The Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) was partially shut down after 19 years for a week in an effort to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus in Sri Lanka

Bangladesh has reported its first coronavirus death while the number of confirmed cases increased to 14, according to authorities

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Maldives Police has announced that it has stepped up patrols, and will be sending people home if they found them roaming the streets without a clear purpose, as the archipelago enters day one of the week-long closure of all government offices to facilitate social distancing ordered by the President in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak

A massive Covid-19 prayer session with tens of thousands of devotees sparked an outcry in Bangladesh Wednesday as the country reported its first death from the global pandemic

The Maldives Parliament has approved a 20 percent pay cut on the salaries of parliamentarians to mitigate the losses caused to the country's economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, avas.mv reported

The Asian Develo­pment Bank (ADB) and the World Bank have committed to providing $588 million to Pakistan for its emergency response to fight coronavirus and cater to the socioeconomic impact of the pandemic

Sri Lanka’s health ministry has issued guidelines for private hospitals to test patients for COVID19 Coronavirus, expanding available health facilities, but they have to be admitted to hospital, Director General of Health Anil Jasinghe said

Sri Lanka has extended the validity of all types of visas for foreigners in the country till April 12 asking no one to visit the immigration office until April 08 as the Indian Ocean island stepped up a battle against coronavirus and discouraged public gatherings

Sri Lanka's  Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha requested foreign governments to facilitate the appropriate extension of visas for Sri Lankans currently visiting their countries, and facing difficulty to return to Sri Lanka on account of the travel bans that have and will become applicable as part of the control measures on COVID- 19

With eight more individuals tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the number of confirmed cases in Sri Lanka has risen to 51, Sri Lankan Health Ministry said

In the wake of coronavirus outbreak, Sri Lanka has announced that they will bring back some 1,200 Buddhist pilgrims from India

Tasneem Aslam, former spokesperson for the Pakistan Foreign Office (FO), has claimed that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had barred the FO from commenting against India and its "spy" Kulbhushan Jadhav who is in detention in Pakistan

India on Tuesday suspended air travel of passengers from Afghanistan, Philippines, Malaysia to India in view of the COVID-19 pandemic

 With 12 new cases of novel coronavirus infections reported in India on Tuesday, the number of COVID-19 patients in India climbed to 126, up from 114 a day earlier, the Health Ministry said