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80,000 nude files, Rs 102 crore in extortion: How a sex scandal toppled Thailand’s top monks

July 22, 2025 8:41 pm

The scandal first surfaced in mid-June when the abbot of the prestigious Wat Tri Thotsathep monastery abruptly left the monkhood.

Thai woman extorts over Rs 100 crore by seducing, blackmailing Buddhist monks

July 17, 2025 9:50 am

Investigators found over 385 million baht (over Rs 101 crore) had passed through her bank accounts over the past three years, much of it believed to have been spent on online gambling sites.

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Bangladesh ethnic violence: Buddhist monks, Chakma students take out protest rallies in Agartala to restore peace in CHT

September 21, 2024 6:02 pm

According to Bangladesh news reports, at least 7 people were killed and several others injured in the clash that broke out between indigenous Chakma and Bengali residents in Chittagong Hill Tracts, bordering India and Myanmar.

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Japan's Buddhist temples open 'shukubo' doors to tourists

November 10, 2022 11:49 am

Once a haven for pilgrims and nobles, temple stays now allow tourists to escape Japan's bustling cities and experience life like a monk with Buddhist cuisine and meditation

Myanmar’s monks, leaders of past protests, are divided over the coup

August 29, 2021 1:07 pm

The military has dominated Myanmar for the better part of 60 years, most recently by staging a coup against an elected government and killing more than a thousand people for daring to oppose its power grab.

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Buddhist monks, supporters force closure of Muslim schools in Myanmar

April 29, 2017 11:33 am

Tensions between Myanmar's overwhelmingly Buddhist population and the Muslim minority spread after violent conflict broke out between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya in 2012

Sri Lanka government unlikely to allow Dalai Lama visit: Official

April 03, 2015 2:18 pm

"They can invite, but the government may not grant a visa," said a top foreign minister official.

How history was made up at Nalanda

June 28, 2014 8:13 am

The story behind a Marxist historian’s story of its destruction by ‘Hindu fanatics’.

Monks protest EC decision to convert 117-year-old monastery into polling booth

May 10, 2014 10:34 am

Located in Bowbazar area, the Buddha Dharmankur Sabha houses a small school inside the premises of the monastery where polling will be held on May 12.

Suspects name crops up in IED haul case

November 06, 2013 12:24 am

Mujibullahs father Mohd Jabir Ansari was detained by police overnight.

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Buddhist monks celebrate Makha Bucha festival in Thailand

February 20, 2019 6:51 am

Magha Puja or Makha Bucha, as it is known in Thailand, is celebrated on the full moon of the third lunar month. This year it falls on February 19

Dalai Lama meets Buddhist monks for dialogue on Vinaya

March 19, 2015 6:09 pm

Sri Lankan and Nalanda monks met on Tuesday for a dialogue on Vinaya.

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Buddhist monks celebrate life of 16th Karmapa in Bodh Gaya

February 15, 2016 2:43 pm

Bodh Gaya, Feb 15 (ANI): Thousands of Buddhist monks and devotees in Bihar offered prayers in remembrance of the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje. The 16th Karmapa was recognised for his incomparable merit, splendor and spreading Buddhism across the world. Devotees and monks gathered in the Mahabodhi temple in the state's Gaya city and witnessed the unveiling of the collected works of the 16th Karmapa. The 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje presided over the function. He was also joined by senior monk Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang. Chering said that Chetsang in his speech called for unity among all Buddhist sects. Around a million pilgrims and tourists visit Bodh Gaya every year to see the Mahabodhi Temple and also the tree under which Lord Buddha attained enlightenment after going through hardships for six years in the foothills of Dhungeshwari mountain.The Dalai Lama, who took exile in India in 1959 after a failed uprising against the Chinese rule in Tibet, has been pressing for greater autonomy for Tibet within China through a dialogue with Beijing. China has ruled Tibet with an iron fist since the country took over the region in 1950. Beijing regards the Dalai Lama as a dangerous separatist who wants an independent Tibet.