The parliament reacted to President Ghani’s fresh order that takes some authorities from interior ministry and gives them to the National Security Council, criticizing him for interfering in ministries and government bodies’ businesses

As violence escalates in the country and both sides accuse each other of launching attacks against the other, the European Parliament in a press release issued on Wednesday called upon all stakeholders in Afghanistan to put in place a permanent and immediate ceasefire

The Maldives on Wednesday recorded 97 cases of COVID-19

Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) has refused to disclose information on who will be operating the Dornier aircraft recently donated by India to the Maldivian military

Statistics by the National Bureau of Statistics have shown that the Maldivian GDP had fallen by 51.6 percent when compared with the second quarter of last year

Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck offered prayers and a thousand butter lamps for the late Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the Samdrupjongkhar Rabdey Dratshang yesterday morning.   The Amir of Kuwait passed away yesterday at the age of 91

Public health experts and some government officials have suspected foul play in the purported deal between Russian Direct Investment Fund and a private Nepali firm to supply the Russian vaccine for the coronavirus to Nepal

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the PM Delivery Unit (PMDU) to set up a national emergency helpline within two months in the wake of a brutal gang-rape of a woman in front of her children that took place few weeks ago in Punjab province, the Ministry of Information said

Due to the emergence of at least 22 new coronavirus cases in Karachi, the Sindh government has imposed 'micro-smart lockdowns' in the provincial capital's COVID-19 hotspot areas

The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has constituted a seven-member committee to defend and protect the rights of journalists in the country, the media reported

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa welcoming four new envoys to the country has emphasized that top most priority of the government is development and as a nation, Sri Lanka has chosen a neutral foreign policy

The 20th Amendment to the Constitution violates the sovereignty of the people and concentrates all powers on the President, weakening the powers of the judiciary and the legislature, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court was told when petitions filed against and in support of the proposed bill were taken up for consideration for a second day today (30)

Piyankara Jayaratne, Sri Lanka's State Minister for Foreign Employment Promotion and Market Diversification says that steps will be taken to re-examine the criteria recommended for approving the family background report required for women to apply for foreign employment and to adapt it to the present

Sri Lanka’s domestic economic coming back to pre-COVID-19 levels with exceptional Coronavirus control while exports are also doing well, which has not been accounted for when its sovereign credit was downgraded, officials said

The Bangladesh government yesterday requested Saudi Arabia and other major labour-receiving countries to address the problems of Bangladeshi migrant workers desperately waiting to go back to their workplaces