Bangladesh Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus’ petition on putting people ahead of pharma patents has received nearly one million signatures

A survey conducted by the Institute of War and Studies found that around 57 percent of Afghans are optimistic that the ongoing intra-Afghan Dialogue in Doha, Qatar between the Taliban and the Afghan government could lead to lasting peace, TOLOnews reported

The capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul, woke up to multiple rocket attacks on Saturday morning in different parts of the city which killed at least one person while injuring another, TOLOnew reported

Bhutan’s parliament on Friday amended various sections of the penal code to increase the punishment in cases involving rape, rape of children, and pregnant women in the country

An Indian has been killed in a clash between drug smugglers of Bangladesh and India on the Jamalpur border at Birampur upazila in Dinajpur

India's Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat on Friday said the like-minded partners need to build "dissuasive deterrence" against China's attempts at establishing its hegemony in the Indo-Pacific region

India and Myanmar held a fifth bilateral meeting on drug control and cooperation, during which New Delhi highlighted issues pertaining to the trafficking of heroin and amphetamine type stimulants (ATS) in the country

UK's Virgin Atlantic commenced flight operations in Pakistan on Friday, becoming the latest international airline to start serving passengers in the country

Sri Lanka's Ministry of Agriculture has decided to provide Rs. 700 million for 2000 families to cultivate fruits for the export market with the aim of uplifting the economy of the poor farming community

Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the Sri Lanka Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDGs) at an event held in Colombo

Bangladesh and India are set to relaunch a trans-border rail route between Chilahati and West Bengal's Haldibari which has been inoperative for almost 55 years

The Maldives is expecting the arrival of its 100,000th tourist on Saturday and the country’s Tourism Minister Abdullah Masoom announced on Friday the country would celebrate the moment, Sun news reported

Just a day after an Afghan woman journalist was gunned down on Thursday morning, another journalist and TV presenter, Fardin Amini, died under mysterious conditions in Kabul on Friday, TOLOnews reported

Bangladesh’s bid for the post of WHO’s regional executive director got a booster when India supported the case of its eastern neighbor, said a report on bdnews24.com

After three back-to-back high-level visits from New Delhi in the last two months, India's ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has sent its foreign affairs department chief, Vijay Chauthaiwale to Kathmandu in an effort to improve ties with Nepal