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.
If official statistics are to be believed, the number of deaths in first five months of this year in Pakistan have been lower than the corresponding period of the previous year, a calculation that raises question about the integrity of data in a country where there is no proper system to keep the death count
Islamabad: The federal government had decided to reopen 25% of its airspace after June 20 to bring back more Pakistanis stranded abroad because of the coronavirus pandemic
Over 75,000 stranded Pakistani nationals had been repatriated amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior official said here
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has assured to create the background to hold a free and fair election while giving priority to the health protection of the people, the President’s Media Division said
Bangladesh's gross domestic product is expected to grow by 4.5% in fiscal year 2020 and 7.5% in fiscal year 2021, according to an Asian Development Bank report
International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) yesterday started a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of anti-parasitic medicine Ivermectin, the organisation stated in a press release
Three more doctors died of COVID-19 in different districts yesterday, taking the toll to 44, according to Bangladesh Medical Association
The Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada’s decision to appoint Mullah Yaqoob, elder son of Mullah Omar, as head of the military commission, is aimed at further strengthening his hold on all affairs ahead of the key negotiations between the Taliban and Afghan political leaders, the Pakistani newspaper Daily Times reported on Wednesday, citing a senior Taliban member
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Defense Ministers meeting on Wednesday reiterated the alliance’s long-term commitment to Afghanistan’s peace process and security
Several Indian Army soldiers are "critically injured" and are undergoing treatment, said government sources on Wednesday adding that "casualties could increase" further in what is being seen as one of the deadliest attack carried out by Chinese People's Liberation Army at Line of Actual Control
As the number of coronavirus infected patients across India crossed to 3.54 lakh (354,000), the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday said it has increased the number of COVID-19 testing labs to 924
The employment scenario in India, which was grim, turned grimmer due to the two-month lockdown, and experts say it may take longer to get back to the pre-Covid levels despite some month-on-month improvement
It was on March 17 that Maharashtra notched the first COVID-19 death of a 64-year old man who died at the Kasturba Hospital in Mumbai
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a $750 million loan to India to assist the Centre in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the poor
Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) on Wednesday announced that its researchers have created several affordable and high-quality COVID-19 kits during the crisis
