14 Bangladeshi fishermen rescued by Navy
They were found in midsea drifting in a fishing vessel in rough weather and rescued by the Sri Lanka Navy. They are now warded at the Trincomalee general hospital.

Bangaladesh High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Yakub Ali accompanied by his defence Adviser Commodore Nurul Amin Chowdhry Thursday visited the Bangladeshi fishermen at the Trincomalee general hospital and handed over clothes and other essential materials for their use.

According to the rescued Bangladeshi fishermen, 26 fishermen had left in two boats on November 28 from Bangladesh and one boat capsized in midsea and twelve of them died due to lack of water and food and their bodies were thrown into the sea.

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