The World Bank has approved a $100 million Development Policy Credit (DPC) to continue support to Nepal in improving the financial viability and governance of the electricity sector and recovering from the COVID-19 crisis

India's Union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,  on Wednesday gave its approval for signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Royal Government of Bhutan on cooperation in the areas of the environment

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a 13- member Presidential Task Force headed by the Defense Secretary Major General (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne to build a secure country and a disciplined society

Bangladesh Bank’s foreign currency reserves have crossed $34 billion for the first time thanks to surging remittance despite the coronavirus pandemic that is ravaging economies

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani pleaded on Wednesday with the insurgents to observe another ceasefire to set the motion for the direct talks with the government

At least nine civilians were killed after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in southern Kandahar province, security officials said

Sirajuddin Haqqani, the deputy leader of the Taliban, said that despite the group's belief in the peace negotiation talks as one of the core components of the solution to the conflict in Afghanistan, the Taliban will still continue the path of jihad (holy war) and strengthen its military power

India saw close to 9,000 new cases on Wednesday as the total case count of coronavirus mounted to 2,07,615, Health Ministry data revealed

The Kerala Forest Department has launched a manhunt for those responsible for the death of a 15-year-old pregnant wild elephant, said an official. The elephant had died after being seriously injured by firecrackers hidden in a pineapple

After a wait of 72 hours, Cyclone Nisarga made a thumping landfall at Shriwardhan-Dive Agar in Raigad district, hitting coastal Maharashtra with full fury, officials said

Bangladesh has registered 37 deaths from the novel coronavirus in a day, taking the toll to 746. The caseload surged to 55,140 after 2,695 people tested positive for coronavirus in the 24 hours till 8 a.m. on Wednesday, according to government data, bdnews 24 reported

The Afghan National Police (ANP) has arrested 17 terrorists involved in a series of bomb attacks in Kabul, the country's Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday

A powerful bomb ripped through a popular mosque in Kabul's fortified green zone on Tuesday, killing at least two persons and injuring two others, police said

Kunduz police chief Abdul Rasheed Bashir, and the district governor of Qala-e-Zal Fahim Qarluq, both died from COVID-19, officials said on Wednesday

A whopping 4,131 new coronavirus cases were reported across the country on June 2 and 67 more died from the infection over the past 24 hours, Geo News reported