The tally of coronavirus infections in Bangladesh has surpassed 250,000, hitting another unwanted milestone in the pandemic that has upended millions of lives in the country

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday called for durable peace and stability while addressing the Loya Jirga, a grand assembly of the country's elders, who have gathered in Kabul to decide the fate of the remaining 400 Taliban inmates in government prisons

Afghanistan's Loya Jirga, a grand assembly of the country's elders, gathered in Kabul on Friday to decide the fate of the remaining 400 Taliban inmates in government prisons

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in a series of tweets on Friday welcomed the holding of the consultative Loya Jirga on peace and said that the Jirga offers a historic platform to remove obstacles in the way of intra-Afghan talks

The Maldives government is preparing for a situation where an adequate number of tourists do not visit the tourism dependent island nation in the coming months

Maldives, on Thursday, recorded the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases confirmed per capita in the entire globe

India on Thursday asked Pakistan to desist from inciting communal tensions in India with its provocative statements on its internal matters

The government has not breached the Tobacco Control Act or any provisions of the Constitution given the current situation, according to the Attorney General (AG)

The Nepaese government said on July 20 that international and domestic flights will resume starting August 17, and asked the travel and tourism industry to take bookings for the autumn season accordingly

As the Nepalese government has announced all domestic and international flights will be resumed from August 17, all the concerned authorities are busy preparing protocols on how to manage the flights and passengers during this pandemic

The Nat­ional Coordination Commi­ttee (NCC) on Covid-19 on Thu­rsday decided to lift restrictions on tourism sector from Aug 8 and on restaurants and transport sector from Aug 10 and gave a timetable for opening some other sectors, including educational institutions and marriage halls

Pakistan wanting to ratchet up the volume over Kashmir but the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is refusing to hold foreign ministers meeting

The Aviation Division has announced that the domestic flight operation, already underway from some of the airports for some time, will be resorted from all airports in the country from August 6 midnight

Sri Lanka President’s party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has swept the parliamentary elections held Wednesday (August 05) to elect 196 members to the 225-member parliament

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has telephoned his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa Thursday, and congratulated him on the successful conduct of parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka yesterday, and impressive performance by the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party