours, the Covid-19 tally in India reached 2,26,770 on Friday, Health Ministry data revealed. The surge comes amid the first phase of unlock after a two-month shutdown even as the government plans to open religious places from next week
A senior diplomat of the American embassy in Pakistan has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a media report said
A total of 51,593 Pakistani nationals, who had been stranded abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have been repatriated, a Foreign Ministry official confirmed
Pakistan has decided to take strict administrative actions for the implementation and enforcement of the standard operating procedure (SOPs) formed by the government to contain the spread of COVID-19 amid a surge in new virus cases across the country, officials said
Despite high running tensions between Pakistan and India over held Kashmir, the Pakistan Foreign Office on Thursday said the two were cooperating with each other to fight desert locust invasion under a forum administered by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Dawn reported
The Nepal government has turned a party venue in Bhaktapur into a holding centre for Nepalis flying in from abroad, the first of many such centres in Kathmandu
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the officials to send returnees from foreign countries for quarantine only after results of PCR tests conducted at the airport itself are known
Large amounts of waste had washed ashore the Mount Lavinia beach on Thursday while municipal authorities await till curfew is lifted to clean the coastline
