Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath had a telephone conversation with the Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar and soug ...

Bodh Gaya (or Buddha Gaya as it is called in Sri Lanka), is the place where the Buddha attained Enlightenment. It was a major ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism Vijitha Herath had a telephone conversation with the Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the ...

The Kandyan Convention, an agreement between the British Colonial rulers and Kandyan chiefs, was signed in 1815. ..

The Thai Cabinet has approved a proposal to nominate Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, a historic Buddhist temple in Nakhon Si ...

A new Constitution stipulated that the state shall protect and promote Buddhism. All these government measures gradually increased the feeling of alienation among Sri Lankan Tamils. They felt that ...

COLOMBO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's central bank will enhance its efforts to combat money laundering and counter the financing of terrorism, state media reported Wednesday, citing Central Bank ...

Fifty-year-old Josef Autser is an engineer by profession and a Catholic by birth, but later showed a great devotion towards Buddhism. He had been destined to visit Aukana in 1988 which brought ...

Addressing the East Asia summit at Myanmar’s Naypyidaw in 2014 ... by at least 12 groups of people speaking as many languages—Sinhala, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Burmese, Thai ...

There have been many instances where, despite Buddhists being committed to radiating metta (loving-kindness) and karuna (compassion) toward all beings, they have participated in violence in places ...

affecting individuals and nations and not unique to Buddhist countries. There have been many instances where despite Buddhists being committed to radiating metta (loving-kindness) and karuna ...

Galagodaatte Gnanasara leads a Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist group and is a close ally of ousted former president Rajapaksa A hardline Sri Lankan monk who is a close ally of ousted former ...