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This is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. 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 ....
More than 50 people have been detained in pakistan for protesting against ex prime minister imran khan s 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 ....
Posting ten second videos, to show how much damage can be done in that short space of time. thursday the 13th ofjuly marks the first anniversary of when former sri lankan president, gotabaya rajapaksa , fled the country, after months of mass protests against his government s handling of the worst economic crisis to hit the nation. ?since then, the country has received a bailout from the international monetary fund, and a new government has pledged to implement reforms. the crippling shortages in food, fuel and medicines have eased but the activists who led the protests say not much has changed. the bbc s archana shukla reports. a year ago, i was here at the seaside expanse in colombo. and behind me, this area was full of protesters rejoicing the ousting of the then president, gotabaya rajapaksa, who was forced to flee the country. thousands had been camping ....
Much has changed. the bbc s archana shukla reports. a year ago, i was here at the seaside expanse in colombo. and behind me, this area was full of protesters rejoicing the ousting of the then president, gotabaya rajapaksa, who was forced to flee the country. thousands had been camping here for months, protesting the economic mismanagement of the government that led the country into the economic crisis and demanding a regime change. the feeling then was very optimistic. but one year on, many activists say the country didn t get the change it demanded. melanie gunathilaka was one of the protesters camping here last year. what the youth wanted, i think, was accountability and transparency in decision making, and that hasn t happened. so even the decisions that have been taken ....