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A man dressed as a Buddhist monk throws back a tear gas canister after it was fired by police to disperse protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 9, 2022.
The street protests that drove Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from office last month brought together people from across the country’s diverse and sometimes warring ethno-religious ...
DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka – Sri Lankan officials have decided to demolish a mosque and a Hindu temple under pressure from Buddhist monks who demanded their removal from a Buddhist sacred area. Ruling ...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's government is investigating the death of a Buddhist monk who set himself on fire last week, saying journalists knew in advance of his plans and could have ...
As hardline monks rally Sri Lanka on Buddhist pride, minority Muslims fear being targeted. Associated Press. Published January 11, 2014 2:03am EST | Updated December 3, 2015 8:15am EST.
A group of Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka has urged all political parties to maintain Buddhism's primacy amid speculation of a Marxist party's rise to power in the highly contested presidential polls.
The alms bowl is a symbol of monks, yet in Sri Lanka artisans are struggling as cheap substitutes flood ... The Buddhist-majority nation of some 22 million people has just over 42,000 monks, ...
Sri Lankan police have arrested several Buddhist monks who were demonstrating against the detention of the Gen Sarath Fonseka, former presidential candidate of the opposition. Perambara has the story ...
Author is an art historian, filmmaker and photographer. One of the greatest examples of cultural sharing in the world, is the spread of Buddhism from India to Sri Lanka. The Island of Sri Lanka ...
The protests that drove Sri Lanka's president from office brought together people from across the country’s diverse and sometimes warring ethno-religious groups: Tamils, Muslims, Christians ...