The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
Indian Army Vice Chief, Lieutenant General S.K. Saini, said on Wednesday that strategic security of most nations have been impacted due to reduction in funds for military capability, but some countries have used the opportunity to enhance their influence
Two women, one a relatively experienced hand at politics and the other a debutant, took centre stage at the Multan rally of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) a few days back
As the highest number of deaths i.e. 75 due to coronavirus in a single day was reported on Wednesday, since July, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) decided to observe COVID-19 week to raise public awareness about the disease
The Sindh government’s counsel Farooq H. Naek on Wednesday tried to convince the Supreme Court that the kidnapping and subsequent cold-blooded murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl was part of events related to international terrorism
Pakistan’s former spy chief Lt Gen (retd) Asad Durrani has said that “India is no longer a big threat to Pakistan", as it has got itself entangled in a mess created by the illegal annexation of the disputed Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir
In the Al-Azizia and Avenfield references, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday declared former prime minister Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender for his continuous absence from the court
Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne has said the unrest in a prison in Mahara had been completely controlled and investigations were on, according to local media
The Meteorology Department of Sri Lanka says that there has been a slight change in the path of Cyclone "Burevi"
Following their last September’s fruitful meeting, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Colombo M. Ashraf Haidari called on Sri Lankan Minister of State for Regional Cooperation Tharaka Balasuriya to discuss the tangible progress, which the two sides have made in the overall growing Afghanistan-Sri Lanka bilateral relations over the past quarter
While the United Nations and other development partners still wait for an independent assessment of the Bhasan Char housing project, the Bangladesh government prepares for relocating some 2,500 Rohingyas to the isolated island within a couple of days
The automobile industry in Bangladesh is yet to reach the stage where producing cars locally could be considered a viable business due to the current market size, according to experts
Coast Guards of Mongla Sea Port have detained at least 17 fishermen for illegally intruding into Bangladesh through the Bay of Bengal
In a major breakthrough, the Taliban and the Afghan government on Wednesday evening jointly announced a three-page agreement on a procedural framework to start the intra-Afghan dialogue in Doha, Qatar, thus ending an almost three-month-long deadlock in the negotiations
Bangladesh's Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will begin the much-awaited antigen testing in the country from Saturday, December 5
In an important milestone for regional connectivity, the first train carrying goods from Iran arrived in the western Herat province of Afghanistan on Wednesday evening through the newly built transnational Heart-Khawaf railway link, reported Tolonews
