The months of November and December of 1957 were marked by torrential rains in the Batticaloa District, leading to the biggest flood of the century. While the rain was building up, I received an ...

In Iyankarni, a village in the Eastern Province, the civil war destroyed lives and relations between Muslims and Tamils. Now, thanks to an organic farming project promoted by Caritas Batticaloa, the ...

Tension and uncertainty prevailed in Batticaloa yesterday, three days after a deadly suicide blast in the Zion Church on Easter Sunday claimed the lives of 29 persons, including 14 children, prompting ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 15 (UNHCR) - The government has launched a programme to return tens of thousands of displaced people to their homes in an area of eastern Sri Lanka that was under rebel control ...

Batticaloa, Sri Lanka – The blast rocked the Protestant Zion Church just before Easter mass was to begin. Some survivors said they thought the church’s generator had caught fire and exploded. It was ...

Dairy farmers have been protesting for 74 days against a group of Sinhala outsiders who have seized their land by force. A court ruling in the dairy farmers’ favour is still not being enforced. “These ...

The people of Batticaloa had learnt to live with a mix of religions and people. On the Christian side were the Jesuit Fathers hard at work training the Tamil boys in English and technology; woodwork ...

The eastern coastal town of Batticaloa has become the main battlefield between forces loyal to LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and those who still continue to ...

Few except some marine archaeologists and professional divers know that there is a historic object at the bottom of the sea just 5 miles off Batticaloa in Eastern Sri Lanka. HT Image HMS Hermes (95), ...

Situated in the central part of the Eastern Province covering a land area of approximately 2633.1 square kilometers and 299 square kilometers of internal waterways, Batticaloadistrict is strategically ...