Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Constitution and social reformer, embraced Buddhism at Deekshabhoomi in 1956, making it ...

The March 28 earthquake's official death toll stands at 3,645, but it could reach double that. Myanmar's population was ...

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The executions underscore the severe toll Myanmar’s conscription is having on civilians, with many forced to fight at the ...

The only organised rescue work has been undertaken by fighters of the People’s Defence Force (PDF), one of the many militias that have sprung up since ... an 18th century stupa (domed edifice ...

Elsewhere in Myanmar the heavy-duty machines of international aid teams ... Mingun is famous for its vast "unfinished pagoda", the huge stump of an 18th century stupa (domed edifice) intended to be ...

Elsewhere in Myanmar the heavy-duty machines of international ... “unfinished pagoda”, the huge stump of an 18th century stupa (domed edifice) intended to be the biggest in the world.

The Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar is thought to contain between ... with many visitors walking clockwise around the stupa as part of religious practice. The main structure sits on a brick ...

Sanghamitra established an order of nuns in Sri Lanka and her name remains synonymous with the female Buddhist monastic order of Theravada Buddhism, not only in Sri Lanka but also in Burma ...

Myanmar has been locked in civil war with multiple armed opposition groups since a 2021 coup. (File) An armed resistance movement against Myanmar's military-run government criticised the junta on ...