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Iran seeks repatriation of sailors in Sri Lanka

FILE PHOTO: A Sri Lanka Navy vessel approaches an Iranian Navy vessel IRIS Bushehr (422) 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 THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo REFILE - ADDING THE NAME OF THE IRANIAN VESSEL

Sri Lanka raises fuel prices by 25% as Iran war bites

The president ordered a four-day working week from on March 11 and asked employers to reintroduce work-from-home arrangements where possible..

A public holiday every week? Sri Lankans bemoan enforced day off amid fuel shortages from Iran war

A vendor sitting in his shop at a railway station, after the Sri Lankan government declared a weekly Wednesday holiday for public officials to conserve fuel.

Sri Lanka declined ground access to two US combat aircraft, president says

FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 24, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

Sri Lanka refused ground access to US warplanes: President

Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (front, right) said the request was made to maintain Colombo's neutrality.

Sri Lanka asks electric vehicle owners to unplug at night

Electric cars were adding an extra 300 megawatts of demand at night, straining the grid, said the Sri Lankan President.

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Funding gap stretches wide at the scene of Sri Lanka’s cyclone tragedy

hssrilanka - Landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah toppled buildings and destroyed plantations still left their mark throughout the area, with mounds of upturned soil and broken pieces of concrete seen strewn by the wayside.
ST PHOTO: AZIM AZMAN

Sri Lanka announces four-day work week over fuel shortage fears if war drags on

The Sri Lankan government is also suspending all public ceremonies and asking civil servants to work from home where possible to limit fuel use.

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.

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