The number of the  COVID-19  cases in the Maldives on Monday crossed 12,000, informed The Health Protection Agency (HPA) as reported in Sun news

India and the Maldives on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide a $100 million Indian grant for the Maldives’s ambitious Greater Male Connectivity Project

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reiterated his call to support local businesses this festive season

India is studying the deradicalisation programme of the former Malaysian government, including their literature, as controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, facing terror charges in India, has taken shelter in Malaysia for the last four years, said a top government source

A total of 19 Indians, who were stranded in Bangladesh for more than seven months, returned to the country on Monday by road and were admitted to an institutional quarantine centre, officials said

India's urban transport and mobility are likely to change after the current COVID-19 epidemic, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said at the 13th Urban Mobility India Conference

Five members of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Secretariat who had given Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli till today to call the Secretariat meeting will devise a new strategy as the PM did not call the meeting

The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the Parliament has directed the government not to implement the decision to remove the phrase ‘Federal Democratic Republic’ used ahead ‘of Nepal’ for correspondence and speeches

Despite Nepal’s repeated calls to India to hold this year’s meeting of the Boundary Working Group, New Delhi has not responded, although the latest high level visit of the Indian army chief Manoj Mukund Naravane indicated that bilateral ties are heading towards normalcy

Agencies under the Ministry of Health and Population always have the same complaint against the Kathmandu Metropolitan City: it is not supportive of their health programmes

Under attack from opposition leaders over the shortage of food items and prices hike, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan ordered the relevant authorities to ensure timely supply of food items in the market, Dawn news reported

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues to be the favourite foreign destination of Pakistani lawmakers for investment in business and properties, as most of around a dozen senators owning foreign assets invested in the Gulf emirate

Pakistan's military officials will brief lawmakers of both upper and lower houses of parliament on matters related to national security in Islamabad on Wednesday

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend $300 million to support Pakistan’s fragile foreign exchange reserves after Islamabad met almost all the conditions related mainly to lowering barriers to imports

Saudi Arabia has indicated that it might refuse a rollover of $2 billion to Pakistan. Islamabad has already started exploring options to manage the amount from other avenues to avert the dwindling foreign currency reserves