The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Relations, through its mission network and in collaboration with the Export Development Board (EDB), is in the process of facilitating Sri Lankan exporters at this volatile time period to re-position themselves in the long run
Sri Lanka has extended a ban on arriving passengers at the island’s airports indefinitely, though cargo, departing and transit passengers would continue to be allowed
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that reports circulating on social media that the coronavirus would not affect Pakistanis were false, cautioning that the disease would not spare anyone
Opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Rehman Malik has urged the UN to form a high-powered commission to probe if the COVID-19 was a man-made or a naturally grown virus and also to locate its origin, a media report said on Saturday
The Indian government on Saturday said the number of coronavirus cases rose to 2,902 in the country, out of which 1,023 positive cases have links to Tablighi Jamaat, the Islamic missionary outfit, from 17 states
Sediq Sediqqi, President Ashraf Ghani's spokesman, said that the talks between the technical teams of the Afghan government and the Taliban have not yet brought about a finalized agreement for the release to proceed
Authorities in Bangladesh have put 321 foreign members of the Tabligh Jamaat into two mosques in Dhaka as India has quarantined thousands after hundreds linked to a gathering of the organisation were diagnosed with COVID-19
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected that Nepal’s economy will grow by 5.3 percent in the current fiscal year 2019/20. “Nepal’s economy is anticipated to grow by 5.3 percent (at market prices) this year, down from 7.1 percent a year earlier,” said the ADB in its flagship economic publication Asian Development Outlook 2020
A pregnant coronavirus patient had given birth in Sri Lanka, the head of Sri Lanka’s health service Anil Jasinghe said
The ongoing lockdown in India has led to a shortage of doma (areca nut) and paney (betel leaves) in the Bhutanese market
Pakistan and the World Bank on Friday signed a $200 million Pandemic Response Effective Project (PREP) that will help the poor and vulnerable cope with the immediate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic through social protection measures, food rations and remote learning education
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has given a nod to turning three- and four-star hotels into �quarantine centres where the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has planned to keep coronavirus patients, a media report said on Saturday
Pakistan's Interior Ministry said that the Sindh government would file an appeal against the provincial high court ruling in the case of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl, who was abducted and beheaded in 2002, in the Supreme Court next week
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad-incubated startup Aerobiosys Innovations has developed a low-cost, portable, emergency-use ventilator, the institute said
"If the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is about giving citizenship to the persecuted in the neighbouring countries, I appeal to the Government of India to extend it to atheists and persecuted Muslims too
