The Bangladesh government is set to roll out a massive rescue package for the low-income group, businesses and industries, all of whom are bearing the brunt of the near-collapse economic activities brought on by the coronavirus pandemic

A Taliban official has disclosed group’s secret ties with Pakistani intelligence agency (ISI) in a letter to media

Sri Lanka is yet to record a death by the COVID19 disease but Judicial Medical Officers (JMO) across the country have been sent Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to be followed if a patient in a hospital succumbs to the coronavirus

Doubts over Taliban’s honestly and commitments to peace raised among Afghans and in foreign diplomatic circles after tens of soldiers and police were killed Thursday in a group of armed men’s attack on their joint checkpoint in the southern province of Zabul

Following concerns over shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors and nurses in Bangladesh, a concerted effort by five organisations is set to produce four lakh pieces of equipment

The Pakistan-Afghan border at Chaman has been opened for two days after a 19-day closure to allow trucks loaded with Afghan transit trade goods, fresh fruits and other items following Prime Minister Imran Khan's order to do so

With the cancellation of all spring mountaineering expeditions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) on Sunday urged the country's government to utilize this opportunity to clean Mount Everest

As the price of foodstuffs have jumped to sudden spike amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, Afghanistan's transportation ministry has said that all commercial ports with neighboring countries have remained open for transit trucks

Perhaps the most sought items today are hand sanitisers and alcohol-based hand rubs, once rarely used, as people scramble to protect themselves from the lethal coronavirus

Bhutan is mulling restrictions on the movement of Bhutanese vehicles, except those transporting essential goods, via Assam and West Bengal in view of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic

Prime Minister Lotay Tshering has said that the detection of second positive case in the country doesn’t bring in any changes to the government’s strategies and preparedness plan for now

Sri Lanka's Opposition is calling on the government to grant the poorest of the poor in the country Rs. 10,000 per family so that they can get through the COVID19 crisis

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for stopping food stocking which is leading to a crisis in the market amid fears of a novel coronavirus outbreak, bdnews24.com

Authorities in Bangladesh have closed the country's largest brothel for 15 days as a preventive measure to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus

In a big boost to domestic manufacturing of bulk drug in the country, the Indian government on Saturday announced a Rs 14,000 crore package that would incentivise production of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) in the country and reduce import dependence of this key pharma input from China