Sri Lanka's Buddhist monks have played a vital role in influencing the political opinion of the majority Sinhalese Buddhists, in favour of politicians of their...
31 months ago

Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero, member of Our Power of People Party (OPPP), has been expelled from the party.
37 months ago

After several months of infighting and reports of abductions and assaults, an extremist Sinhala Buddhist monk accused of hate speech has been sworn in to...
46 months ago

Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero has been sworn in as a Member of Parliament before Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena this morning (January 05)
47 months ago

Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero has been appointed by the 'Ape Jana Bala Pakshaya', also known as Our Power of People Party (OPPP), to fill its National...
47 months ago

A Sinhala nationalist monk has lodged a complaint with Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission (HRC), after the leader of the extremist Buddhist nationalist group...
52 months ago

Bodu Bala Sena's (BBS) secretary general, Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara claimed the North-East was “not Tamils homeland” and instead said Sri Lanka is a...
53 months ago

Extremist Sinhala Buddhist monks from the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) and Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) have formed a new joint coalition to contest in Sri Lanka's...
56 months ago

By Frances Bulathsinghala/The Week Gnanasara Thero is the Secretary General of the Bodu Bala Sena It is a weekday afternoon at the Sadh Dharamhajika...
62 months ago

The crisis in the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) and by extension, in the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) itself, took centre stage in local politics last...
89 months ago