Afghanistan’s Ambassador in Colombo Ashraf Haidari has called on the Governor of Eastern Province Anuradha Yahampath and reviewed the status of growing Afghanistan-Sri Lanka relations, the Afghan embassy said in a statement on Wednesday

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said “robust” international climate coalitions are required to cut emission and reach the carbon-neutrality goal within 2050

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government was working to ensure equal participation of women in every sphere of the society so that they could contribute to expediting the country's development with courage

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman and Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have been named in a complaint filed with a Dhaka court over the vandalism of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu's sculpture and inciting of the anti-sculpture movement led by the radical Islamist groups

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, all government offices of Bangladesh remained closed from March 26 to May 31, except for the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)

The Modi government on Wednesday agreed to farmers' demands giving its nod on key issues raised by them, including amendments in the three contentious farms laws that were the first and biggest issue driving the ongoing farmers' protest

Envoys of more than 60 countries on Wednesday visited a facility of Bharat Biotech which is developing Covaxin, India's first indigenous vaccine for coronavirus

A young couple from Indore in Madhya Pradesh has travelled nearly 200 km to state capital Bhopal to volunteer for the administration of coronavirus vaccine under third-phase trial at an institute here

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that corruption, whether carried out in big or small degree by anyone, is unpardonable

In a landmark move, the Pakistan Information Commission (PIC) has informed the defence ministry that information about income, income tax, assets, perks, privileges, post-retirement benefits and plots allotted to officers of the armed forces is public information and not sensitive information

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday denied that there was any change in the visa policy for Pakistani national travelling to the kingdom

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday promised to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country to lift people out of poverty

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday hailed the United States President-elect Joe Biden's intentions to go after dirty money and to bring transparency to the global financial system

Pakistani scientist Shazia Sadiq has been chosen by the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) to be a part of its advanced STEM research team

Sri Lanka's Chief Epidemiologist Dr Sudath Samaraweera said that the health authorities cannot accept responsibility for a large number of people taking medicine not approved by them in Kegalle yesterday