Former Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi tests COVID-19 positiveÂ
Islamabad/IBNS: Former prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has tested positive for COVID-19, media reports said.
Former Bangladesh minister, who tested COVID-19 positive, is in 'very critical state'
Dhaka: Health condition of Bangladesh's former health minister and Awami League MP Mohammed Nasim, who is infected with COVID-19, is in "very critical state", media reports said.
Dhaka/IBNS: With rising number of COVID-19 positive cases, Bangladesh authority has put Cox’s Bazar Municipality on lockdown and even declared some areas of the district as red zones, media reports said.
Pakistan Covid cases rise to 93,983
Islamabad/UNI: The number of COVID-19 cases in Pakistan has increased to 93,983 including 1,935 fatalities, according to data updated on Saturday morning by the country's Health Ministry.
IMF asks Pakistan to freeze salaries of govt employees
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund has asked cash-strapped Pakistan to freeze salaries of government employees and adhere to the fiscal consolidation path by showing a nominal primary deficit in the new budget, reported The Express Tribune.
Canada: Ontario considering Stage 2 of reopening despite surge in COVID-19 cases
Ottawa/IBNS: Ontario Premier Doug Ford said during his daily brief conference on Thursday that he might announce the reopening of Ontario's Stage 2 as early as next week, despite a recent surge in new cases of COVID-19, media reports said.
China building high-security compound at Gwadar to establish naval base: Reports
With an eye on dominating the region and taking an opportunity of the moment when the world is busy combating COVID-19, China is secretly building a high-security compound near Gwadar Port in Pakistan's Balochistan province which it will probably use for naval base, media reports said.
Europe should now look for an alternative to China: Experts opine during webinar
Brussels: Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and experts have said that it believes the ongoing economic loss suffered by the European Union due to COVID-19 outbreak must make the region look for an alternative to China.
Pakistan surpasses China in Covid-19 cases, tally now over 89,000
Islamabad/IBNS: With a record 4,688 fresh cases reported in 24 hours between Wednesday and Thursday, Pakistan surpassed China, the epicentre of the pandemic Coronavirus, in terms of Covid-19 cases.
COVID-19: Afghanistan reports 915 new cases
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Afghanistan on Friday reported 915 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total to 18,969, the country's Ministry of Public Health said.
Minnesota Governor Says All Protesters Should Be Tested for COVID-19
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said that all participants of the massive protests against racism and police violence should be tested for COVID-19.
Kabul: Living under the constant threat of terrorists in cramped conditions since the March 25 massacre, Sikhs staying in Afghanistan are exposed to Covid-19, leaving them with no other option but to move to India for a safer future.
Put human rights at the centre of coronavirus response urges Muhammad-Bande
New York: The nations of the world must put human rights at the heart of their ongoing response to COVID-19 and ensure that everyone can enjoy “justice and peace” wherever they may be, the President of the General Assembly said on Tuesday.
Coronavirus cases near 50,000 in Bangladesh, death toll 672
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh reported 2,381 new coronavirus cases on Monday, dipping from Sunday's high of 2,545.
nCov: 22 more die, 2381 fresh cases in Bangladesh
Dhaka/UNI: The number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Bangladesh reached 49,534 on Monday with 2,381 new cases being detected in the last 24 hours.