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.
Pakistan's Services chiefs on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over preparedness of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to counter India’s 'sinister' designs after receiving a rare combined briefing on occupied Kashmir and other regional issues at the headquarters of the premier intelligence agency
Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Tuesday dropped a bombshell by alleging that his search discovered a number of properties in London in the name of Assets Recovery Unit’s (ARU) chairman Mirza Shahzad Akbar as well as other leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), including Prime Minister Imran Khan, and former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf
India has extended financial assistance of Rs 37.23 million for construction of a sanitation facility in Kathmandu's famous Pashupatinath temple complex
Pakistan’s textile and clothing exports tumbled for the third consecutive month in May falling 36.5 per cent year-on-year to $751.128 million compared to $1.185 billion in the corresponding month of last year, data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Tuesday
Alan Gemmell OBE has been appointed as the new UK Trade Commissioner for South Asia to bolster trade and investment relations with the UK’s economic partners in the region, including Sri Lanka
India based HCL Technologies, an information technology (IT) service and engineering group which is entering Sri Lanka amid a global coroanvirus pandemic says it wants to recruit 1500 locals in the coming 18-months
With the country moving closer to the 100,000-mark of Covid-19 cases, healthcare experts in Bangladesh are yet to know when the outbreak will reach its peak
Thirteen judges and 26 staff of lower courts across the country have so far been infected with COVID-19
Representatives from Afghanistan, the United States and Russian Federation in a meeting, called on Taliban to include a durable cease fire in the peace negotiations with the government supposed to begin within a couple of weeks in Qatar
The government calls on the Taliban to immediately join peace negotiations, while the insurgent group insists on the release of the remaining 2,000 prisoners of them in government jails
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hinted that the opening of the economy will continue. However, he cautioned everyone to be mindful of wearing masks and maintaining hygiene and social distancing norms now that offices are re-opening
An Air India evacuation flight from Maldives has landed in this tech city with a stopover at Thiruvananthapuram, carrying 155 returnees, said an official on Tuesday
Fifty-three people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours in Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today
Flight operations on international routes, except to China, resumed today on a limited scale after over three months' suspension -- to and from Bangladesh -- due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The Bangladesh government has decided to deploy troops in the areas flagged as COVID-19 red zones to address the pandemic, it was reported on Tuesday
