With 22 fresh deaths due to the pandemic , Bangladesh Covid-19 toll surged to 544, health authorities said on Wednesday

The government has decided not to extend the ongoing shutdown over the coronavirus oubtreak, allowing offices to reopen on May 31

The government has ordered all public and private hospitals in Bangladesh to provide treatment to COVID-19 and other patients in separate units

Cyclone Amphan caused damages worth Tk 1.67 crore in the eastern part of Sundarbans, under Bagerhat district, according to the Bangladesh Forest Department

Bhutan's parliament will resume on June 1 after more than a two-month break to pass the annual budget for the fiscal year 2020-21 and the supplementary budget of the ongoing fiscal year

Hospitals are dealing with an influx of coronavirus patients which has left some health facilities in the province struggling to provide them and others with medical treatment, it emerged on Wednesday

The city administration finalised a list of the loss of property caused by the May 22 plane crash in the Jinnah Garden area of Model Colony, finding 18 houses partially damaged and two completely damaged as the federal government on Tuesday vowed to bear all financial burden of the compensation to the affected families

Pakistan's Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said that the black box of Airbus 320 that crashed in Karachi had been found within 24 hours, but efforts were under way to recover the cockpit voice recorder

Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay stated he had come to the country with a mandate to deepen India-Sri Lanka bilateral relations and also to expand their close cooperation

Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Wednesday, announced 19 new infections, increasing cases of the new coronavirus in Maldives to 1,457

The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 625 new positive cases of COVID-19 across the country over the past 24 hours, bringing the total cases in Afghanistan to 12,456

Maintaining the plateau of over 6,000 cases, India on Wednesday crossed the psychological 1.5 lakh (150,000) mark of total Covid-19 cases so far. However it also posted a strong recovery rate of 42.44 percent as at least 3,935 people were also cured during the day

A firm resolve to prevent the coronavirus from entering his village in western India prompted a Nashik man and his two sons to develop an innovative tractor-mounted sanitization sprayer which has drawn huge attention

The forestalled border talks between Nepal and India to resolve the dispute on the Kalapani, Lipu Lekh, Limpiyadhura border tri-junction will happen sooner than later

The government is yet to take any concrete decision on how to manage quarantine and health facilities, accommodation and visa process for those preparing to return to the country from abroad, including those from major labour destinations