Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that the government is moving to re-activate the investigation of 83 cases of Hefazat-e-Islam's terror activities in 2013

Bangladesh has reported 2,198 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the country's tally to 469,423, health officials said on Wednesday

European Union (EU) Ambassador to Bangladesh Rensje Teerink on Wednesday said the whole international community should stand together to find a solution to the Rohingya crisis with a focus on their voluntary and sustainable repatriation to Myanmar

A school hostel project of Bangladesh has been declared as one of the winners of the INTERARCH-2020, an International Exhibition-Competition of Architectural Projects and Built Works

The World Bank withheld $200 million of its pledged contribution to Afghanistan citing lack of access to Afghan banking data and inconsistencies in recently approved Public-Private Partnership (PPP) procedures, Tolonews reported

The Maldives’ Foreign Minister Abdullah Shahid separately met the Chinese ambassador to the Maldives, Zhang Lizhong, and Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Sudhir, according to Edition news

The Maldives government on Wednesday announced changes in its health guidelines, including reducing the quarantine period to 10 days and making the masks mandatory, in order to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country, Sun news reported

Nepal’s ruling party NCP has postponed an important secretariat meeting today that could have witnessed another face-off between Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his political rival in the party, former PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal, The Himalayan Times reported

A majority of members prevailed on Tuesday in the Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), as Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was forced to agree to discuss the proposal of party Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, although the PM wanted Dahal to withdraw his proposal

The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police, with the help of Pokhara Police, has arrested French citizen Christia Serge Henri Nougaret on then charge of sexually abusing three young boys — all under 12 years of age

In June Siddhartha Aauji, who cleaned toilets at Bayalpata Hospital in Achham district, set himself on fire in front of the hospital, after he was sacked, along with 32 others for lack of resources, and subsequently died of the injuries sustained. The international award-winning hospital, completed in 2019, served not only people from the district but also from several neighbouring ones

With the resumptions of high-level visits between Nepal and India, the two countries are now planning to resume several trade, transit and connectivity talks stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the frosty relations over the boundary dispute

Rebuking the Punjab government for not “properly” handling Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) public meetings, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday directed authorities concerned to take stern action against opposition leaders, including the lodging of first information reports (FIRs), if they hold a public meeting in Lahore on Dec 13 and violate coronavirus-related preventive guidelines

The Pakistan federal cabinet on Tuesday approved allocating $150 million to procure coronavirus vaccine and reducing the cost of injections needed to treat the virus

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today told the rising entrepreneurs and private sector establishments to move beyond their comfort zones to seek out new opportunities