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.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has agreed to provide 4.2 million vaccines to Sri Lanka as soon as a successful vaccine against the new COVID-19 Coronavirus is discovered, the President of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation, neurosurgeon Dr. Prasanna Gunasena has said
Bangladesh has recorded 1,847 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 445,281
Amid the rise in COVID-19 deaths and infections, the number of dengue cases are also seeing an uptick in the country, especially in Dhaka this month
Bangladesh attaches great importance to regional cooperation through Bimstec, Charge d’ Affaires of Bangladesh Embassy in Bangkok Shahnaz Gazi has said
The Maldives’ Heath Minister Ahmad Naseem said the country’s healthcare system needs to be decentralized in order to function better, Sun news reported
India Navy Ship Airavat, carrying food for South Sudan, reached the Port of Mombasa in Kenya on Friday in continuation of the ongoing humanitarian mission initiated by the Indian government
The Malabar exercise between navies of the Quad or Quadrilateral coalition -- an informal security forum comprising India, the US, Japan and Australia -- in the Indian Ocean Region concluded on Friday
The navies of India and Thailand carried out joint patrol for two days near the Andaman sea to prevent illegal and unregulated fishing of aquatic species, drug trafficking, maritime terrorism, armed robbery and piracy
The US Consulate General in Kolkata under the White House-led Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) project brings together 150 women entrepreneurs and early-stage business owners from five northeastern states of India and to boost their startups
Karnataka has signed eight agreements with five partner countries - US, UK, Finland, Netherlands and Sweden - at the Bengaluru Tech Summit to collaborate in skilling, ecosystem connects, life science and biotechnology, healthcare, aerospace and defence, education, sports economy, automotive and R&D
In the wake of the Covid pandemic which has severely tested the country's health infrastructure, Nepal's Ministry of Finance has allocated a budget to establish at least 396 hospitals with basic health services across the nation
General Secretary of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Bishnu Prasad Paudel, who is close to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, today met party Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and urged him to withdraw his proposal that he had presented in the Secretariat meeting last week
Authorities in Nepal are preventing police and prosecutors from pursuing conflict-era cases of human rights violations, undermining the rule of law and efforts for security sector reforms, Human Rights Watch and Advocacy Forum said in a report released today
Validation of the direct polymerase chain reaction tests performed by the National Public Health Laboratory does not give accurate results in all samples of the infected people tested in the laboratory
With the Pakistan government announcing new rules framed under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016, imposing more restrictions on internet usage by revealing the Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure Oversight and Safeguards) Rules 2020, a tech consortium has hinted at the possible withdrawal of its services from the country
