Revealing that there are over seven million drug addicts in the country, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday announced that his government would devise a strategy to check drug abuse among the youth

Pakistani Twitterati were quick to notice on Monday that Prime Minister Imran Khan no longer follows anyone on Twitter

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today instructed to launch the new project ‘Wada Samaga Yali Gamata’ ('Back to Village with Work') which identifies the real needs and priorities of the country’s rural and semi-urban people throughout the country from the 14th December 2020

Sri Lanka is working on a new trade arrangement with the European Union when the country graduates from the Generalised System of Preferences Plus system that gives duty free access to the region, a foreign ministry official said

The European Union has no problem with Sri Lanka’s large trade surplus with the region, an official said voicing objections against rising protectionism and import controls for the second time, saying global trade needs to be open amid a Coronavirus pandemic

Sri Lanka has developed a protocol for a possible re-opening of the country’s airport which a committee is reviewing, the Indian Ocean islands tourism promotion agency said

Bangladesh war crimes prosecutor Rana Dasgupta has warned of "disastrous consequences" if the pro-liberation forces fail to take a united stand against the Islamists groups that have caused a stir by openly railing against the construction of a statue of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Bangladesh Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan has announced plans to launch a trans-border passenger train service connecting Dhaka and the eastern Indian city of Siliguri in March, 2021

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $50 million loan to help restore the economic activities of microenterprises severely affected by coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh

Until Sunday night, the sidewalks in front of the Jatiya Press Club in Bangladesh capital Dhaka were teeming with protesters pressing their demands for various causes, but since yesterday morning the area has been deserted

The Bangladesh government is aiming to revise textbook curriculum and create technologically sound manpower to survive the upcoming fourth industrial revolution that will be driven by technology

Bangladesh is amongst a handful of countries that have been using digital technologies to transform its economy, said a recent study by the Fletcher School at Tufts University and Mastercard

In what seems a result of concentrated efforts by the Indian Ocean archipelago to contain the spread of the COVID-19, the Maldives recorded just 15 cases in the last 24 hours, Sun news reported

Praising the efforts taken by Nepal to ramp up and tighten its air safety norms, the European Union (EU) said it will be easy to go through the process to delist Nepal Airline from the blacklisting, The Himalayan Times reported

Members of the Afghan parliament showed apprehension over talks of the government releasing another batch of 7000 Taliban prisoners amid the next phase of intra-Afghan negotiation, TOLOnews reported