{
  "id": 2283366,
  "title": "Government has declared 21, 22 and 23 August 2026 as national days of mourning",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/government-has-declared-21-22-and-23-august-2026-as-national-days-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T03:01:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/government-has-declared-21-22-and-23-august-2026-as-national-days-of-mourning/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Director Genaral of the Department of Government Information in a statement says that the Government has declared 21, 22 and 23 August 2026 as National Days of Mourning in honour of the late esteemed musician, Dr. Nanda Malani. Further details in this regard will be announced shortly by the Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}