Nepal's Minister of Health and Population Bhanubhakta Dhakal said the government has prioritised management of population for the country’s development

Pakistan has opened two key trade routes with neighbour Afghanistan that will help boost bilateral trade, Pakistani officials said

As over 61 percent of the patients who contracted novel coronavirus across the country have fully recovered, and there’s a decline in the number of tests as well as occupancy of ventilators, the government on Saturday urged the masses to continue taking precautionary measures to avoid a situation similar to the three countries with the highest number of cases, namely the United States, Brazil and India

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday approved, in principle, a set of recommendations to tap the potential of neglected sectors of the economy by lowering regulatory restrictions and digitising the economy

The Bandaranaike International Airport’s new terminal in Colombo is to be constructed by a Japanese company at a cost of Rs 108 billion, Sri Lanka's Civil Aviation Ministry Secretary S. Hettiarachchi said

Bangladesh investigators are working to track down local human traffickers who along with different transnational syndicates send people abroad alluring them with promises of a better future

India supports Bangladesh's stand on repatriation of Myanmar's forcibly displaced Rohingyas as it seeks a sustainable and lasting solution to the crisis, Bangladesh Foreign Minister, Dr A.K. Abdul Momen said

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that both regional countries and international community are unhappy with what it said “high level” violence by Taliban in Afghanistan

Security situation in the Surobi district of Kabul has deteriorated and clashes are ongoing between Afghan security forces and the Taliban rebels

Former president Yameen Abdul Gayyoom’s legal team has alleged that state TV, Public Service Media (PSM) spread false information in reporting the latest hearing in the former president's appeal trial

The World Health Organization (WHO), on Saturday donated medical and diagnostic equipment to Maldives to aid in its efforts to combat an outbreak of the new coronavirus

The Maldivian government, on Saturday, repatriated an additional 200 Bangladeshi workers from the country, as part of its voluntary repatriation program in collaboration with the national airline – Maldivian

Senior Pakistani lawyers have observed that accepting Islamabad’s invitation to pursue the case of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) is the best legal option at the disposal of New Delhi, which has yet to clarify if it would go down this road or not as the deadline to file a plea challenging his death sentence by a military court is set expire on June 20

As Southern India experiences a surge in COVID-19 cases in recent days, Northern fishermen alleged the Navy has turned blind eye to the Indian fishermen who trespassed into Sri Lankan territorial waters to engage in bottom trawling – a fishing method prohibited in Sri Lanka

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday directed for real-time monitoring of novel coronavirus pandemic at the national level, stressing on guidance to all affected states that have a high test-positivity rate