Italy has reduced the three-month ban on arrivals from Bangladesh amid the coronavirus pandemic

The health ministry has asked the home ministry to take measures so that no one can leave Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Chattogram during Eid-ul-Azha as part of efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus to the rural areas

Apparel factory workers are barred from leaving their workplace like the government employees during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated her firm optimism that the country would advance again and the people would get rid of the ongoing crisis by combating the novel coronavirus

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Thursday said that terrorism is a common threat to the entire region, stating that peace and stability in Afghanistan means peace and stability in Iran

At least eight civilians were killed and eleven others were wounded following mortar attacks by Pakistani forces on the Sarkano district in Kunar, as well as Asadabad, the provincial capital, according to the local officials in the area

India remains the third worst COVID-19 affected country in the world after the US and Brazil with over 9.68 lakh confirmed cases, the gap though between patients who have recovered and those still infected by the virus has almost quadrupled in the last one month

Modulus Housing, a startup incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), has developed a portable hospital unit that can be installed anywhere within two hours by four people, said the IIT-M

As the deadline for submitting the Expressions of Interest (EoI) for 52.98 percent stake in the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) nears, big names in the global oil market are showing interest in picking up the majority stake in the state-run oil company. According to official sources, Saudi Aramco, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc), Rosneft of Russia and Exxon Mobil intend to participate in the bidding process for the PSU

After achieving tremendous growth in the last five years, the real estate market in Hyderabad took a big hit due to the COVID-19 crisis

Even as Bhutan is ranked the 25th cleanest among 180 countries with a score of 68 in the last two years, the perception on the prevalence of corruption in the country has substantially increased over the years, according to the Anti-Corruption Commission’s chairperson Kinley Yangzom

Nepali Congress Vice-president Bimalendra Nidhi has termed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s claim that Thori village in Parsa is the real Ayodhya and the birthplace of Lord Ram baseless, irrelevant and objectionable

Already affected by years of construction delays, the expected increase in Nepal’s hydroelectricity generation capacity is now going to be delayed because of the COVID-19 crisis as well as heavy flooding

As the pandemic continues to rage on, the Sindh government has extended the coronavirus induced lockdown measures currently in place in the province by another month

Pakistan-born scientist Asifa Akhtar has become the first international female vice president of the biology and medicine section at Germany’s prestigious Max Planck Society