Heavy floods due to monsoon rain caused extensive damages and created more IDPs in Vanni during November. The damages caused by the floods as estimated by the District Secretariats are summarized belo...

“On 5th September 1990, by about 6 o’clock in the morning Army men from Kommathurai army camp along with personnel from some other camps as well came in a SLTB bus and entered the premises...

On 11th, the army fired shells and took away 25 persons, including the postmaster and a technical assistant. Some buildings were burnt. Many people fled into the Eravur North. As the army began moving...

Mailanthanai is an isolated village in Mattakalappu (Batticaloa), where paddy cultivators and cattle farmers managed to make a meagre living, surviving at the mercy of the elements. They live in ramsh...

On 12.10.2003, Human remains were found in a pit near the Periyathambiran Temple in Thiraikeni, 57km south of Mattkalappu (Batticaloa) town in the Mattakalappu-Pottuvil road when Thiraikeni residents ...

Siththandy (Cittānti) village is situated 8 Kms north of the Mattakalappu (Batticaloa) town. The village has an ancient and famous Saivaite Koyil (Temple). Worship at Siththandi Murukan Koyil (Temple)...

Pullumalai in Mattakalappu is a region immersed in natural beauty where Eelamtamil people have lived for hundreds of years. Now, it lies barren and lifeless. The remains of the destroyed local school,...