Sri Lanka's National Association for Professionals in Tourism (NAFPT) on Thursday said it had launched a four-day campaign in several areas of the island-nation to assist foreign tourists who are currently stranded due to the COVID-19 pandemic

The Nepal government has planned to create jobs for sherpas who were put out of work after the COVID-19 lockdown, by hiring them to repair and clean up trekking trails in the Himalaya, a media report said

Three more Nepalis have succumbed to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Britain.  Those dying from the disease are 72-year-old Gopal Gurung, Bima Nachhiring Rai and 65-year-old Hansa Raj Lingden, spokesman at the Nepali Embassy, Sharad Raj Aran said

Pakistan's Sindh government has challenged the provincial verdict in the kidnapping and murder case of American journalist Daniel Pearl before the country's Supreme Court

Pakistan has sought the revival of the South Asian Association for Regional Corporations (Saarc) Technical Committee on Health in order to evolve a common strategy against the coronavirus pandemic

Pakistan's National Command and Operation Centre said the total number of confirmed cases in the country stands at 11,155

India has gifted USD 5 million worth of medicines and other COVID-19 related supplies to the world so far as countries continue to combat the global pandemic

US President Donald Trump has said that Pakistan has asked him to send ventilators for the victims of the coronavirus and he has agreed to do so

The number of coronavirus patients in the country has crossed the 23,000-mark. So far, 23,077 people have been found infected by COVID-19. Of these 17,610 cases are still active while a total of 4,748 have recovered

As the United States is buffeted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has discussed the availability of medicines with India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said on Thursday

55 Taliban prisoners were released on Wednesday from nine provinces, the Office of the National Security Council said Thursday. Javid Faisal, the council spokesman, said that the Taliban were released as part of the Afghan government's efforts to "advance peace and fight COVID-19" in the country

Bangladesh Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today requested Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to provide continuous support to minimise the effects of the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak and the resultant nationwide shutdown

Bangladesh has extended the nationwide shutdown of offices and workplaces to May 5 amid a worsening coronavirus outbreak

Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed that two news cases of COVID-19 have been identified today

The nationwide tally of Covid-19 patients stands at 10,938 with 4,706 cases in Punjab, 3,671  in Sindh, 1,474 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 552 in Balochistan, 290 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 194 in Islamabad and 51 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir