The Afghan government has not released any Taliban prisoners in the past two days, with the National Security Council saying they stopped the release process because Taliban did not free any government employees they have in custody

Bangladesh recorded 219 confirmed cases of Covid-19 -- the highest in a single day since the first case was reported more than a month ago -- with four more deaths from the viral disease

A fund created by the Nepalesae government for the prevention, control and treatment of COVID-19 has crossed Rs. 2 billion mark. The size of the fund has increased to Rs. 2.01 billion by Wednesday evening, with Rs. 6.04 million being deposited on the very day

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has emphasized that the activities of the state and private sectors should resume within next few days and return to normalcy in the country which is still grappling with COVID-19

Bhutanese patients and their attendants who returned from Kolkata Wednesdat didn’t have nice stories to share as they alleged of being discriminated while in Kolkata amid the Covid-19 outbreak

After lighting butter lamps and offering prayers at a simple ceremony yesterday morning, Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering launched His Majesty The King’s Relief Kidu for all those who have lost jobs, businesses or are placed on reduced salaries due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Pakistan has been included in the group of countries eligible for debt relief on all principal and interest payments to official bilateral creditors announced by the G20 countries in their Riyadh meeting on Wednesday

Seven more Tablighi Jamaat members have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Pakistan's Punjab province, the worst-hit in the country, it was reported

Four policemen were arrested after they resorted to aerial firing in Karachi which resulted in the death of a woman while trying to control a mob during ration distribution amid a lockdown in the city, an official said

Pakistan's Ministry of Railways has finalised a strategy for partially resuming train operations across all four provinces upon the end of a lockdown or any relaxation amid the coronavirus pandemic, sources said

With 941 new cases the total number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in India mounted to 12,380 stated the data published by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

The International Monetary Fund supports India's “very wise” decision to impose a national lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic despite the resulting economic slowdown, according to Changyong Rhee, the organisation's director of the Asia and Pacific Department

The death toll from the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 50, a grim milestone, after four more fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will provide stimulus package to help citizens at all levels as the coronavirus wreaks havoc on the people and their finances in Bangladesh

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is starting on Wednesday (today) its second phase of special flights to repatriate thousands of Pakistanis stranded in different countries due to the Covid-19 pandemic