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Colombo, March 11 A Sri Lankan court ordered on Wednesday that the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed in a US attack on an Iranian vessel off the island nation's coast be handed over to Iran's embassy.Currently, the bodies are being kept in two freezer containers at the Galle National...

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...

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...

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...

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...