Bangladesh's merchandise export earnings increased by 4.32 per cent year-on-year to $2.96 billion in August following a rise in demand due to the reopening of retail stores in the EU and US markets

At least 25 militants were killed and eight others injured after Afghan security forces repelled a Taliban attack in Laghman province, a government spokesman said on Monday

In an unprecedented first in the Maldives, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has halted the USD 6.7 million (MVR 100 million) National Single Window project of the Ministry of Economic Development, as it was handed over to an ineligible contractor on suspicious grounds

The Acting Minister of Health, Mohamed Aslam has extended the duration of the State of Public Health Emergency declared in the Maldives

Maldives' Chief of Defence Force, Major General Abdulla Shamaal has denied the presence of armed foreign military personnel in the archipelago

Eleven people passed away from COVID-19 related complications in the last 24 hours, with which the nationwide death-toll has moved to 300

Ten international airlines have restarted scheduled flights to Kathmandu after nearly six months, and although there is high passenger demand, the flight capacity is limited because of the government’s threshold of only 800 passengers allowed disembark per day

Manju migrated to work as a housemaid in Lebanon in 2006. In the last 14 years, she managed to earn some money, build a house for the family in Morang and educate her two sons

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has warned India, claiming that his country would win the "fifth generation or hybrid war"

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said it is necessary to verify whether mosques across the country have been constructed after prior approval from the appropriate authorities and with proper designs, so that incidents like Narayanganj mosque blast don't happen again

The novel coronavirus is mutating “very fast” in Bangladesh, according to researchers

The fire on large oil tanker MT New Diamond burning for three days in the seas off Sri Lanka’s eastern shores was completely dowsed on Sunday, Sri Lanka Navy said

For the second consecutive day, India has clocked recovery of more than 70,000 COVID-19 patients in a single day, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday

Nepal saw a massive growth slump in the third quarter of the last fiscal year 2019-20–to 0.8 percent–due largely to negative growths in at least five sectors, according to estimates of the Central Bureau of Statistics made official on Sunday

On the occasion of Defence and Martyrs Day, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said Pakistan's stance on peace should not be misconstrued as weakness, adding that the country's armed forces are prepared to respond to any misadventure