Stunning candle art display was showcased at a Buddhist festival in northern India. Niranjana Deepotsav was held at Maya ...

Astrology has been humanity’s obsession for centuries, if not millennia. The discipline sermonises personality and life events. It offers insights into ...

I am writing this brief essay in connection with the felicitation ceremony for Emeritus Professor Asanga Tilakaratne, one of the foremost ...

This is the amusing moment Bollywood artists joined a Buddhist festival in India. More than 150 foreign artists from six ...

The Thai Cabinet has approved a proposal to nominate Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, a historic Buddhist temple in Nakhon Si ...

FURTHER to my column last week on gambling, I was surprised to read in Bloomberg on Jan. 26 that '[m]any Thais disapprove ...

THIS year, 2025, is the year of the green Wood Snake, the sixth animal in the Chinese zodiac calendar. In Western culture, the snake is largely viewed with trepidation, as snakes are cold-blooded and ...

While the world continues to progress towards greater acceptance of diverse sexual orientations, Sri Lanka remains steadfast in holding on to colonial-era laws that criminalise same-sex relations. As ...

They believe that a certain amount of violence may be acceptable if the end goal is noble. However, the overarching message of Theravada Buddhism remains clear. Non-violence which is intrinsic to ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism Vijitha Herath had a telephone conversation with the Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the ...

The cabinet has approved an application to propose Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan in Nakhon Si Thammarat as a Unesco world ...