India has gifted a consignment of medical gloves to Sri Lanka to fight a coronavirus pandemic as infected sailors involved in Coronavirus quarantine work triggered a spike in numbers

Ratings agency India Ratings and Research has revised its FY21 gross domestic product (GDP) growth further down to 1.9 percent from its earlier forecast of 3.6 percent

India's arsenal against COVID-19 just got a boost with the formation of the National Drone Rapid Response Force (NDRRF) by the country's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle industry

Sri Lanka's tea exports suffered a major blow in March recording the lowest-ever shipment and sharp dip in value as COVID-19 mitigation measures caused disruption to trade, the media reported on Monday

UNDP Bhutan office signed an agreement with the Gross National Happiness Commission committing its COVID-19 response support to the government

The European Union has offered a €75million aid package to Nepal to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate its impact. The fund will be directed to assist Nepal’s health authorities to respond to the immediate health crisis and to boost the country’s economic recovery

Even as four of the eight northeastern states are free from novel coronavirus and its spread tamed in other four states, authorities have kept a tight vigil on India's borders in the region as threat of the disease spilling over from Bangladesh and Myanmar looms large

A section of Bangladeshi owners Sunday reopened their garment factories with a part of their workforce amid continued protests in different districts demanding arrears

The Sri Lankan government “categorically” expressed disagreement with the Fitch Ratings’ “Ill-Founded and Ill-Timed” decision to downgrade Sri Lanka’s sovereign rating

The disagreement over the formation of an inclusive government between the two leaders, President Ashraf Ghani and former Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, still remain as both sides have been failed to reach a final result for power-sharing even after the exchange of six master plans between them

A US India group, that calls itself a "Hindu faith-based humanitarian service organisation"  but says it works "irrespective of religion, caste, creed, anything that may divides us",  has set up a unique programme for COVID-19 survivors to donate their blood plasma for a therapy to save severely ill patients with respiratory failure

After being stuck for three weeks, on no-man’s land between India and Nepal some Nepalis are finally being allowed to go back to their home villages

The Covid-19 pandemic walloped the tourism sector, but Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) is considering it as an opportunity to reboot the industry and give it a new face post-Covid-19

India's Health Ministry said on Saturday that more than 1 lakh (100,000) PPE kits and N95 masks are being manufactured every day in the country, while production of ventilators vide domestic manufacturers has also started and orders have been placed for more than 59,000 units through nine manufacturers

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide about $1.7 billion by the end of calendar year — almost half of it by June — to help Pakistan absorb the fiscal shocks from the coronavirus pandemic