The Batticaloa District has emerged as the second-highest leprosy-affected district in Sri Lanka, with 140 new cases recorded last month. About 700 patients attend clinics a month, according to ...
It was one of Batticaloa's blackest days. When the citizens of Batticaloa went to sleep on November 22, 1978, little did they know they would, in a matter of hours, be facing the worst cyclone that ...