{
  "id": 2066268,
  "title": "House divided over BASL briefing for MPs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/house-divided-over-basl-briefing-for-mps",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T00:05:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/house-divided-over-basl-briefing-for-mps/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "by Saman Indrajith A procedural dispute erupted in Parliament yesterday over a proposed meeting between representatives of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) and Members of Parliament, with Leader of the House Bimal Ratnayake rejecting a request by Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa to facilitate the participation of all 225 MPs. Premadasa told […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}