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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Lankan officials are deporting a British woman after she arrived in the country with an image of Buddha tattooed on her arm. Naomi Coleman, 37, was cuffed and thrown into a detention camp because ...

The Holy Devnimori Relics of Lord Buddha are travelling to Sri Lanka for their first-ever international exposition. They will be displayed at Colombo's Gangaramaya Temple from February 4 to 11, with a ...

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 ...