Two UK returnees, a mother and her son, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Rapti Municipality of Chitwan district. The woman had tested positive for antibodies during the Rapid Diagnositic Test (RDT) on Wednesday

In a major support to shore up the declining reserves following the outflow of hot money, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday night approved the disbursement of $1.386 billion to Pakistan under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) to address the economic impact of the Covid-19 shock

Experts in Pakistan fear that the number of cases will further increase due to lockdown relaxation, especially during the month of Ramazan as Taraweeh, Aitkaf and roadside arrangements for Iftar and Sehri will become a breeding ground for the deadly virus

A fatwa issued by the Darul Uloom Firangi Mahali has said that those dying of the coronavirus deserve decent burial as per rituals and their bodies should not be treated as untouchable

The total number of coronavirus cases in India reached 13,387 on Friday morning, including 76 foreign nationals, with 11,201 active cases, the Union Health Ministry said

Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port is swamped in over 40,000 containers after a coroanvirus crisis disrupted economic activities and concessions given to importers are ending this week, a logistics official said

An Indian construction firm, AFCONS Infrastructure Limited, which executes the Phuentsholing Township and Development Project at Toorsa, Phuentsholing, donated 20 two-way handheld radio transceivers (walkie talkie) to police. The transceivers are worth Nu 210,000

Tenzin Zomkey, a class 12 student, studying in Armenia, took a long ride back home from Singapore in a flight that was returning with cargo yesterday

Bangladesh has confirmed 10 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the 24 hours to 8am on Thursday, taking the total to 60

Authorities in Bangladesh said on Thursday they have detained 382 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority trying to enter the country in a boat from the southern coast, after two months adrift at sea

Around 58 percent of Pakistan total coronavirus cases are locally transmitted, data released by the National Command and Operation Centre revealed on Thursday

India has hit back at the US Commision on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for spreading what it said was false information on medical protocols followed by professionals to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic in India

There has been no coronavirus case in 325 of the 736 districts in India and also no one has tested positive in 27 districts of 17 states in the past 14 days, according to India's Health Ministry here on Thursday

Confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Afghanistan have surpassed 784 as of Wednesday, perpetuating fears of the threat the pandemic could pose in the war-wracked country

Health officials in northern Faryab said that they held talks with the Taliban to coordinate efforts regarding fighting the pandemic coronavirus in the areas under the militant’s control