The Sri Lankan government is preparing to spend Rs. 98.25 billion for the program to establish 1,000 national schools covering all districts in the island

Sri Lanka’s first State-owned wind power plant was declared open by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in Mannar this morning (08)

Families of fishermen in Ambalangoda held a protest on the Galle Road in the Urawatta area in Ambalangoda this morning (8) to demand the authorities to repatriate a group of fishermen imprisoned in Bangladesh

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and Ambassador of Cuba in Sri Lanka Juana Elena Ramos Rodriguez have discussed deepening cooperation between the two countries, a statement by the Foreign Ministry said

Two Bangladeshi nationals were shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Betna border in Haripur upazila of Thakurgaon this morning

The US health regulatory and research institute CDC has said it was willing to offer Bangladesh its expertise in fixing priority of potential COVID-19 vaccine recipients, fearing the issue to emerge as a “major challenge” in coming days

Joe Biden's return to the White House, this time as the President of the US has given a new glimmer of hope to NATO and Washington's main allies who have been having nightmares since November 17, the day Donald Trump administration announced its decision to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan by January 15, 2021

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), on Tuesday, called the intra-Afghan negotiation “a first-time realistic opportunity for peace,” Arian news reported

Nearly eight months after the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, authorities in the Maldives on Tuesday permitted guesthouses and hotels in Male city to start their operations from December 14, Sun news reported

Afghanistan’s civil aviation ministry estimated that the country’s civil aviation sector has suffered a loss of around $100 million due to the COVID-19, TOLOnew reported

Early inputs from across the country showed mixed response to the 'Bharat Bandh' (Indian Shutdown) call given by the farmer unions on Tuesday against the Modi government's farming reforms

Nepal and India have agreed to form a joint business forum after bilateral ties started to thaw following the recent high-level exchanges

Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is all set to start Kathmandu-New Delhi bubble flights from December 16 upon receiving approval from Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)

The National Human Rights Commission submitting its annual report to Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari today reported the country’s poor human rights situation this year

In what may come as a major blow to the privatisation process being spearheaded by some unelected members of the federal government, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday set aside the notification regarding formation of the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) last year