After months of heavy fighting, the Sri Lankan military announced on Friday the capture of the northern town of Kilinochchi, the administrative headquarters of the separatist Liberation Tigers of ...

Locals reject the return of the LTTE, drought and unemployment their main concerns - Army determined to keep hard-won trust in east Once a bustling farming village, the northern town of Kilinochchi ...

The drying up of the Iranamadu tank, the primary source of water for Kilinochchi district, signalled an imminent crisis to farmers, who are now grappling with a crop failure. Prior to that ...

Over 160 cows in Kilinochchi have died in the early hours of yesterday (09) due to the cold weather, residents of the area claim.About 165 milch cows and their calves had died due to the weather, they ...

Workers of the MAS Holdings-owned Vaanavil and Vidiyal garment factories in Kilinochchi in northern Sri Lanka are working without social distancing or adequate health facilities to protect ...

A three-member fact-finding committee is investigating whether negligent provincial irrigation officials contributed towards the destructive floods that caused havoc in the Kilinochchi District last ...

A part of the bygone Jaffna Kingdom, Kilinochchi augments Sri Lanka’s rich Tamil culture. It is home to colourful Kovils carved with deities of various miracles and myths, dedicated to Hindu gods.

Two sea cucumber farms, managed by a Chinese company in Kilinochchi, recommenced its operations after fishermen’s associations in Jaffna and Kilinochchi said that they no longer opposed the farms. The ...