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Colombo, March 14 Sri Lanka has repatriated the remains of 84 Iranian sailors who were killed when their frigate was sunk by a US submarine, an official said.Last week on Wednesday, Sri Lanka said it had recovered 84 bodies of Iranian sailors after the US submarine attack sank the Iranian...

Colombo, March 13 Sri Lanka handed over the bodies of 45 sailors killed in an attack on an Iranian warship off the country's coast to Iran's embassy on Friday, officials said.Chief Magistrate Sameera Dodangoda issued the order on March 11 to the Director of the National Hospital at Karapitiya...

Colombo, March 8 Sri Lanka will grant free one-month visas to a group rescued from Iranian vessels, allowing them to remain in Sri Lanka under humanitarian protection, a senior minister said on Sunday.Speaking on the matter, Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala said similar decisions...

Colombo, March 8 At least 22 Iranian sailors from the IRIS Dena, the Iranian ship that was torpedoed by the US, have been discharged, hospital authorities said on Sunday.“They were transported by ambulance to the Sri Lanka Air Force facility at Koggala, outside Galle, under heavy security,”...

Colombo, March 7 Sri Lanka will repatriate the bodies of the Iranian sailors who were killed on the IRIS Dena, the first Iranian ship that was torpedoed by the US, the Deputy Defence Minister said on Saturday.Sri Lanka said on Wednesday that it had recovered 84 bodies of Iranian sailors after...

New Delhi, March 7 – The route from Nepal to Sri Lanka via India, used for smuggling drugs, has come under the scrutiny of law enforcement agencies. This route, which had been relatively quiet, has once again become active and is being used to smuggle hashish oil and charas.A multi-state...

Colombo, March 6 The post-mortem examination on the bodies of Iranian sailors recovered from the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena has been completed, hospital sources said on Friday.Sri Lanka said on Wednesday that it had recovered the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors after the US submarine attack sank...

March 06, New Delhi: The Sri Lankan Navy had earlier disembarked 208 crew members from a second Iranian vessel off the island's coast.This development follows a U.S. submarine attack on a first Iranian warship in the same region, which resulted in 87 deaths and several others missing.Anura...

Colombo, March 6 The Sri Lankan Navy said on Friday that 204 out of the 208 Iranian personnel aboard the IRINS Bushehr had been "safely" transferred to the Colombo port, two days after another Iranian frigate was sunk near the island nation.Four sailors remain on the ship, which had...

Colombo, March 5 Sri Lanka on Thursday allowed a second Iranian ship to dock at the eastern port of Trincomalee and evacuated all 208 personnel on board, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said, a day after another Iranian frigate was sunk near the island nation.In a televised address...

New Delhi, March 3 The Indian Navy said on Thursday that it joined the search and rescue operation after receiving a distress call from the Iranian warship IRIS Dena, which sank off the coast of Sri Lanka after being hit by a torpedo fired by a US submarine.The Iranian warship was returning...

New Delhi, March 5 The CPI(M) on Thursday described the sinking of an Iranian warship by the US when it was returning from a multilateral wargame hosted by India, as a "direct attack" on New Delhi's right to hold such exercises and questioned the Indian government's "silence" on the matter.The...

Colombo, March 5 Sri Lanka said on Thursday that it is considering appropriate action after a second Iranian ship has sought entry to its territorial waters, a day after a frigate belonging to the Islamic country was attacked near the island nation.However, no decision was announced by 6 pm...

Colombo, March 5 Sri Lanka said on Thursday that it is considering appropriate action after a second Iranian ship has sought entry to its territorial waters, a day after a frigate belonging to the Islamic country was attacked near the island nation.Sri Lanka said on Wednesday that it had...

Colombo, March 4 Sri Lankan authorities said on Wednesday that they had recovered about 80 bodies of Iranian sailors who were killed after a US submarine attack that sank an Iranian naval ship off the island's southern coast.Sri Lanka had earlier said its Navy rescued 32 Iranian sailors from...

Colombo, March 4 Sri Lanka said on Wednesday that its Navy rescued 32 Iranian sailors from a naval ship that sank off the southern coast, while several bodies were recovered from the site.Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told Parliament that an emergency message was received by the Sri Lanka...

Colombo, March 4 The Sri Lankan Navy said on Wednesday that it rescued 32 Iranian sailors from a sinking Iranian naval ship off the southern coast, while several bodies were recovered from the site.Navy spokesperson Commander Buddhika Sampath told reporters that several bodies were also found...

Colombo, March 4 Sri Lanka has rescued at least 30 Iranian sailors from a distressed Iranian frigate in the southern waters of the island nation early Wednesday, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said.In response to a question raised in parliament, Herath said, “At 5.08 this morning, a message...