Turning their attention from Tamils, Sinhala-Buddhist nationalists are now targeting the island's Muslim minority.

Tensions have been building in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka since 2012, said to have been fuelled by hard-line Buddhists. Under the state of emergency, the authorities are able to arrest and detain ...

Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara Thero leads a Buddhist nationalist group accused of violence A court in Sri Lanka has sentenced a hardline Buddhist monk to six months in prison for threatening the wife ...

The counterterrorism expert and author of “Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre: Lessons for the International Community” explains how religious extremism manifested in Sri Lanka's deadliest ...

Social media users have given their seal of approval to Raja to continue his bureaucratic duties and chomp on bananas and ...

The Ancient Period About 2600 years ago, migrants from northern India, the ancestors of today’s Sinhalese people, arrived in Sri Lanka. The Sinhalese were among the earliest people outside northern ...

The ceremony underscored Sri Lanka’s role in promoting Buddhist unity and dialogue. The handover process was carried out through the hands of Thailand’s Deputy Monk King Phra Phummasiti and Vice ...