Sri Lanka

Iran plane leaves India with sailors, bodies as Indian ships win Hormuz reprieve

Medical personnel and Sri Lanka Navy sailors provide emergency treatment to an injured Iranian crew member rescued after responding to a distress call from the Iranian military ship, IRIS Dena, while at sea within Sri Lanka’s maritime search and rescue region, in Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, March 4, 2026. Sri Lanka Navy/Handout via REUTERS

Sri Lanka to repatriate remains of 84 Iranian sailors killed in US attack on frigate

Sri Lanka Navy personnel assist Iranian sailors during a rescue operation after responding to a distress call from their vessel, the IRIS Dena.

Sri Lanka court orders 84 Iranian sailors’ bodies be handed to Iran embassy, local media says

Sri Lanka Navy personnel assist Iranian sailors during a rescue operation after responding to a distress call from their vessel, the Iranian military ship, IRIS Dena, while at sea within Sri Lanka’s maritime search and rescue region, in Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, March 4, 2026. Sri Lanka Navy/Handout via REUTERS

Afghanistan-SL series in UAE postponed amid Middle East crisis

Sri Lanka name Kirsten as head coach with 2027 World Cup in focus

Sri Lanka hospital releases 22 rescued from torpedoed Iranian vessel

The rescued Iranian sailors are being treated at the Karapitiya hospital in the southern city of Galle on March 7.

India let Iran warship dock the day US sank another off Sri Lanka, officials say

The Lavan docked at India’s southern port of Kochi on March 4 after an urgent request from Tehran, an Indian government source said.

US pressing Sri Lanka not to repatriate Iranian crew and survivors from sunken ship, memo says

Sri Lanka Navy personnel assist Iranian sailors during a rescue operation after responding to a distress call from their vessel, the Iranian military ship, IRIS Dena, while at sea within Sri Lanka’s maritime search and rescue region, in Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, March 4, 2026. Sri Lanka Navy/Handout via REUTERS

Sri Lanka moving 208 rescued Iranian ship crew to naval camp, sources say

A Sri Lankan Navy tug boat and naval vessels approach an Iranian vessel during a rescue operation, a day after the crew of a distressed Iranian military ship, IRIS Dena were assisted in waters south of Sri Lanka, off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka March 5, 2026. Sri Lanka Navy/Handout via REUTERS

Married couple charged after claiming to be snatch theft victims to evade Customs tax in Sri Lanka

On March 6, Hewa Sahabanduge Waruna Kanishka, 30 and his wife, Jayasekara Gamlath Ralalage Yehelichathurika, 29, were charged in the State Courts.

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