The India Meteorological Department on Monday said that extremely severe cyclonic storm Amphan over the west and central parts of Bay of Bengal has intensified into a "super cyclone" with wind speed above 200 km per hour
India has no plans to extend a 21-day lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus in the country. The announcement came on Monday from the government's top bureaucrat
Bureaucrats in Bhutan will be contributing five to 10 percent of their salaries for the COVID-19 relief fund set up by the government, the Royal Civil Servant Commission (RCSC) has said
The Bhutanese government has announced several physical distancing measures to be followed in all public transport facilities, including taxis, in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic
In a bid to fight the ongoing locust attack on its agriculture, Pakistan that has suspended trade with India following the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian constitution that granted special status to Kashmir, is considering to import insecticides from India.
The two-week India-Bangladesh military training exercise Sampriti-IX that focused on counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism and disaster management concluded at Umroi, Meghalaya, in northeast India. India and Bangladesh share 4,096 km) border, the fifth-longest land border in the world.
Imposition of ban on Sri Lankan Army commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva as well as his immediate family by the US governement unnecessarily complicates the relationship between the two nations, said island nation's Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.
Opposition parties in Pakistan have taken exception to the reported remarks of Prime Minister Imran Khan that the army knows who is corrupt in the country, terming the statement “irresponsible”.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has expressed conscious welcome of the US-Taliban talks, saying the latter could use thr peace process as a "Trojan horse strategy" and said they should participate in democratic elections in the country to test their popularity among the people.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he is not afraid of Pakistan Army as his country's military knows well that he is not corrupt.
The Sri Lankan Cabinet has approved the extension of the free-visa scheme to nationals of 48 countries, including India, until April 30 as the tourism sector, which was picking up after the 2019 Easter terror attacks, took another hit due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The Sri Lankan government on Friday donated four tonnes of Ceylon Tea for the bushfire victims in Australia, authorities said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) should be "better explained to Turkish entrepreneurs", adding that the country is "ready to work on that".
Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has expressed ire over an apathy of the international community to pushing Myanmar for taking back its Rohingya nationals, bdnews24 reported.
In a bid to check the availability of essential commodities Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan approved the establishment of a National Demand Supply Cell (NDSC) and instructed the provinces to formulate within a week a National Action Plan for keeping their prices in check.
Pakistan and Turkey finalised two MoUs to increase the level of economic engagement and mobilise the untapped potential for increasing trade and investment on the sidelines of the two-day visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Pakistan's Ministry of Defence has modified its notification dated November 28, 2019 to state that General Qamar Javed Bajwa will stay as Chief of the Army Staff till November 28, 2022, a media report said.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there has been a "pretty important breakthrough" in peace talks with the Taliban in recent days.
The Sri Lankan government said Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s family members did not travel to India on state funds.
