Davie and three others escaped but Davie was taken as a prisoner to the king along the Paranaganthota road. Governor North and MacDowall made many attempts to secure his release but the king refused.

Veteran Tamil political leader Somasundaram Senathirajah popularly known as “Maavai” Senathirajah breathed his last on 29 ...

Veteran Tamil political leader Somasundaram Senathirajah popularly known as “Maavai” Senathirajah breathed his last on 29 January 2025. The octogenarian six-footer suffered a brain concussion after a ...

And in this instance, the back-to-back records which did the trick were The Platters version of "Harbour Lights," a big hit for them in 1960, followed by Otis Reading's 1968 smash " (Sitting on) the ...

Work on the Jaffna fort started in 1625 and was still continuing in 1637 ... with Colombo Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee and Kandy as the main administration centers. Long before that however, Jaffna was ...

The map below shows the location of Colombo and Trincomalee. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance ...

FORT LIBERTY — The Army is exploring changes to how its dining facilities operate, with Fort Liberty among the first five installations to enact the changes, according to an Army request for ...

Trincomalee Tank Farm will be made use of earning foreign exchange to the country through a joint venture between Sri Lanka and India, Power and Energy Minister Engineer Kumara Jayakody said. He said ...

Welcome to Fort Drum, home of the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), located in northern New York's picturesque North Country! The installation is in the middle of one of the most ...