A long way off. As i travelled across the Island Nation from the coastal Fishing Towns to vibrant tourist hubs and central farmlands, i saw how the harsh economic realities have forced sri lankans to make tough choices. These are their stories. You like going to the sea . Yes, i like this. First, the shortages and then, a cut in the Government Subsidy has meant fuel is three times more expensive than last year, raising the risks forfishermen. Theres no guarantee they can cover expenses on every fishing trip. More than 250km south on the islands coast in arugam bay, The Tide Is Turning for some. Tourism is riding the first waves of recovery. In this town on the eastern coast of sri lanka, the peak of the economic crisis coincided with their main tourist season, hitting local businesses hard, and this Surfing Destination is still picking up the pieces. I started surf school a long time ago, so therefore, i had some savings, so, i put my whole savings to i had a dream that i want to set u
More than 50 people have been detained in pakistan for protesting against ex Prime Minister imran khans three Year Prison Sentence for corruption. Now on bbc News Sri Lanka aftermath of a crisis. On the surface, it seems calm has returned to sri lanka. This Seaside Expanse in colombo that was the site for months long protest is now bustling with locals and tourists enjoying a day out. Long queues have gone, food and medicine shortages have eased, and the government is making tough choices to get the economy back on track. But the Real Recovery in the lives of average sri lankans is still a long way off. As i travelled across the Island Nation from the coastal Fishing Towns to vibrant tourist hubs and central farmlands, i saw how the harsh economic realities have forced sri lankans to make tough choices. These are their stories. You like going to the sea . Yes, i like this. First the shortages and then a cut in the Government Subsidy has meant fuel is three times more expensive than las
In the lives of average sri lankans is still a long way off. As i travelled across the Island Nation from the coastal Fishing Towns to vibrant tourist hubs and central farmlands, i saw how the harsh economic realities have forced sri lankans to make tough choices. These are their stories. You like going to the sea . Yes, i like this. First the shortages and then a cut in the Government Subsidy has meant fuel is three times more expensive than last year, raising the risks for fishermen. Theres no guarantee they can cover expenses on every fishing trip. More than 250km south on the islands coast in arugam bay, The Tide Is Turning for some. Tourism is riding the first waves of recovery. In this town on the eastern coast of sri lanka, the peak of the economic crisis coincided with their main tourist season, hitting local businesses hard, and this Surfing Destination is still picking up the pieces. I started surf school a long time ago, so therefore i had some savings. So i put my whole sav
there are a lot of concerns, and rightfully so. i myself expressed certain concerns on that. the international community express. 0ur civil society, like bar association, express. but we have taken all this into consideration and trying to accommodate all those concerns, drawing the right balance between the national security and the freedom of expression, and try to get in line with international standard. there were certain allegations raised against the previous government, headed and led by gotabaya rajapaksa and his family, on corruption. has there been any set of investigations that the government, this new government, has started on those allegations? i think they should do investigations. that power is vested with the attorney general, with the bribery commission, with the police. they must be given an independent task to go ahead and do it. it s a matter based on the evidence before them, for them to do it. merely because of somebody shouting, go and investigate.
the president s office. they killed one of our colleagues in the parliament, just on the street. so what is the threshold you are talking about? a huge difference between what was taking place one year ago, i understand that. 13 hours of power cut. five days of queue for your fuel. two months of queue for your gas. skyrocketing price of prices. no fertiliser, no medicine. but then we have brought that in and now you need to have a little bit of breathing space, tourists to come, foreign currencies to come, investors to come. so if you re violating that with a very narrow political sense, i don t think that s in national interest. that s in their own self interest. you are coming up with a new anti terror law. what is the status of the reformed, the amended version coming in? there are a lot of concerns, and rightfully so. i myself expressed certain concerns on that. the international community express.