Eighty-one Bangladeshis, who had been stranded in Vietnam and returned home by a chartered flight two weeks ago, were arrested and sent to jail today, after completion of a 14-day quarantine

At least 13 Taliban militants were killed and 12 others wounded during a crackdown carried out by the Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar province, defense officials said on Tuesday

Afghanistan cabinet’s law committee on Tuesday approved the proposal of inclusion of mother’s name in the national identity cards

The Maldives on Monday registered 137 positive cases of COVID-19

The Maldives' Health Emergency Operations Centre (HEOC) on Monday night called to end prejudice and discrimination against individuals that test positive for COVID-19, describing the stigma as "worse than the virus"

Since the idea of women empowerment swept the world, women are becoming powerful every passing day and now more than ever, it is about improving the way the world perceives the strength of women, said Prof Namrata Pradhan of the Royal University of Bhutan

Of the 62 new COVID-19 positive cases detected after the nationwide lockdown on August 11, 48 are employees of Project DANTAK and Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT)

Kamala Thapa, of Bakrang, Gorkha District, was married and a mother by age 19. As her baby daughter was tottering around their village home and speaking her first words, tragic events halfway around the world changed both mother and daughter’s lives forever

Seventeen days after the nationwide lockdown, Thimphu Police received 102 cases—prowling (58), domestic violence (15), and substance abuse (29)

Psychiatrists in Nepal have warned that the country might see an unaccounted rise in the number of people suffering from psychological stress and other mental health issues due to the increasing fear of COVID-19 spread and months-long lockdown imposed in a bid to subdue the virus

Nepal’s foreign employment sector is finally reopening after the government decided to allow aspirant workers to go abroad months after it stopped issuing permits

Expressing serious concern over the prevailing and increasing cases of poliovirus in Pakistan, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) in its latest assessment of the global polio eradication programme warned that if Pakistan does not adopt transformative measures to eradicate the virus from the country in the next six months, the situation could become dire

As bilateral meetings between Pakistan and Afghanistan under the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS) resumed on Monday, both sides vowed to make the best of this engagement framework for addressing the challenges that keep plaguing their ties

Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli sent messages of condolence to the people of India on the demise of former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has reaffirmed commitment to safeguard the territorial integrity of Saudi Arabia, saying “Pakistan stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the kingdom”