One of Sri Lanka's highest-ranking Buddhist monks has been arrested and sent to remand prison over the alleged rape and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl. The Venerable Pallegama Hemarathana Thero ...

A Sri Lankan court has released a senior Buddhist monk on bail after he was arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a minor. Rev.

Sri Lankan authorities arrested a senior Buddhist monk on Saturday for the alleged sexual abuse of an underage girl, police said, marking the highest-profile case involving clergy in the country.

COLOMBO: Hundreds of Buddhist monks rallied in Sri Lanka's capital on Friday to protest alleged government disrespect of their religion and disregard for a long-standing tradition that they be ...

Colombo, May 30 (PTI) The powerful Buddhist clergy in Sri Lanka on Saturday stripped a senior monk facing charges of child ...

Ahead of a major Buddhist festival in Sri Lanka, a purported newspaper clipping was shared in posts falsely claiming ...

The High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka inaugurated an exhibition on India's Buddhist heritage during the 2026 Vesak ...

The revelation that a large number of Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka are accused of abusing children was made in response to a freedom of information request by OCCRP. It comes as the country grapples ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Hundreds of Buddhist monks rallied in the capital of Sri Lanka on Friday to protest alleged government ...