a suicide bombing of a Buddhist temple in Batticaloa during celebrations of the Vesak holiday, killing 23 people including many children.
Jaffna, Colombo, Batticaloa, Mannar and Hill country are some of the regions which have developed dramas involving their traditional identity.
The king also had to acknowledge Dutch imperial possessions in Colombo, Matara, Kalpitiya, Galle, Trincomalee, Mannar, and Batticaloa.
Punitha (Neenika) is a 13-year old girl who lives with her parents in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
Lieutenant Colonel William James Parke Hume, C.M.G. was born on 25 January 1866, in Batticaloa, Ceylon.
Batticaloa | Batticaloa District | 1983 Batticaloa Jailbreak |
Most are situated at the major railway yards like Kandy, Anuradhapura, Maho, Galoya, Trincomalee, Batticaloa and depots in Dematagoda and Maradana.
Muralitharan was born in Kiran, a village in the Batticaloa district in eastern Sri Lanka to Vinayagamoorthy, an agriculturist from the Vaisyas Caste (Farming and Business Community).