The Indian Navy said it had rescued a total of 60 persons from Barge P305 of Bombay High Oil fields have been rescued till midnight on Monday, IBNS reported

Dhaka North City Corporation joined youth platform Young Bangla to launch the  mass mask campaign to limit the spread of COVID-19 pandemic across the country

An operative of the banned militant group Ansar al Islam has confessed to a Dhaka magistrate that he was planning to attack the Bangladesh parliament on May 5 as per instruction of its leader Ali Hasan Osama, known as "Banglar Osama" (Osama of Bengal)

A petition has been filed in Nepal’s Supreme Court, demanding Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli be sworn in again, citing the erroneous oath of secrecy and office he took on Friday, reported The Himalayan Times

Mahathir Mohammad, former Malaysian prime minister, dialed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, and the duo discussed the Palestinian issue over call, reported Geo TV

The Sri Lankan government has eased the nationwide travel restrictions which had been imposed earlier to contain the spread of the coronavirus but warned people, saying the next three weeks would be crucial for the country’s COVID-19 situation, reported Daily Mirror

Israel will donate vaccines to the Maldives along with 18 other countries, reported Sun news. Israel, which has rolled out one of the fastest vaccination drives in the world, will donate 1000-5000 Moderna vaccines to these nations

A lawmaker in the Maldives has submitted an emergency motion in the archipelago’s parliament, demanding a temporary ban on Israeli tourists, reported Sun news

In a break from its normal role, the Indian Army  hosted a COVID-19 awareness programme at Sultanpur Kandi village of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district amid rising cases in the region

Family members of the victims of the PIA flight crash of last year are demanding unconditional payment of accidental insurance

The first batch of the adjunct COVID therapy anti-COVID drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), was released by India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and handed over to Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi on May 17, 2021

Bleeding and clotting cases following COVID vaccination in India are minuscule and in line with the expected number of diagnoses of these conditions in the country, a report submitted by the National AEFI (Adverse Event Following Immunization) Committee to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare said

Giving a slight ray of hope, India's COVID-19 daily count dropped below 300,000 for the first time since Apr 21

Himanta Biswa Sarma, the new chief minister of India’s northeastern state that shares an 856 km border with Bangladesh, has said the next 25 years are crucial for both countries

The Nepalese government has recommended ambassadors for Sri Lanka and ten other countries including positions lying vacant for long in some cases, official sources said