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 ...

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has taken control of the Batticaloa Municipal Council, with Sivam Pakkiyanathan elected as Mayor today in a vote backed by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB ...

The process began on Monday when the government provided buses to take some 3,000 displaced people back to their homes in West Batticaloa district. The authorities plan to return more than 90,000 ...

Yesterday, (Monday) the Sri Lankan government launched the return of tens of thousands of displaced civilians to West Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka - an area that until recently was under rebel LTTE ...