Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday sentenced a hard-line Buddhist monk to six years in prison for contempt ...

The World Socialist Web Site and the Sri Lankan Socialist Equality Party have repeatedly warned that President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s chauvinist agitation against the “peace process” and the United ...

Monks from Buddhist organization Bodu Bala Sena (Buddhist Power Force, BBS) listen to a speech at a BBS convention in Colombo (September 28, 2014). Credit: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte Subscribe for ads ...

In a blatantly anti-democratic move, Sri Lanka police arrested writer Sarah Malini Perera, 38, on March 20 for allegedly offending Buddhism. Perera, who resides in Bahrain and was arrested while on ...

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Growing up Christian in predominantly Buddhist Sri Lanka, I learned early that there was much to be gained from the study of Buddhism. The teachings of the Buddha sometimes challenged my assumptions ...

Controversial Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera has been sentenced to six months in prison for threatening the wife of a missing journalist. On top of the jail time, Gnanasara ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - A radical monk who heads a movement accused of stirring violence against Muslims in Myanmar has announced a partnership with a hardline Buddhist group in Sri Lanka to defend their ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday sentenced a hard-line Buddhist monk to six years in prison for contempt of court. Galagoda Atte Gnanasara was found guilty of interrupting a ...