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.
Maintaining its aggressive stance against India, Pakistan on Tuesday claimed it has "dismantled" what it called an "Indian terrorist network" operating in the restive Balochistan province and started working on a plan to initiate negotiations with "aggrieved people" and nationalists "not directly linked to India"
While vaccine hesitancy is still rampant among large sections of the population, particularly in the rural areas, an insurgent group in Manipur - of all people - has announced cash rewards to encourage the people to inoculate in this northeastern state bordering Myanmar
In what seems an ambitious target, the Bhutan government is aiming for 100 percent enrollment for the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) by 2030. The country, currently, has just 24 percent
Amid the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, the issue will be on agenda in Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's expected visit to Russia later this week
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated the 456 mw Upper Tamakoshi Power Project, the largest hydropower project in the country, which took over a decade time and massive cost overruns
Nepal Supreme Court has concluded its hearing in the high-profile parliament dissolution case and a decision on the same is expected on 12 July, media reports said
Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has confirmed that he planned on running in the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) primary for the next presidential election
Pakistan has accused Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of orchestrating last month’s bomb explosion in Lahore - the capital city of Punjab province - aiming at a “high value target” and called upon the international community to take note
A former state minister of the Maldives is allegedly among four people arrested by Sri Lankan police in connection to a child sex trafficking ring in Colombo’s Mount Lavinia town
The Maldives on Monday has abolished the usage of revenue stamps for official documents as the country’s parliament passed a bill ceasing its usage to make business transaction simpler
The Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group seeking to rule the country once again, has said capturing Kabul is “not Taliban policy” and any foreign troops left in Afghanistan after NATO’s September withdrawal deadline would be at risk as occupiers
The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine purchased by the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) arrived in Sri Lanka on Monday morning, State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals Prof. Channa Jayasumana said
Pakistan has dismissed as “a factual error and lack of understanding” its inclusion in the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) list by the United States and urged Washington to review the “baseless assertions” made against the country in the State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, 2021
Amid an intensified civil war in the country, traders from western Afghanistan have been organizing the sixth expo of domestic products titled “Peace and Self-Sufficiency” in Herat, the third largest city in Afghanistan
The US Embassy in Kabul on Sunday denied reports of an imminent evacuation and said it has “no plans to close the embassy”
