News and Information

EU countries must coordinate coronavirus testing procedures

Schengen visa info
03 Sep 2020
  European Union

Sri Lanka to ban vehicle imports for a year

News 1st
03 Sep 2020
  Sri Lanka

Containing COVID-19 crisis in Nepal

Observer Research Foundation
03 Sep 2020
  Nepal

Embattled Asian and global airlines turning to state bailouts

Nikkei Asian Review
03 Sep 2020
  Global

Closure of schools in Male' region extended by two weeks

The Edition
03 Sep 2020
  Maldives

Nepal extends prohibitory orders for one more week in Kathmandu

The New Indian Express
03 Sep 2020
  Nepal

The United States donates 200 ventilators to support Sri Lanka’s response to COVID-19

Colombo Page
02 Sep 2020
  Sri Lanka

Coronavirus infection in Nepal enters community transmission phase: Nepal Health Ministry

Business World
02 Sep 2020
  Nepal

With no clear plan from government, Nepal may remain closed for tourists until 2020-end

Kathmandu Post
02 Sep 2020
  Nepal

Nepal allows limited international flights

Nepali Times
01 Sep 2020
  Nepal

Bhutan to gradually lift coronavirus lockdown

France 24
01 Sep 2020
  Bhutan

Nepal resumes limited int'l flights, tourists still unwelcome

The Mainichi
01 Sep 2020
  Nepal

MMA to issue USD 'only for necessities' over next 3 months

The Edition
01 Sep 2020
  Maldives

EU provides Solomon Islands EUR 8 million to heighten service delivery of provincial governments

Solomon Times
01 Sep 2020
  Solomon Islands;   European Union

Euro zone outlook gets slight boost from EU stimulus deal: Reuters poll

Reuters
29 Jul 2020
  European Union

Bangladesh Bank lowers bank rate after 17 years to offset COVID-19 effects

bdnews24
29 Jul 2020
  Bangladesh

Maldives begins to pay risk allowance for frontline workers

The Edition
29 Jul 2020
  Maldives

ADB, HSBC to finance $1.2 billion in trade to boost supplies of pandemic products in Asia and the Pacific

ADB
29 Jul 2020
  Global

ECB extends dividend ban, capital relief for euro zone banks

Reuters
28 Jul 2020
  European Central Bank

ADB provides $3 million grant to India to combat COVID-19

ADB
28 Jul 2020
  India