Lanka deploys forces after Muslim store torched by Buddhist monks

Last Updated: Friday, March 29, 2013, 21:26

A mob, including Buddhist monks, allegedly stoned and set afire a Muslim-owned business in Sri Lanka in the latest attacks directed against the minority.

Sri Lanka protests against assault on its monks in south India

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 17:42

Sri Lanka has lodged a strong protest with New Delhi over the incidents of assaults on Buddhist monks

Tibetan monks self immolate in protest against Chinese rule

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 11:59

Two Tibetan monks in their early twenties have reportedly set themselves on fire in protest against China`s religious and political oppression.

Two monks mowed down by truck in Gujarat

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 1, 2013, 16:25

Two persons were mowed down by a speeding truck on Vadodara-Bharuch national highway near here this morning, police officials said.

Monks from India promised me iPhone, claims arrest

Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012, 22:41

A Tibetan monk, who was recently arrested for abetting self-immolations, has said that he was instigated by two India-based monks who promised him an iPhone, Chinese official media claimed.

Myanmar gov`t apologises for crackdown violence

Last Updated: Saturday, December 15, 2012, 23:27

President`s Office Minister Hla Tun led other officials today in apologising to senior and injured monks in the central city of Mandalay.

Myanmar monks protest to demand crackdown apology

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 22:40

The monks said they are not satisfied with the apologies made by the government so far.

Suu Kyi decries crackdown that injured protesters

Last Updated: Friday, November 30, 2012, 16:13

More than 10,000 people heard Suu Kyi speak this morning in a nearby village about the Letpadaung copper mine.

Sri Lanka monks urge stop to impeaching of judge

Last Updated: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 21:52

Sri Lanka`s influential Buddhist monks urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa to withdraw an impeachment motion that accuses the country`s chief justice of misusing power and having unexplained wealth.

Bhutan foundation to support monks, nuns

Last Updated: Saturday, November 3, 2012, 12:32

A religious organisation has been established to sustain 43 religious centres, training over 1,000 monks and nuns in different parts of Bhutan.

Buddhists protest in front of Bangladeshi mission in Lanka

Last Updated: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 19:13

Several Buddhist monks marched in front of the Bangladeshi High Commission here o Thursday to protest against the attacks on the community in that country.