After the first elections under federalism in 2017, Hupsekot became one of only two municipalities in Nepal in which women were voted both chair and deputy

Last week, people of Barbibas Municipality in Mahottari district protested for three days after the body of six-year-old Gulabasa Khatun was found stuffed inside a sack on Monday, a day after she went missing

Despite the Pakistan government's ban on holding public rallies in the wake of the unabated Covid-19 pandemic, the PDM opposition alliance staged its fifth power show in Multan which called for the ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan

A Pakistani official has said that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) provides the country with a platform for increasing engagement with key global and regional partners and forging tighter links with Central Asia

Even as cases continue to increase across the country, the national COVID-19 positivity rate has decreased from 7.2 per cent to 6pc, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was told on Tuesday

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was informed on Tuesday that a national policy has been framed to initiate Rapid Antigen Testing to detect the novel coronavirus swiftly

Pakistan's Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood wants students to realise that the closure of schools doesn't mean it is a holiday

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a new state minister in charge of COVID-19 prevention, as the virus has infected over 23,000 people and killed 118 in the island nation, an official statement said on Tuesday

Sri Lanka will repay all debt falling due but will focus on getting foreign direct investments, while innovating ways to work within a Coronavirus pandemic President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told an economic forum in Colombo

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told a conference on Tuesday (01) there have been several instances of projects, including some funded by foreign governments, that have stalled due to various reasons

Bangladesh will organise a world peace conference next year, marking the 50th year of the country's Liberation War and birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as part of promoting a culture of peace and tolerance

Bangladesh on Tuesday reported 2,525 new coronavirus cases, the highest single-day in nearly three months, which increased the country's overall infection tally to 464,932, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)

A US public health expert has suggested that reopening of schools in Bangladesh could be considered as "school closure (during COVID-19 pandemic) has clear negative impacts on child health, education and development."

As far as civic amenities are concerned, the first batch of Rohingyas, who will arrive in Bhashan Char within days, will lead a much better life here than in Cox’s Bazar, where more than a million Rohingya refugees who have fled persecution in neighboring Myanmar, have been living for the last few years

In a major boost to Afghanistan-Pakistan transborder trade, Pakistan has proposed to open 12 Joint Border Trade Markets (JBTMs) along the border with Afghanistan, as per a report published in TOLOnews