Pakistan has the highest rate of breast cancer in Asia, as approximately 90,000 women are diagnosed with the disease every year out of whom 40,000 pass away, a media report said on Monday

At least 13 people were killed and 15 others injured in a passenger van-bus collision in Pakistan's Punjab province on Monday

The Metropolitan Police have launched a probe into British mercenaries over their alleged involvement in the decades-long Sri Lankan civil war, a media report said on Monday

Another leopard was found dead in Matale, in the central hills of Sri Lanka over the weekend, raising the total number of reported leopard deaths in the island nation to 12 this year, wildlife officials said on Monday

At least 606 inmates convicted on minor charges will be pardoned to ease congestion in Sri Lanka's prisons amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, state media reported on Monday

The death toll in an attempted prison break from a maximum-security prison in Mahara, on the outskirts of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, has increased to eight, while 45 others were injured, police said on Monday

Secularism is one of the principles in Bangladesh's constitution and Sheikh Hasina-led government has been working tirelessly to ensure the equal rights of people of all religions, said the newly-appointed State Minister for Religious affairs, Md Faridul Haque Khan

Bangladesh is planning to offer 30 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers free of cost in the first phase of the vaccination process amid the coronavirus pandemic

Sri Lanka will send back 62 containers, containing illegally imported turmeric, to India, as per a report on ColomboPage

In a strange case, the Nepali police arrested two brothers from Rautahat district of Province 2 for faking their abduction in order to frame a neighbour, as per a report published in The Himalayan Times

Five foreign workers who were trying to enter Bhutan, hiding in a truck, were arrested by authorities for bypassing the established procedure and the strict COVID measures, Kuensel reported

An Afghan army commander and a district police chief were killed by the Taliban’s attacks on Sunday evening and Monday morning respectively in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported

At least 33 people were killed and another 48 wounded in two separate bombing incidents in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported

Days after facing flak from European and Afghan leaders for a non-functional High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), the Afghan government is to convene the first meeting of the Council in the next few days, TOLOnews reported

The Maldives’ Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported 47 confirmed positive cases of the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases 12,994 in the small island nation that is an international high-end tourist destination, Sun news reported