(2002 est. district pop. 356,000; est. city pop. 82,600). Since the British seized the island of Sri Lanka in 1796, Trincomalee has been the main city and center of the district of the same name. It is located in the north of the Batticaloa District of...

Trincomalee District. The Koneswaram Temple. Trincomalee. Trincomalee District Map Trincomalee (Tamil: திருகோணமலை (Thirukonamalai, hist: Sirigonakanda); Sinhala: තිරිකුණාමළය (Thirikunamalaya)) is a district, a...

Sixty four combatants have been killed in the latest clashes between the government soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels in eastern Sri Lanka, military said on Monday.An officer at the government's Media Center for National Security said 24 soldiers were killed and 69 wounded in Sunday's...

Two roadside bombs exploded in northern Sri Lanka's Jaffna town Tuesday, killing a government soldier and three civilians, officials said. At least 25 others were wounded.Military spokesman Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe blamed the Tamil Tiger rebels for the blasts that appeared targeted at military patrols.One of...

A daylong artillery exchange Saturday between Sri Lanka's military and Tamil Tiger guerrillas in the island's east drove thousands of Sinhalese from their villages, an official said.Rebels said 30 soldiers died in the clashes; the military said only two troops had been killed. Both sides...

Sri Lankan ground troops, backed by artillery, captured three Tamil Tiger bases in the northeast in a major military operation that began Thursday and ended Friday morning, the Defense Ministry said."We have forced the terrorists to flee from the these three bases," military spokesman Brig....