Around 2,200 clothing factories in Bangladesh have applied for bank credits worth nearly Tk 31.5 billion from the government’s coronavirus bailout funds to pay workers

The Afghan Ministry of Defense said that Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) repelled scores of attacks initiated by the Taliban in 15 provinces over the past 24 hours

In a classic case of factual distortion,  the Pulitzer Board in the US awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize to three Indian photographers, saying it was for their work in Kashmir as “India revoked its independence.”

With 2,573 new cases and 83 fatalities in the past 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country climbed to 42,836 on Monday evening, the Union Health Ministry said. Of the total cases, 29,685 are active, 11,761 people have recovered, and 1,389 people have succumbed to the disease

India's Health Ministry on Monday said the disease curve is relatively flat as of now, while 2,533 new cases, which is the highest number of cases in a single day, were reported in on the past 24 hours, and needed a collective effort to prevent peaks

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Monday that more than 11 lakh (1.1 million) samples have been tested for novel coronavirus so far

India has once again asked Pakistan to immediately vacate all areas of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh under its illegal occupation

An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras-incubated startup Muse Wearables is developing novel and scalable methods for coating textiles with nanoparticles-based antimicrobial agents that can inactivate the human coronavirus on contact, the Institute said on Monday

Iran has rejected reports claiming that Iranian border guards had tortured and thrown Afghans into a river to prevent their illegal entry into the country, the media reported

At least five Afghan soldiers were killed and seven injured when Taliban militants detonated an explosives-laden truck near a military outpost in Helmand province, officials said on Monday

Scores of stranded Afghans in Pakistan have taken temporary shelter in different mosques, shops and even abandoned railway tunnels in near the countries' border for the last four days, a media report said on Monday

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan informed members of the national and provincial assemblies on Monday that the government has decided that lockdown will gradually be eased in the coming days keeping in view the ground realities, especially the economic situation of the country and the problems of the common man

The Pakistan government has said that a locust migration will start from the Balochistan province and some other countries by the end of May

State-run SriLankan Airlines had taken 40 Pakistani national back on May 04, who were stranded in Colombo the High Commission of Pakistan in Colombo said as most airlines in the sub-continent were grounded and airports closed over a Coronavirus outbreak

Nepal’s tourism sector has been staring at its deathbed, following the nationwide lockdown induced by the COVID-19 pandemic