BBCNEWS Newsday June 4, 2024 00:12:00
Steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. to sri lanka now — where hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting against worsening shortages of fuel, food and medicines. the governor of the central bank has resigned and senior government ministers have stepped down because of the growing economic crisis. problems have been made worse by the collapse of the tourism industry during the pandemic as our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports from colombo. they're calling it sri lanka's arab spring. a mass uprising in a country on the brink of economic collapse. people have had enough of food ...