Sri Lankan navy ships have rescued 138 Bangladeshi and Myanmar nationals from a sinking fishing boat in an operation lasting about 20 hours.
Fishermen alerted the navy after spotting the boat adrift about 80km off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka.
Three ships were deployed. One person was dead and many others were being treated for dehydration. They were brought ashore at Oluvil, a fishing port.
Sri Lanka has recently increased naval patrols to intercept migrant boats.
The BBC reports 14 people in the group rescued on Sunday are reportedly from Myanmar, with the rest from Bangladesh.
A navy spokespersons says the boat had been adrift for 10 days but it was unclear where those on board started their journey from, or what their destination was.
