Southern and Uva provinces and in Ampara and Batticaloa districts during the afternoon or night. The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by ...

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 ...

Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, a former chief minister of the eastern province and later a state minister in the central government, was arrested last night in the eastern district of Batticaloa. His ...

In line with the recent salary hikes for public employees, this year’s budget proposals also include provisions for raising the salaries of private sector employees. Minister of Labour, Nalinda ...

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court has directed the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) to block access to websites and social media accounts that distribute or publish ...

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 upcoming local polls have brought the two together under one banner called ‘Eastern Tamil Alliance’, forcing them to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last Saturday in Batticaloa. Meanwhile ...

Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna/Karuna Ammaan/“Col” Karuna is from Kiran in the Batticaloa district of Sri Lanka’s eastern province. His father Vinayagamoorthy was an agriculturist.

Referring to the media interviews of a few BJP leaders on the matter, including that of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Mr. Stalin said: “And now Hon’ble Yogi Adityanath wants to ...

gold and silver — the 28 beautifully carved idols are ready to be shipped for ‘Sri Kamakshi Ambal Devasthanam’ at Mayilampaveli in Batticaloa district in Sri Lanka. The idols were made at ...

Solar Universe, a 10MW ground-mounted solar power plant in Vavunativu, Batticaloa, was declared open on Tuesday (Oct. 11). Taking to his Twitter handle, Minister of Power & Energy Kanchana Wijesekera ...

A second suspect has reportedly been arrested by police over the killing of two policemen in Vavunathivu, Batticaloa. The suspect, who is said to be a former LTTE intelligence unit member, was ...