Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India, Mahishini Colonne, on Sunday described the exposition of the sacred Devnimori Relics of Lord Buddha in Colombo as a "rare blessing" for the country, thanking ...

A Buddha statue at Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 26, 2013 A female British tourist in Sri Lanka has been detained and faces deportation for having a Buddha tattoo on her arm. The ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan authorities will deport a British tourist for having an image of Buddha tattooed on her arm, an official said Wednesday. Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said Naomi ...

The Sri Lankan government has refused Akon’s request for a visa following violent protests — stones were thrown and cars smashed — over his appearance in a music video in which he frolics with ...

Officials from the predominantly Buddhist nation of Sri Lanka deported a British tourist Thursday for having a tattoo of Buddha on her arm. Naomi Coleman, a 37-year-old practicing Buddhist, was ...

Sri Lankan police have removed an “unauthorized” Buddha statue near a prominent temple in the eastern district of Trincomalee, triggering angry reactions from hardline monks and raising fears of ...

Events in the eastern port city of Trincomalee in Sri Lanka in recent weeks have heightened communal tensions throughout the country, as well as the danger of a return to civil war. The immediate ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) — Sri Lankan authorities will deport a British tourist for having an image of Buddha tattooed on her arm, an official said Wednesday. Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said Naomi ...

Sri Lanka has detained a female British tourist for having a Buddha tattoo on her right arm and ordered her deportation, police said Tuesday. The unidentified woman was arrested at the country's main ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan authorities will deport a British tourist for having an image of Buddha tattooed on her arm, an official said Wednesday. Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said Naomi ...