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.

Throughout July, August, and September, international aid workers in Batticaloa town reported seeing Karuna cadre with weapons in bags moving openly around the town.

At sites in Chenkalady, north of Batticaloa town, displaced persons told humanitarian workers that the army threatened to beat or kill them if they did not return.

The Batticaloa town itself was virtually deserted, with Muslim establishments being closed, and only a few Tamil shops open for business. A tribute to the precious lives lost on Easter Sunday.

Tamil Tiger rebels say two of their fighters have been killed in an attack by the army and paramilitaries in Batticaloa town in eastern Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan army has denied the allegations ...

Security in and around Batticaloa town was tightened last night with the deployment of additional police and Special Task forces personnel to prevent a possible clash between two communities. Earlier ...

Agrarian Minister S M Chandrasena said that over 200,000 acres of rice paddy has gone under water, and initial assessments by the U.N. have found that over 200 small reservoirs in Batticaloa had ...

A BBC correspondent in the town of Batticaloa says that 5,000 civilians have arrived in the town over the last few days to escape the fighting. In January, troops captured the eastern town of Vakarai ...

By T.L. Jawfarkhan – Batticaloa. People in Batticaloa town lit firecrackers yesterday to express their happiness over the arrest of Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) leader and former ...

BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka, August 27 (UNHCR) - The face of Sasiskaran, a newly popular singer from Trincomalee district in eastern Sri Lanka, shines with happiness. The most extraordinary thing about this ...