Sri Lankan authorities announced that a night curfew which was imposed in the island nation on June 13, would be lifted completely due to the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has urged the Sri Lanka Government to follow “due process” if it intended to shift from Japanese funding for the Colombo light rail transit system (LRT) to a public-private partnership

Pakistani opposition parties held a press conference on Sunday to announce they "completely reject" the federal government's budget for the upcoming fiscal year, and to demand that Prime Minister Imran Khan step down

Foreign airlines are said to have started action against Pakistani employees on the matter of suspicious licences of pilots

The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has unearthed misappropriation and embezzlement of public funds in various ministries to the tune of over Rs12 billion, with irregularities of government funds amounting to Rs258bn

Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leader Bamdev Gautam, who had stopped criticising the prime minister in recent weeks, appears to have found new voice in taking him to task of late

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who faces serious challenge from the rival faction that is hell-bent to force him either to quit either the Prime Ministerial post or party Co-Chair, played the ‘India card’ yet again, today, shifting focus from issues apparent by pulling India into the frame

The editor of the Daily Inqilab newspaper in Bangladesh has been sued under the Digital Security Act for publishing a column calling on the government to remove the Prime Minister's political adviser

The Directorate General of Drug Administration will give the green light to the use of rapid test kits in Bangladesh once the health ministry gives it a go-ahead

The Bangladesh government has put the last nail on the coffin of the country's state-run jute industry by closing all the 22 jute mills and laying off 24,886 workers

There is big disarray over the type of government in Afghanistan once the Afghan government peace forces and the Taliban negotiation members sit in one table during intra-Afghan talks

The Union Health Ministry Saturday said that eight states, which include Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu, contributed 85.5 per cent of active COVID-19 cases and also accounted for 87 percent deaths due to the viral infection

As the incessant monsoon rains continued, flood situation in Assam further worsened on Saturday with 1,289 villages in 21 districts being inundated, distressing 4.63 lakh people, while the Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level at many places in nine districts, officials said

It was the much-awaited day. After over two years of hard work, stress, numerous journeys to the border towns, banks and a few trips abroad, the property, a three-star hotel, was ready

In contrast to the government’s prediction, a few groups of desert locusts have been located in five districts of Nepal so far