Japan has committed an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan of 30 billion yen (approx Rs 2,113 crore) for a programme loan to support India's efforts at providing social assistance to COVID-19 impacted poor and vulnerable households

Four former Chief Justices of the Supreme Court today stated that Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s move of dissolution of House of Representatives was an unconstitutional act

In December 2017, the National Planning Commission held a discussion with Qatari officials on short- and medium-term opportunities to export for Nepali agricultural produce to Qatar as countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council imposed a blockade on the natural gas-rich nation

The United States Department of Justice Friday announced that three Sri Lankan citizens have been charged with terrorism offenses, including conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (ISIS) over the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide attacks

Pakistan has removed all restrictions on visas for citizens of Bangladesh

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said Pakistan has not been able to provide a comprehensive ceasefire in Afghanistan, adding his country has a perennial problem with Pakistan as they continue to provide sanctuary to the Taliban insurgents in Pakistan

Four former Supreme Court justices in Nepal called the Oli’s decision to dissolve the House of Representatives ‘unconstitutional,’ saying there is no article in the constitution that allows such action, reported The Himalayan Times

India conveyed its willingness to seal an early deal for the development of Colombo Port’s East Container Terminal during the recent visit by India’s Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar

Around 698 Taliban insurgents have been killed in the last month in Kandahar province, claimed a provincial security officer on Friday

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Friday confirmed that Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali will visit India next week, The Himalayan Times reported

In a bid to boost its capacity to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, the Sri Lankan government aims to increase its daily PCR testing limit to 20,000, reported Daily Mirror

As the Hazara protesters continued their protest for the fifth day in Quetta,  Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday told them not to “blackmail the prime minister” like this, Dawn reported

Days after getting Drugs Controller General of India's (DCGI) nod for India's first indigenously-made coronavirus vaccine, Bharat Biotech has again knocked on the doors of the drug controller seeking permission to conduct clinical trials of their intranasal vaccine for the viral disease

The Indian government on Friday said that a total of 82 persons have been detected with the new 'more transmissible' UK coronavirus mutant strain

Nepal has stopped importing all kinds of poultry items from India after some states in the neighboring country recently reported the outbreak of bird flu in certain states