One person was killed and 15 others were injured when explosives attached to an electricity pole in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city went off, police said
Sri Lanka needs well-designed political and economic policy changes for long-term recovery
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.
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Support package for Pakistan's health workers announced
With the number of coronavirus cases and deaths increasing day by day across the country, the Pakistan government on Friday announced a comprehensive support package for frontline healthcare workers (HCWs)
The high cost of returning to Nepal
Fourteen of the 324 Nepali women who were repatriated by air from Kuwait on Thursday were forced off the bus because they did not have the cash to pay the Rs1,000 fare from their holding centre in Bhaktapur to Province 1
Anti-government protests spread
Around 200 young people gathered at Pushpalal Park in Butwal on Friday as Nepal’s youth-led anti-government protests spread to cities outside the capital
Cabinet grants host of relief to restore tourism industry
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says that the cabinet has decided to provide relief to the tourism industry
Situation getting worse as deaths, infections surge
The COVID-19 situation is gradually going from bad to worse in Bangladesh with the death toll and number of new patients rising every day
Businesses worried at huge bank borrowing
The government's ambitious revenue collection target and the plan to borrow a huge sum from the banking sector to finance the budget deficit may leave the private sector and individual taxpayers in dire straits, business leaders said yesterday
Afghan president rejects possibility of post-peace interim government
In a virtual interview given for the Atlantic Council on Thursday, President Ashraf Ghani laid out his vision for peace in Afghanistan and highlighted the importance of a ceasefire and a reduction in violence to kickstart the intra-Afghan talks
Power-sharing deal falls short of implementation
A power-sharing deal signed between President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah to end a political logjam has not been fully implemented
Unplanned housing societies are new disaster points in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has faced many a fire disaster where unplanned buildings have collapsed like in the case of the Nimtoli fire, Churihatta fire, etc that caused huge loss of lives, writes Dr. Mohammad Rezaul Karim for South Asia Monitor
India's forex reserves cross $500 bn mark
India's foreign exchange reserves rose by over $8.223 billion during the week ended June 5 to cross the $500 billion mark
Two ‘Indian spies’ arrested in Gilgit-Baltistan
Pakistani security forces arrested two Indian "spies" from an area along the Line of Control (LoC) and handed them over to the Gilgit-Baltistan police on Friday
India to provide Sri Lanka $100 million loan to implement solar power projects
India has agreed to provide a US$ 100 million loan facility to implement Solar power projects in Sri Lanka
WHO released $ 1.9 million for COVID-19 operations
Sri Lanka's Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine Pavithra Wanniarachchi yesterday said the statement made by the former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to the television and newspapers that the World Health Organization (WHO)has given the Ministry of Health $ 230 million for COVID-19 operations is totally false
Trump administration considering suspending H-1B visas?
A proposal to suspend H-1B and other temporary employment visas is under consideration by officials, but US President Donald Trump has not signed off on them, according to a newspaper report
