The tally of coronavirus infections in Bangladesh has surpassed China's after 2,865 new cases were reported in a daily count, raising the caseload to 84,379

The Bangladesh government will announce a general holiday in areas with high concentrations of coronavirus infections which are set to go under lockdown to contain the spread of the disease

More than 10,000 people stranded in the country due to travel restrictions have been repatriated during the lockdown

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi revealed on Saturday that he has tested positive for coronavirus. He wrote a heartfelt message on popular social media platform Twitter to make the announcement

Residents of Jammu and Kashmir are absolutely fed up with militancy and terrorism and they want the situation to return to normal, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Saturday

Estimates reveal that coronavirus cases in Delhi are doubling every two weeks. According to the Delhi government, the spread of Covid cases is slowing down at places where it struck first and is catching up where it hit later

For years India and Nepal have had close relations with each other -- geographically, culturally, historically, religion, but now tension is all-pervasive all along the India-Nepal border

Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Saturday that the entire situation along the borders with China is under control and the process of disengagement has started

Pakistan's latest Economic Survey has revealed that the country is bracing towards massive and widespread joblessness due to the lockdowns and restrictions, required to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus

UNDP has granted USD 1.4 million as an aid to develop and expand the agricultural sector of the Maldives

The National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC), on Thursday, announced that schools and universities would reopen within the month of July

United Nation Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet stated that Maldives was included in the list of countries noted for the provision of COVID-19 related healthcare without discrimination based on nationality

After crossing the 300,000 mark, India on Saturday posted 11,458 fresh cases, the highest spike in cases in 24 hours. A total of 386 people died during that same time taking the toll to 8,884 so far since the first case was reported on January 30, the Health Ministry data said

The killing of Ajay Pandita, a sarpanch, or village head, from the Hindu minority community in Kashmir, has jolted the Kashmiri Pandits who, of late, had started to believe that their dream of returning to their roots was heading towards realisation. The community had been silently working on building bridges with the majority Muslim community in Kashmir over the past several years and there were growing voices from the Kashmiri Muslims in support

The Pakistan government on Friday proposed an 11.9 per cent increase in the defence budget despite the earlier announcement that military spending would remain unchanged in view of the grave economic situation compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic