Bhutan’s sixth COVID-19 positive case is a woman who had recently returned from the Middle East.  She is the fourth Bhutanese to test positive in the country

Four Afghan civilians were killed when a vehicle they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb in eastern Ghazni province, provincial government spokesman confirmed on Wednesday

At least 492 Pakistanis, including 92 women, left stranded in the wake of travel restrictions due to coronavirus pandemic have returned to their country from Afghanistan via the Torkham border

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah expressed concern over the increasing number of confirmed coronavirus cases surfacing in the port city of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city. In a video statement, Shah said the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the virus should be strengthened, geo news reported

The remittance flow to Bangladesh is projected to decline by 22 percent due to the economic crisis induced by Covid-19 pandemic and shutdown, according to a World Bank report published today

Bangladesh will extend the nationwide shutdown of offices and workplaces till May 5 amid a worsening coronavirus outbreak, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain said on Wednesday

In a significant move, the Indian government on Wednesday amended the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1987 through an ordinance in order to ensure safety of health workers at a time when there has been a spate of attacks on doctors and others out of fear they may be COVID-19 carriers

Adar Poonawalla, Chief Executive Officer, Serum Institute of India (SII), has said that SII has associated with US-based biotechnology firm Codagenix has developed a virus-vaccine candidate which is closest to the novel coronavirus. According to Poonawalla, human trials of the vaccine are expected to commence by September-October

India's Health Ministry on Wednesday said the total of coronavirus cases in the country is 20,471 with 1,383 fresh cases reported in the past 24 hours, along with 50 new deaths, taking the toll to 652

As the country continues to grapple with coronavirus crisis amid a surge in deaths and infections, experts hint that the outbreak in Bangladesh is gradually approaching its peak

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed his deepest concerns over the increasing casualties in the recent clashes between government forces and Taliban

Afghanistan has over 1000 confirmed cases of covid-19 amid fragile health system, underlying the need for a joint work together to bend the curve, flatten it and move into the next step of normalization

339 citizens of the United States left Dhaka after midnight today as the US government arranged a fourth special flight for those who opted to return amid the coronavirus outbreak

Nepali Army Headquarters (NAHQ) has inked an agreement with China Sino-Farm International Corporation, China’s state-owned company, for the procurement of medical equipment and kits to be used in the diagnosis and treatment of coronavirus infected people in Nepal

With economic activities across the country at a standstill for almost one month, the government is preparing to allow industries to open gradually by adopting precautionary measures against the spread of coronavirus