A departmental vehicle in which an audit officer had been travelling on duty had been damaged when another vehicle rammed it from behind. To his shock and dismay, the officer had later been ordered to pay for the damage caused to the vehicle, they say.
White collar ones attached to a state establishment handling an important function related to facts and figures are being sent in ten-member batches to Malaysia for training when there is a training centre for them located in a gem-rich district, they say.
An incident where a civilian was killed when an official firearm was turned on him triggered a big public outcry in the country recently. When a politico questioned an authority responsible for maintaining law and order about the incident, the latter had replied: “O! That was a minor incident.”
There were three hopefuls in the running for the EP governor at the outset. And of the threesome, the one heading the list was Atha of the old left hailing from the Kegalle district. When it appeared that he was the most likely choice for the coveted post, many yahapalanaya stalwarts had fallen over one another to extend their well wishes to the veteran politico.
A senior purohita in the top team had given a jolt to the heads of financial establishments and other statutory bodies coming under the purview of his Ministry when he exhorted them not to heed any summons from their state purohita adding that there was need for them to call on him regarding any official matter either.
An upcountry political leader who is reportedly highly put out over loss of political authority has been told by astrologers that a Vastu Dosha of the building in which his political office is housed is the cause for the downswing in his political fortunes.
A purohita highly provoked on hearing from a colleague that people are blaming him for allowing his wife to use a Ministry vehicle, is reported to have cursed those making the allegation saying, “There’s no need for my wife to use an official car. I’ve bought her a good vehicle for Rs. 4.5 million!”
A former high political authority recently received an invitation from a friendly South Asian country – to be more specific, our friendly neighbour’s not so friendly neighbour – to deliver a special talk at an event at the country’s defence university.
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