Container transshipment business at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port has been hit by lockdowns in India and Bangladesh over coronavirus and vessel calls are expected to decline as lines try to balance demand, a logistics official said

Sri Lanka may re-evaluate school re-opening, a top official said after the discovery of a new cluster after long delay leading to a surge of new confirmed cases in a new cluster under country’s passive strategy of waiting for index cases to turn up in the hospital

The number of total confirmed COVID-19 coronavirus cases in Sri Lanka has risen to 271 according to the Health Promotion Bureau report released at 11 pm Sunday

Around 140 Bhutanese people living in Kuwait have been brought home in a flight on Sunday amid the spread of COVID-19 around the world

As many as 42 frontline responders in the fight against COVID-19 outbreak, including 23 doctors, have contracted the coronavirus at the Sir Salimullah Medical College or Mitford Hospital in Dhaka

Authorities in Bangladesh have removed a police officer after tens of thousands of people defied the countrywide lockdown to attend the funeral of a Muslim cleric, triggering fears of the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic

The Afghan government says the Taliban’s continued attacks are a violator of a peace deal the group signed late February with the United States

Built a century ago and located on the western edge of Kabul city, the Darul Aman Palace has been formally turned into a hospital to treat patients infected with novel coronavirus in Afghanistan

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has self-isolated himself after at least 20 people at the presidential palace tested positive for coronavirus, reports said

Local sources have confirmed social media reports that at least eight domes of the recently renovated Sikh shrine collapsed during rain and thunderstorm on Friday evening, causing major embarrassment to Prime Minister Imran Khan's government

Another case was registered against Pakistani cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz for violating the ban on Friday congregations imposed by the government as part of its measures to stop the spread of COVID-19, it was reported

The Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, a well-known Islamic seminary in Lucknow, has issued an advisory to maintain social distancing during the holy month of Ramzan. The Deoband seminary has also issued a similar advisory for the month of Ramzan

With 1553 new cases in 24 hours, the total tally of novel coronavirus cases in India stood at 17265 on Monday, the Ministry of Health and Family welfare said

The lockdown of big cities like Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif, Herat and Jalalabad has hit vulnerable families who often have one or two breadwinners with no savings and who earn low wages from daily labor

More than 5,000 tons of wheat assisted by India is expected to arrive soon in Afghanistan. The wheat is transported via Iran’s port of Chabahar