Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan may go into self-quarantine after it emerged that he came in contact with an individual who tested positive for the novel coronavirus last week
Sri Lanka needs well-designed political and economic policy changes for long-term recovery
The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
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Hyderabad's abandoned Sports Tower transforms into Covid hospital
An abandoned multi-storeyed Sports Tower, which was constructed for 2007 World Military Games in Hyderabad in southern India, has been transformed into a makeshift hospital for Covid-19 patients in less than a month and the Telangana government plans to later upgrade it into a top-class healthcare and research facility
India's coronavirus case tally at 18,985; toll 603
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India hands medicines to Afghanistan for COVID-19 fight
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PM Hasina says some factories need to reopen gradually
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Pakistan, Afghan bilateral forum to meet soon
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Pakistan sees spike in virus deaths as toll surges to 192
Islamabad As the number of coronavirus cases surged past 8,500 in Pakistan with the addition of 425 new cases and the toll hitting 192 with 24 deaths on Monday, foreign diplomats visited the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) to observe the countrywide arrangements to control the deadly virus
Sri Lanka's apparel sector stares at mass unemployment
Many of Sri Lanka’s apparel firms have run out of working capital and credit lines to pay salaries in April and mass unemployment looms as prospects of a quick recovery is also dim with clothes being a discretionary purchase in Coronavirus hit countries, industry officials said
Sri Lanka's parliamentary polls to be held on June 20
Sri Lanka's Election Commission has announced it would conduct the country's parliamentary polls on June 20
COVID – 19 cases soar past 300; 32 in a single day
The number of coronavirus infections in Sri Lanka soared past 300 with the highest cases in a single day, as 32 tested positive of COVID-19 on Monday, the health ministry’s website showed
Covid-19 crisis a wake-up call for housing equality: Ratan Tata
Terming the Covid-19 crisis as a wake-up call, Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Group and one of India's and the woirld's most respected businless leaders, slammed India's housing policies under which slums and shantytowns are forever shifted from one location to the another because "we have the image we want to project of ourselves and there's a part we want to hide"
No new corona case in Northeast India; limited economic activity resumes
With no fresh positive coronavirus cases reported in the past 48 hours from any of the eight northeastern states if India, some economic activities were restarted on Monday following the government's guidelines and advice, ministers and officials said
Plasma therapy shows positive result on critical Covid-19 patient in Delhi hospital
The Max Hospital in Saket, New Delhi has administered plasma therapy on a critical coronavirus patient and it's showing positive results with the patient being taken off ventilator support, the hospital said
