{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_4intd5ttap43rwys4tpa","title":"PM warns Sri Lanka’s waste crisis is a ‘disaster waiting to happen’","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/pm-warns-sri-lankas-waste-crisis-is-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen-4intd5ttap","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_ypgg2kufkvoxt5pkjziq","seq":1051145,"kind":"article","title":"Prime Minister Sounds Alarm Over Sri Lanka's Mounting Waste Crisis","url":"https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/10/01/prime-minister-sounds-alarm-over-sri-lanka-s-mounting-waste-crisis","published":"2026-10-01T03:04:00Z","seen":"2026-10-01T04:21:30Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"lankanewspapers.com","name":"lankanewspapers.com","domain":"lankanewspapers.com"},"via":"gdelt-gkg-english","topics":["economy","health","politics","environment"],"authors":["Lanka Newspapers"],"entities":[{"id":"Q854","name":"Sri Lanka","type":"place"}],"story":"st_4intd5ttap43rwys4tpa","category":"environment","category_p":0.25,"category2":"politics","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.8700000047683716,"political":0.6700000166893005},{"id":"n_4intd5ttap43rwys4tpa","seq":1025049,"kind":"article","title":"PM warns Sri Lanka’s waste crisis is a ‘disaster waiting to happen’","url":"http://island.lk/pm-warns-sri-lankas-waste-crisis-is-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen","summary":"By Ifham Nizam Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya warned that Sri Lanka’s worsening waste-management crisis, particularly the uncontrolled accumulation of plastic waste and poorly managed landfills, was a “disaster waiting to happen”, urging scientists, researchers and policymakers to help the government find practical solutions before the problem reaches a critical point. Addressing the launching of […]","published":"2026-09-30T23:59:05Z","seen":"2026-10-01T00:25:02Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-island-lk-63b2e8","name":"island.lk","domain":"island.lk","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7742673","name":"The Island","type":"newspaper","country":"LK","designations":["daily newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-island-lk-63b2e8","topics":["asia","business"],"authors":["Sahan Weerasooriya"],"entities":[{"id":"Q854","name":"Sri Lanka","type":"place"}],"story":"st_4intd5ttap43rwys4tpa","category":"politics","category_p":0.33000001311302185,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.7599999904632568,"political":0.7200000286102295}]}