Last Updated: Saturday, July 27, 2013, 14:02
Former Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal advocated a ‘Lumbini circuit’ of Buddhist tourism sites spanning India and Nepal which would attract millions of Buddhist pilgrims.
Last Updated: Monday, July 22, 2013, 14:28
An explosion in a car parked meters away from a radical Buddhist monk wounded four people at a mass sermon in northern Myanmar, police said on Monday.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 18:36
China has installed sensors to monitor the ancient Buddhist grottoes in the northwest Gansu Province.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 20:46
Sri Lankan Buddhist pilgrims on Wednesday got the green signal to visit the Mahabodhi temple in India.
Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2013, 15:23
Kapilvastu, where the Buddha spent his early life, is also covered under the security alert.
Last Updated: Sunday, July 7, 2013, 22:42
West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan on Sunday expressed concern over the serial blasts in the holy town of Bodh Gaya in Bihar which left two monks injured.
Last Updated: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 14:30
Malaysia has withdrawn a controversial bill which allows one parent to give consent for the religious conversion of a child following an outcry that it discriminated against non-Muslim minorities in the country.
Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 16:16
Myanmar has reacted angrily to a Time magazine cover story on a prominent radical monk accused of fuelling anti-Muslim violence, accompanied by the headline "The Face of Buddhist Terror".
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 19:18
Sri Lanka will launch inquiry into the role of the media in the death of a Buddhist monk who set himself on fire.
Last Updated: Sunday, May 26, 2013, 17:57
Antique Buddhist sculptures comprising monolithic and votive divinities have been found near a cremation ground in a remote village in Odisha`s Kendrapara district, known for its rich Buddhist legacy.
Last Updated: Saturday, May 25, 2013, 16:54
Authorities in Myanmar`s western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families in an effort to ease tensions with the Rohingya`s Buddhist neighbors after a spate of deadly sectarian violence.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 14:23
Six Muslim men and one minor have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from life to two years in prison for involvement in the killing of a Buddhist monk during sectarian violence in central Myanmar.
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