TOKUSHIMA—David Moreton has for years served as a messenger of the cultural appeal of a Buddhist ... a white robe worn by Alfred Bohner (1894-1958), one of the first non-Japanese who embarked ...

Ordination ceremony for 500 novice monks, also known as Shramneras, is underway in the Maya Devi Temple complex of Lumbini, ...

In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: “What’s our spirit like?” “The spirit of iron!” shout a group of rifle-bearing men ...

Sri Lanka's private credit from commercial banks fell by 4.6 billion rupees in January 2025, after an extraordinary surge in ...

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted at 295.30/55 to the US dollar in the spot market Monday, from 295.40/50 Friday, dealers said, while bond yields were broadly steady.