Good morning, Hon. Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles, Mr. Harsha Ilukpitiya, Controller General of the Department of Immigration and Emigration Mr. Vivani Gunathilake, Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, Mr. N. Harsha Jayarathna, Executive Director of the Safe...

The Ministerial portfolios of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms have been brought under the purview of the President through a Gazette Extraordinary issued by the President. The Gazette Notification issued by the Secretary to the President Saman Ekanayake by...

Hilton Colombo, Ruby Hall Good morning, everyone. It is an honor to be here this morning to kick-off a workshop that I am certain will be a transformative experience for all of you as female journalists from across Sri Lanka....

President Ranil Wickremesinghe welcomed the recent release of Khalida Zia from prison, noting that this move, had it happened earlier, might have altered the political landscape in Bangladesh. “If Sheikh Hasina had acted sooner, she might still be Prime Minister...

Dr Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate widely known for his Grameen Bank initiative that introduced Bangladesh to microcredit, is a fierce Hasina critic who is facing several criminal cases. He called Hasina's resignation on Monday as a "second...

Hasina’s departure appears to have defused the high tension in Dhaka, where more deadly protests were feared on Monday. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country following weeks of deadly demonstrations against her government. The removal...