The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
Nepali Congress Vice-president Bimalendra Nidhi has condemned the tonsuring of a Nepali national in the Indian city of Varanasi by a group of people to protest Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s remarks that Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Ram lies in Thori, Nepal’s Parsa district
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said a 'green Pakistan' guarantees a prosperous future for coming generations and asked the nation to join hands in achieving the target of planting 10 billion trees to fight climate change and environmental pollution
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday reiterated his support for overseas Pakistanis and said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government repatriated 250,000 Pakistanis from across the globe
An immediate revival of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme is not in sight due to differences over roadmap for increase in electricity prices and tax and institutional reforms, a senior official of the Ministry of Finance said on Friday
Sri Lanka’s schools will stay closed for another week although the Health Authorities are convinced that there is no community transmission of the COVID 19 virus, a statement issued by the Ministry of Education said
The tally of coronavirus infections in Bangladesh has surpassed 200,000 in another grim milestone marking the rapid spread of the disease that has upended millions of lives in the country
A hospital owner in Bangladesh has been arrested on charges of fraud to a tune of about $350,000 for allegedly issuing thousands of fake COVID-19 test results to deceive people
As one of Bangladesh's major development partners, the Netherlands will assist the South Asian country in adapting to the circular economy in the changed development scene
As peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban appeared to be imminent, President Ashraf Ghani said that the process will not move forward until the fate of the security forces held by the Taliban is clarified
Maldives National University (MNU), revealed on Friday, that 67 percent of individuals who took part in the university’s study of socio-economic respects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Maldives support the easing of lockdown measures
The South Korean government on Saturday, donated 150 test kits to the Maldives' ongoing COVID-19 response
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Friday announced that the Phase-I clinical trials of India's first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin began across the country on July 15
India recorded a spike of 34,884 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and 671 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 10,38,716 cases with a death total of 26,273, the Health Ministry's data stated on Saturday
A day after a trial court in Punjab sent the prime suspect in the fake Sri Lankan cricket league to judicial custody along with two others for recently hosting a fake Sri Lankan T20 league near Chandigarh, it on Friday granted six-week interim bail to Ravinder Dandiwal, who is also allegedly involved in international tennis match-fixing
Unveiling the Monetary Policy for fiscal year 2020-21 today, Nepal Rastra Bank has adopted a policy to revive the COVID-affected economy by promoting loan disbursement in sectors hit by the crisis, especially agriculture, energy, tourism and small and medium enterprises
