{
  "id": 453889,
  "title": "Sri Lanka arrests Rajapaksa party chief over alleged death threat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/sri-lanka-arrests-rajapaksa-party-chief-over-alleged-death-threat-453889",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-10T07:49:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40434111/sri-lanka-arrests-rajapaksa-party-chief-over-alleged-death-threat"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police arrested a party leader of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday for allegedly issuing a death threat against the police chief, officers said. Sagara Kariyawasam, the General-Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Party (SLPP), was taken into custody, the latest in a list of associates of relatives of the once-untouchable Rajapaksa political dynasty to be arrested.…",
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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."
}