TEHRAN, July 22 - Sri Lanka says it is considering a plan to settle payments to Iran for previous oil purchases by exporting tea to the country at equivalent values.
TEHRAN, July 16 - The Sri Lanka government this month announced it would execute drug dealers to "replicate the success" of the Philippines war on drugs.
TEHRAN, May 22 - A heatwave has killed 65 people in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi over the past three days, a social welfare organization said on Tuesday, amid fears the death toll could climb as the high temperatures persist.
TEHRAN, April 03 -Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe faces a no- confidence motion on Wednesday that could go down to the wire and lead to political instability in the island nation, even if the government manages to scrape a win.
TEHRAN, March 11 - The UN's political chief on Sunday condemned anti-Muslim violence that has targeted mosques and businesses in Sri Lanka as he wrapped up a three-day visit to the Indian Ocean island-nation.
TEHRAN, February 16 - The Iranian Navy’s 50th naval fleet has docked at the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka as the Islamic Republic seeks to expand its naval presence and boost its power in international waters.
TEHRAN, December 2 - Thousands took to relief camps in Sri Lanka and southern India on Saturday to escape rising floodwaters after a cyclone killed at least 26 people.
TEHRAN, October 1- Police in Sri Lanka have arrested six people as part of a search operation for a mob led by radical Buddhist monks who attacked Rohingya Muslim refugees last week.
TEHRAN, July 26, YJC -The Sri Lankan government has dispatched army servicemen to reinstate the distribution of fuel, which was earlier disrupted as a result of a strike by trade unions.
TEHRAN, July 10, YJC - Radical Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka have vowed to do their best to prevent a government deal with the country’s Tamils on more autonomy for the minority group.
TEHRAN, May 29, YJC - Sri Lanka has deployed thousands of troops to supply aid to nearly half a million people dislodged by the island country's worst flooding for more than a decade, which has so far claimed nearly 180 lives.
TEHRAN, May 29, YJC - Iran extended condolences to Sri Lankan state and nation over the landslide which led to killing and missing of dozens of people.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif reiterated that Iranian companies are ready for investment in Sri Lankan technical and engineering sectors.
COLOMBO, Jan 13, 2015 (AFP) - Pope Francis urged "respect for human rights" in Sri Lanka and called for the "pursuit of truth" after a long civil war as he arrived Tuesday on the island for the first papal visit in two decades.
Sri Lanka on Tuesday accused the UN rights chief of "unwarranted interference" by calling for an international probe into allegations that government forces killed thousands of civilians at the climax of a Tamil civil war.