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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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