With the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on top of armed conflict and natural disasters in Afghanistan, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that it hopes to reach 11.1 million people in the war-torn country with aid

Sri Lanka’s export earnings have increased to 606 million US dollars in May from 277 million US dollars in April, thanks to the export of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the foreign ministry said in a statement

For the past four days or so, Maharashtra's world-famous Lonar Lake, that was supposed to have been formed by a meteorite hit,  has mysteriously changed colour from its normal bluish-green to a baby-pink shade

Kohl’s, one of the largest US clothing retailers, cancelled clothing orders worth $50 million from apparel factories in Bangladesh in March, according to The Guardian

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500 million loan to Pakistan for social protection, health and fiscal stimulus for growth and job creation

Bangladesh Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to announce an overhaul of the health sector overwhelmed by the COVID-19 epidemic, in the fiscal 2020-21 budget

The German Embassy in Colombo and the Voluntary Organization for Vulnerable Community Development (VOVCOD) are providing poverty-stricken families in Vavuniya District with water sources, the Embassy said

China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has emerged the third largest multilateral lender to commit loans to Sri Lanka in 2019 with 280 million US dollars, though China itself committed another billion US dollars, official data show

India has ranked 168th out of 180 countries in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), according to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, who say Indias decarbonization agenda needs to accelerate, and the country faces a number of serious environmental health risks, including poor air quality

Scientists in India and Japan have developed a highly accurate machine tool to help clinicians choose the most effective treatment strategy for patients with glioma brain tumour

As curfew restrictions ease and life returns to a new normal, the tourism industry in Sri Lanka has launched several initiatives to expedite a speedy recovery

On June 1, 2020, India's Ministry of Defence announced that Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a disinfection unit named Ultra Swachh (clean) to disinfect a wide range of materials, including Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), electronics items, fabrics, etc

As India reels from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank projects India's economy to shrink by 3.2 percent in the current fiscal year, the worst performance since 1979

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has developed an Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated Transportation (ARPIT) for evacuation of critical patients with infectious diseases, including COVID-19, from high altitude areas, and isolated and remote places

The World Bank forecast on Monday that Pakistan’s economy would actually perform even worse than what previous estimates had warned about, citing the COVID-19 fallout