COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Hundreds of Buddhist monks rallied in the capital of Sri Lanka on Friday to protest alleged government disrespect of their religion and disregard for a long-standing ...
I grew up in Sri Lanka. Much of my adolescence was spent in Kandy, a city built around a lake, set amid the lush tea ...
Father Aloy practiced both the highest and most grassroots forms of Buddhist-Christian dialogue, connecting people across the nation and worldwide,” Kalupathirana told UCA News. Kalupathirana, a ...
KANDY, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's most powerful Buddhist nationalist group rallied its hardline base on Sunday, saying they must aim to take democratic control of parliament to protect the ...
Sri Lanka has about 8,000 ordained nuns living in Buddhist monasteries and nunneries. The issuance of cards for Buddhist nuns has been a debated matter for years. Without identity cards, the nuns ...
(RNS) — 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 ...