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Workers unload goods from a truck ahead of the expected landfall of cyclone Amphan, in Khulna. (AFP)

Cyclone Amphan: Bangladesh moves Rohingya refugees to island shelters

The cyclone could hamper efforts to control a coronavirus outbreak in the refugee camps, which reported their first...

20 May 2020 2:24 PM IST

A portrait of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gendhun Choekyi Nyima, an important religious leader second only to the Dalai Lama in the Tibetan Buddhist hierarchy, is seen as exile Tibetans mark his birthday in Dharmsala, India. (AP)

Tibetans demand China disclose fate of Lama taken away in '95

The Tibetan parliament in northern India, said the boy continues to be recognised as the 11th Panchen Lama

18 May 2020 9:55 AM IST

A health worker collects a swab sample from a member of parliament a day before budget session at parliament in Kathmandu. (AP)

Nepal reports first coronavirus death

Nepal, which has a population of 28 million, has conducted only fewer than 100,000 tests so far

17 May 2020 8:48 AM IST

Pakistans former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. (AFP)

Two more corruption cases against Nawaz Sharif

Five corruption cases have been launched against the former Pakistan PM since his ouster from the office by the Supreme...

16 May 2020 10:49 AM IST

A health worker from an aid organization walks wearing a hazmat suit at the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh. (AP)

Coronavirus detected in Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

Two people tests positive for Covid in one of the camps in Bangladesh that accommodates more than one million refugees

15 May 2020 11:28 AM IST

People wait for their turn outside a shop at a market after the government eased the lockdown in Islamabad. (AFP)

Pakistan decides not to enforce indefinite lockdown

Pakistan has also reduced the quarantine period before Covid-19 tests for inbound air passengers from 48 hours to the...

13 May 2020 8:34 AM IST

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Nepal issues diplomatic note to India in protest on Lipulekh

India however made it clear last Saturday that the road falls very much within Indian territory in Uttarakhand

11 May 2020 6:07 PM IST

Laborers work to build a road as authorities relax the government-imposed nationwide lockdown. (AP)

Pakistan begins to ease month-long lockdown even as coronavirus cases...

Prime Minister Imran Khan cited the economic crisis due to the shutdown as reason to allow businesses to open from...

9 May 2020 3:01 PM IST

Indian Border Security Force soldiers walk with their belongings for night duty near the India-Pakistan international border. (Photo: File/AP)

India lodges protest against Pak plan for Gilgit-Baltistan polls

India has always regarded Gilgit-Baltistan as part of its territory which has been under the illegal occupation of...

4 May 2020 8:24 PM IST

Police officers stand guard outside the Lal mosque which is sealed as its cleric denies a government-imposed nationwide lockdown to help contain the spread of the coronavirus in Islamabad. (AP)

Pakistan sees highest single day spike in covid cases

Pakistan's coronavirus tally records 19,52 new cases; death toll raised to 440

3 May 2020 1:52 PM IST

Representational Image. (PTI)

Pakistan summons senior Indian diplomat over alleged ceasefire...

The Foreign Office in a statement claimed that the Indian forces violated ceasefire in Hajipir and Sankh Sectors on...

2 May 2020 2:53 PM IST

Sri Lanka reports first fatality in Covid19 outbreak

The patient had a history of high blood pressure and blood sugar, officials said

29 March 2020 1:57 PM IST