Pakistan has confirmed two more cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of the infected people in the country to four, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Zafar Mirza has said.

Pakistan has welcomed the signing of the historic agreement between the US and Taliban as a major step towards peace in Afghanistan after more than 18 years of war and hoped that the Afghan factions would avail this opportunity to reach a mutual accommodation.

Twelve eminent citizens of Bangladesh have expressed grave concern over the communal clashes going on in Delhi over the new citizenship law and  urged people of Bangladesh to maintain communal harmony in this country

India will be witness to the US-Taliban peace deal that will be signed in Doha, Qatar on Saturday the Hindu reported citing official source.

Sajith Premadasa, a former Sri Lankan presidential hopeful, has decided to contest the island nation's general elections slated to take place this year, according to informed sources.

A six-member Afghan government team has left for Qatar where they will meet Taliban members after the militant groups signs the long-awaited peace deal with the US on Saturday in Doha, sources said.

Qatar inviting Pakistan to the peace deal signing ceremony between the United States and the Afghan Taliban is a great honour and an acknowledgement of Pakistan’s efforts, said Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday.

Bangladesh Supreme Court's High Court division turned down the bail petition filed by Khaleda Zia, The Independent reported

Sri Lanka's Transport Ministry said it will construct the country's first electric rail track in the central highlands of Kandy to ease traffic and further develop the island's transport sector

Dr Zafar Mirza, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on National Health Services, said that effective measures were being taken to deal with novel coronavirus in the country

Former Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom was brought in for questioning by Maldives Police Service in connection to additional investigations which have been opened against him

A Bangladeshi undergraduate student of Visva-Bharati University has been ordered by the Indian home ministry to leave India for '"anti-government activities" and visa violation after she allegedly shared some social media posts regarding protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in the campus last December

Tamil Nadu Coastal Police are interrogating the five Sri Lankans who were handed over to them by the Indian Navy on Thursday

The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) has condemned the violence in Delhi that resulted in deaths and the destruction of places of worship and called for the arrest and prosecution of those responsible regardless of their religious affiliation

Dhaka University Students’ Union (DUCSU) vice-president Nur has urged the Awami League government “not to smear” the "100 Years of Mujib" celebrations - Mujib Barsha by inviting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a “communal rioter”