Amid protests in Sri Lanka over the country worst economic crisis, an advisor to the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday said the government h
Catholic Church has a “misunderstanding” with the government and that the Muslims are “angry” with the government due to the government’s move to “reclaim” some of the Buddhist temples in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka that were “taken over”, said an advisor to the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Amid protests in Sri Lanka over the country s worst economic crisis, an advisor to the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday said the government has tried to control drug dealers who have a lot of money and that they are very angry.
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A Buddhist monk praying in front of the meditating Buddha in Jahanabad, Swat. The statue blown up by militants was restored by the department of archaeology and museums. Dawn
SWAT: Sri Lankan Buddhist monks said here on Saturday that the paradisiacal Swat valley remained the centre of Buddhism and had immense importance for Buddhists all over the world.
They said this during their visit to the Buddhist archaeological sites of Gandhara Buddhist civilisation in Swat valley.
The delegation include senior monks Dr Walpole Piyananda, Dr Bodagama Chandima, Dr Assaji Thero, Dr Pallegama Rathanasara, Prof Kallanchiye Rathanasiri, Uduwe Dhammaloka, Muruththettuwe Ananda, Embilipitiye Rahula, Korathota Dammadassi, Dr Atapattukande Ananda, Asela Pushpa Kumara Wickramasinghe and Aaishah Abu Bakr Fahad, who is Second Secretary (political) at Pakistan High Commission, Colombo.