Pakistan’s Ministry of Interior has announced fresh restrictions across the country, which includes a complete ban on tourism from May 8-16 in  view of a huge spike in Covid 19 infection, Daily Times reported

Nepal has banned all foreign nationals from using Nepal as a transit point en route to third countries following a sharp spike of a new variant of coronavirus infection in the country

United Nations special rapporteurs have urged Nepal government to rectify the appointments in the National Human Rights Commission saying it has shown ‘unwarranted haste’ in ‘avoiding’ crucial processes such as parliamentary hearing, Kathmandu Post reported

Authorities in Nepal have recommended the extension of prohibitory orders in the three districts of Kathmandu Valley, reported The Himalayan Times

A 70-year-old man from Rautahat, a border district in Nepal’s province-2,  died of COVID-19  while he was on his way to a nearby hospital

The positivity rate has risen to 10.2 percent in Pakistan, with the country recording over 4,400 new infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally to 804,939 on Tuesday, reported The News

Disclosing that the country’s total public sector wheat stocks have shrunk to less than three weeks of consumption level, Pakistan Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has highlighted  the need to build six million metric tons of strategic reserves of the food crop through imports, Tribune reported

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has approved the proposed ban on face and head coverings, including the burqa and niqab, according to Newswire

A group of likeminded Indians in Saudi Arabia has started a drive on social media to make available plasma, blood, oxygen, oxygen cylinders needed by their countrymen back home and in the Gulf region who have been hit by a massive Covid 19 wave

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has admitted that “intelligence level” talks were on with India, but denied reports of back channel dialogue saying a proper dialogue can take place only through the Foreign Office

Bangladesh’s banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji), in the garb of the Hefajat-e-Islam

Swisscontact, a Switzerland-based NGO that works for poverty alleviation, has joined hands with Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) to rehabilitate garment workers affected by the pandemic in Bangladesh, reported UNB

The Maldives recorded 328 new infections on Monday, the highest single-day surge since March 2020 when the archipelago recorded the first cases of the coronavirus, reported Raajhe TV. Total cases of the COVID-19 surpassed the 28,000 marks

As the cases of COVID-19 infections remain unchecked in Sri Lanka, authorities have ordered the closure of all schools until Friday this week, reported Newswire

The first shipment of vital Covid medical supplies, including 100 ventilators, from the UK reached Delhi early Tuesday morning, the Ministry of External Affairs said