A great Buddhist monk honoured

A felicitation ceremony is scheduled to be held with great reverence tomorrow (May 3) at 2:30 p.m. at the BMICH to honour Most Ven. Dr. Pallegama Hemarathana Nayaka Thera, Chief Sanghanayaka of Nuwara Kalaviya and Atamasthanadhipathi, who has received an …

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While analyzing an 18th-century Austrian mummy, researchers discovered that the man died from tuberculosis and was preserved in a very unusual way: with wood chips, twigs and fabric packed into his abdomen through his anus. The mummified body was located …

Baldur's Gate 3 is done with updates, but it's still getting hotfixes - a new one says "it's only fair" drunk monk kills ...

Baldur's Gate 3 might not be getting any major new updates - Patch 8 was sadly its last - but Larian Studios is still committed to releasing hotfixes for its darling RPG. In fact, a brand new one makes tentacled folks more photogenic, goblins more …

Bangladesh court grants bail to outspoken Hindu monk

A Bangladesh court on April 30 granted bail to an outspoken monk leading a movement for the protection of Hindus in the Muslim-majority nation, but he remains in custody pending a possible appeal. Chinmoy Krishna Das was granted bail by Dhaka's High …

Indestructible heart of monk who self-immolated in South Việt Nam on public display

The Wandering Souls of Caspar David Friedrich

The German artist’s landscape paintings tried to capture the sublimity of a world that has vanished. Ad Policy Woman Before the Rising or Setting Sun, ca. 1818–24.(Courtesy of Museum Folkwang Essen / ARTOTHEK) Surely you have seen him. He’s a sturdy …

The power of dialogue: Joplin Interfaith Coalition's second panel discussion

On Saturday, the Joplin Interfaith Coalition hosted a panel discussion with representatives from faith-based organizations. This is the coalition's second panel this year. Saturday's theme was charity and how to give. Representatives from five …

‘Acting PM’ should take care of border, not divide people: Mamata in Murshidabad

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked India’s “acting-Prime Minister” to take care of the country’s international borders, instead of dividing people, without specifying whom she was referring to. West Bengal chief minister …

What is Santhara, the Jain ritual of 'fast unto death' that claimed life of 3-year-old in MP?

A row broke out after a three-year-old girl with a brain tumour died shortly after her parents made her observe a Jain fasting ritual in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore. The girl, Viyana Jain, was their only child. Her parents said she passed away on March 21. She …

Seniors deserve better than Jay Shetty

The following is an open letter and reflects the authors’ views alone. For information on how to submit a piece to the Opinion section, click here.  We are writing to express our strong disapproval of the selection of Jay Shetty as the 2025 Class Day …