'The crew noticed crucial situation of the sinking boat and received signs for help,' the National Iranian Tanker Company website quoted 'Stream' tanker's Captain Mahmoud Baghestani as saying.
Pic courtesy Islamic Republic News agency
Rescue operation took five hours due to torrential rains.
He said the fishermen are in safe and sound situation and will be delivered to the related officials in Chabahar Port on Wednesday December 6.
Captain Baghestani said according to the rescued fishermen they were wandering for 2-3 days in the ocean.
Sri Lankan embassy official in Tehran attended NITC headquarters here and contacted five Sri Lankan citizens in Stream Oil Tanker and received their identity and necessary information.
Oil tanker 'Stream' is one of the biggest world oil tankers with 333 meters length, 60 meters width, 30.5 altitude and 317,000 tons capacity
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
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