Madhav Prasad Ghimire, who has died aged 101, was one of the last of the Nepali literary figures from among the older generation. Known as Rastra Kavi, or national poet, Ghimire was also a playwright and essayist

India and Bangladesh on Tuesday decided to expand their economic and development partnership in the post-Covid situation as PM Sheikh Hasina met Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla in what was her first meeting with a visiting dignitary since the outbreak of the pandemic

Dhaka is set to discuss the trial of Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine, millions of doses of which will be produced by India’s Serum Institute if successful in tests, in Bangladesh

The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation's 'Chase the Virus' strategy in Dharavi --  often described as Asia's largest shantytown -- has found a new fan in the Philippines government as the Southeast Asia nation also grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic

The number of salaried people losing their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic has surged to 1.89 crore (18.9 million) since April, with around 50 lakh jobs lost last month, according to data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE)

India's indigenous-built helicopters were pressed into service to rescue people and extricate skimmed oil from the Japanese-owned cargo ship MV Wakashio in Mauritius

Following the report of the first local transmission of COVID-19 in Phuentsholing on August 16, and another two positive cases in Paro yesterday, the concern now is of a potential full-blown local outbreak in Bhutan

Over 50 people came out in a queue to purchase vegetables in the evening at Rabdeyling demkhong in Gelephu yesterday

As many as 1,016 new cases of the coronavirus infection have been reported on Tuesday, taking the nationwide COVID-19 count to 28,257

Neutral international observers have acknowledged economic progress made by Pakistan despite the novel coronavirus crisis, Adviser to the Prime Minister for Finance Abdul Hafeez Sheikh said on Tuesday

At least 11 people were killed when a boat with picnickers capsized in a lake in Pakistan's Sindh province, authorities said

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with Saudi Arabia Deputy Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salaman bin Abdulaziz, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Tuesday

Sri Lanka's Power Minister Dullas Alahapperuma has appointed a high-level committee to investigate a nationwide power outage that plunged the country into darkness for over seven hours on Monday, disrupting daily life and bringing businesses to a standstill, it was reported on Tuesday

Basil Rajapaksa, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival and Poverty Alleviation said yesterday (17) that steps will be taken to save foreign exchange by manufacturing needed medicines locally in Sri Lanka

Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa has said his main aim as Minister of Sports is to introduce a new Sports Act for Sri Lanka