Former Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for special legislation to control the COVID 19 pandemic, suggesting opposition leaders should also be consulted by the government on the draft

India recorded another day of decline in daily count as 152,734 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Monday

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Sunday said that its ships have been working tirelessly to extinguish the massive fire onboard container vessel MV X-Press Pearl off Colombo in Sri Lankan water

The picturesque Dal Lake in Srinagar is usually dotted with shikaras - a gondola-type light rowing boat - that are emblematic of tourism in Jammu and Kashmir

Pakistan's key opposition leader and  PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari targeted Imran Khan on the economic conditions of the country and said the PM is unsustainably borrowing money from international leasing agencies and this unprecedented borrowing is akin to mortgaging the country's economic integrity and freedom

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif has said that no party has the right to kick another out from the Pakistan Democratic Movement alliance

Khuga Khel tribesmen of Afghanistan continued their protest and blockade of the main road leading to the border crossing as Pakistan-Afghanistan trade through Torkham remained suspended on the third consecutive day on Thursday, local media reports said

Bangladesh has approved the proposal to purchase 15 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China even by paying more than the rate the country needed to procure AstraZeneca vaccine from India, media reports said

The Thailand government has extended medical supplies, including surgical masks, PPE sets, face shields, rapid antigen test kits, and oximeter among others to Nepalto boost its COVID-19 response

In what comes as a significant relief for overseas job seekers of Pakistan, authorities in Kuwait have agreed to resume issuing visas to Pakistani nationals, ending almost after a decade-long ban, reported Dawn

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the production of liquid medical oxygen, a key component in the treatment of Covid-19 patients, has gone up by ten times

Some private hospitals providing a package for Covid vaccination in collaboration with luxury hotels is a violation of the guidelines and legal action will be initiated against those indulging in this practice, the government has said

A video of nursing staff members wearing PPE kits dancing inside the Covid wards at SMGS Hospital, Jammu is being seen as a heart-warming gesture amid the distress of  the pandemic

A Pakistani official has accused India of making the South Asian region more ‘dangerous and unstable’ through its ‘reckless attitude’, Dawn reported

Media groups in the Maldives, including the Maldives Journalist Association (MJA), have raised concern over a recent inquiry ordered by a parliament committee into an investigative report regarding the security details of Speaker Nasheed, reported Sun news