Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- More than 150 people - including three Bangladeshi nationals - have been rescued in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah.
Joint operations by the Sri Lankan Air Force and Indian Air Force are still underway.Working in coordination with the Sri Lankan Air Force, Chetak helicopters from INS Vikrant and MI-17 helicopters of the Indian Air Force carried out extensive rescue missions, airlifting stranded individuals such as pregnant women, infants, and critically injured people.
Those rescued include citizens of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Germany, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Poland, Belarus, Iran, Australia, and Pakistan.
"Three of them are Bangladeshi nationals," a senior official told journalists ...