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Health workers inoculate a woman with Covid-19 vaccine at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital in Dhaka.

Covid recovery index: Bangladesh top in South Asia, globally 5th

Bangladesh’s Covid-19 infections have been on a downward spiral in recent months

The son of Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif took charge of Punjab province Saturday, the country's most politically important region, further bolstering the dynasty's grip on power

Pakistan PM’s son takes charge of most powerful province

The son of Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif took charge of Punjab province Saturday, the country's most politically important region, further bolstering the dynasty's grip on power

A man breaks a block of ice to distribute it among the residents of a slum during hot weather in Ahmedabad, India, April 28.

Pakistan, India reel under intense heatwave

South Asia, particularly India and Pakistan are faced with what has been a record-breaking heatwave. It started in early April and continues to leave the people gasping in whatever shade they find.

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard as people shop at a market for the Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar on 28 April 2022

Talks with Pakistan only after ‘terror’ stops: India

Our stand is clear. We want an environment free of terror, Arindam Bagchi, India’s foreign ministry spokesperson told newspersons

In this handout photograph released by Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) on 27 April 2022, shows Pakistan's president Arif Alvi (C) administering the oath to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (L) as federal minister for foreign affairs of Pakistan while prime minister Shehbaz Sharif (2R) looks on at the President House in Islamabad.

Bilawal Bhutto appointed Pakistan foreign minister

The scion of Pakistan's most influential political dynasty was appointed foreign minister on Wednesday, the latest step up a ladder likely to take Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to the top of the country's ...

Police inspect a site around damaged vehicles following a suicide bombing near the Confucious Institute affiliated with the Karachi University, in Karachi on 26 April 2022.

Chinese nationals among four killed by woman suicide bomber in Pakistan

A woman suicide bomber from a Pakistan separatist group killed four people, including three Chinese nationals, in an attack on a minibus carrying staff from the Confucius Institute at Karachi ...

Afghan Taliban's Acting Minister of Defense Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob speaks during the death anniversary of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the late leader and founder of the Taliban, in Kabul, Afghanistan on 24 April, 2022

Afghan defence minister says will not tolerate ‘invasions’

Afghanistan’s acting defence minister said on Sunday that the Taliban administration would not tolerate “invasions” from its neighours after protesting against airstrikes it says were conducted by ...

This handout photograph taken on 19 April 2022 and released by the Pakistan Prime Minister Office shows Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) speaks with Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sprang no big surprises in naming his new cabinet on April 19, doling out key portfolios to officials from the two parties that combined to oust Imran Khan after weeks of political crisis.

No surprises as Pakistan's new PM names cabinet

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sprang no big surprises in naming his new cabinet Tuesday, doling out key portfolios to officials from the two parties that combined to oust Imran Khan after ...

Demonstrators hold a banner during a protest against Pakistani airstrikes, in Khost on 16 April, 2022

Afghanistan death toll in 'Pakistan strikes' rises to at least 47: officials

The death toll from Pakistani military air strikes in the eastern Afghanistan provinces of Khost and Kunar has jumped to at least 47, officials said Sunday, as Islamabad urged Kabul to act against ...

Demonstrators take part in a protest against Pakistani airstrikes, in Khost on 16 April, 2022

Over 40 Afghans including children killed in Pakistan airstrikes

Over 40 Afghan civilians, including children, were killed after Pakistani aircraft launched airstrikes in different parts of Khost and Kunar provinces on Friday night, according to Habib Khan, a ...

A Pakistani soldier stands guard as stranded Afghan nationals return to Afghanistan at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman on 15 August 2021, after the Taliban took control of the Afghan border town in a rapid offensive across the country.

Rockets fired by Pakistani forces kill six Afghans: Official

At least five children and a woman were killed in an eastern Afghan province when Pakistani military forces fired rockets along the border in a pre-dawn assault Saturday, an official and a resident ...

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PM Shehbaz Sharif orders 'Pakistan speed' to fix stagnant economy

Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Thursday the country's economy had stagnated under his predecessor Imran Khan, setting the tone for possibly months of bitterness before an election ...

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan on 4 June 2021

Pakistan military dismisses Khan's theory US conspired to oust him as PM

Pakistan's powerful military on Thursday dismissed ousted prime minister Imran Khan's accusation that the United States had conspired to topple him in a parliamentary vote of confidence

PM Sheikh Hasina congratulates Pakistan's new PM Shehbaz Sharif

Sheikh Hasina congratulates Pakistan's new PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated the newly elected prime minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif

In this handout photograph released by the Press Information Department (PID) on 12 April, 2022, newly elected Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif receives guard of honour on his arrival in the Prime Minister House during a ceremony in Islamabad.

'Pakistan's new government facing severe economic challenges'

"Imran Khan has left a critical mess," Miftah Ismail, who is likely to be Sharif's finance minister, told a news conference in Islamabad, adding the suspended talks with the International Monetary ...

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