We also have plans to enhance tourism from Verugal to Arugam Bay. The Batticaloa Fort is set to be developed for tourism by the Department of Archaeology, and a quality hotel will be established in ...

It was one of Batticaloa's blackest days. When the citizens of Batticaloa went to sleep on November 22, 1978, little did they know they would, in a matter of hours, be facing the worst cyclone that ...

The sole exception was Batticaloa, where the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), the largest Tamil party, won three of the five seats while NPP and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) won one each.