Religious tourism: After winning over Sikhs, next Buddhists says Pakistan
- 02-Dec-2019
The government is working to develop Buddhist trail in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Azad Jammu Kashmir to attract Buddhist pilgrims from across the world.
Bangladesh arrests prominent Buddhist charity chief on terrorism charges
- 26-Oct-2017
COX’S BAZAAR: Bangladesh has arrested on terrorism charges a prominent Buddhist whose charity operates in Myanmar’s strife-torn Rakhine state, police said on Wednesday. Police said U Shit Maung, 67, was detained as he tried to board a flight to Myanmar at Dhaka’s international airport last week. Police only revealed Wednesday that Maung, who heads the […]
Children, teenagers among wounded Rohingya in crammed Bangladesh hospital
- 07-Sep-2017
CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH: Mohammed Idrees, a 10-year-old Rohingya boy, does not remember how he landed at the hospital in Bangladesh with a part of his right ear blown off. But he says he won’t return to his home country, neighboring Myanmar, until there is peace. Idrees is one of around 60 badly injured Rohingya Muslims admitted […]
Myanmar to refuse entry to UN investigators probing Rohingya abuses
- 30-Jun-2017
YANGON: Myanmar will refuse entry to members of a United Nations probe focusing on allegations of killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims, an official said on Friday. The government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi had already said it would not cooperate with a mission set up after a Human […]
Yangon authorities sue Muslims for praying in the street
- 02-Jun-2017
YANGON: Yangon authorities on Friday sued three Muslim men for holding Ramadan prayers in the street, after the local school where they used to worship was shut down by a nationalist mob. Police brought the charges after around 50 Muslims gathered to pray on Wednesday on a road in Thaketa township, the site of one of a growing […]
Sri Lanka customs seize ‘offensive’ Buddha aprons
- 22-Dec-2016
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s customs authorities on Thursday impounded a consignment of aprons from India featuring images of the Buddha, saying the novelty garments were “offensive to Buddhists”. Spokesman Dharmasena Kahandawa said it was an offence under international customs law to trade in merchandise that could cause offence — even though the aprons were only transiting […]
Myanmar Muslims on trial in case of 90 ‘illegal’ cows
- 10-Oct-2016
YANGON: Three Muslim men went on trial in Myanmar Monday for illegally importing nearly 100 cows that have spent the last month under police protection, in a case Islamic leaders say targets their religion. The cows were intended to be ritually slaughtered for the Islamic festival of Eid-ul-Azha last month, an event that has become […]
Kofi Annan to advise Myanmar on Rohingya community
- 24-Aug-2016
YANGON: Former UN chief Kofi Annan will advise Myanmar's new government on resolving conflicts in Rakhine, a region divided on religious grounds and home to the stateless Muslim Rohingya, it was announced Wednesday.
Buddhists torch Myanmar mosque as religious tensions spike
- 02-Jul-2016
YANGON: Nearly 100 police guarded a northern Myanmar village Saturday after a Buddhist mob burned down a mosque, a police officer said. This is the second attack of its kind in just over a week as anti-Muslim sentiment swells in the Southeast Asian nation.
Sri Lankan president concedes defeat after decade in power
- 09-Jan-2015
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa conceded defeat to his opposition challenger on Friday after a presidential election, ending a decade of rule that critics say had become increasingly authoritarian and marred by nepotism and corruption.