Yet another duo to quit the party?

Two Green party members, one of them a onetime leading willow wielder hailing from a well- known political family close to Colombo and the other a ‘nayake’ from the upcountry told a media briefing the other day that they had decided not to play an active and responsible role in the party in future.

Two wrongs do not make a right!

There is a purohita hailing from the Colombo district who publicly criticized certain affairs of the government the other day.

A low act of a high-up!

There is a khaki high-up of a star rank, who is said to be misappropriating packs of dry provisions meant for the subordinates undergoing quarantine.

Now they are shown the door!

A senior political authority has declared his residence out of bounds for a large group of young men and girls in his area whom he had engaged in his propaganda work in the run-up to the general polls.

New occupant, a nuisance to the apartment dwellers!

There is an apartment block in the Bambalapitiya area where high-ups of the regime have been provided with accommodation.

They prefer to remain virtual refugees in a foreign land!

People usually seek refugee status in a foreign country when they get displaced from their home country. Meanwhile, it appears that there are also some people who become refugees in a foreign land of their own free will.

Corrupt corporation head about to get just deserts? 

There is a State Corporation handling the task of producing an essential commodity for the kitchen.

Do they have an axe to grind?

Two politicos have reportedly taken over the task of championing the cause of the actor-buddy recently consigned to the State lodge.

Are they on a new agenda? Are they on a new agenda?

A few Green front-liners have reportedly been making overtures to the current regime for some time. Some of these adventurers had been even overlooked when electing the office-bearers to the party recently. 

Wheeler-dealer active again?

A roly-poly politico, who was recently elected to a high post in the Green party, is said to have been seen hanging around the residence of a close relative of Number Two of the current regime.

Wielding the political clout!

This acolyte of a young prominent politico has made it a practice to give orders to a high female Administrative Officer in the Education Service regarding teacher transfers.

A new job for those burdened with security matters!

A bigwig in administration has reportedly entrusted the responsibility of looking into the grievances of the dairy farmers to a category of personnel, who are already burdened with the tasks like ensuring the national security and that of the VIPs.

A forest reserve destroyed by illegal loggers!

A buddy of a leading politico is said to be behind the Illegal logging being carried out in a forest department reserve over 50 acres in extent located in a catchment area of a large reservoir.

A worse replacement?

The politico holding the highest position in a city in the North of the capital of the upcountry has put up a mansion on land he had acquired by illegal means.

He is waiting for the green signal!

This Green party stalwart who stepped down from a top position in the party some time ago, has been offered a lower rank position following the party reorganization, they say.

He may give up his portfolio!

A top team member of the national list origin who was among the first few people to join the current government has reportedly got sick of the portfolio he is holding.

Their marriage ended in divorce!

This 28-year-old housewife, on hearing that her husband, a security officer on duty at a far away place, had been admitted to hospital with a sudden illness, set out to visit him carrying her five month-infant together with a friendly lady from the neighbourhood who volunteered to accompany her.

Funny Stories Telltale identity card put paid to their friendship!

This young couple were living happily with their two children in a village in Rajarata. The husband is a teacher, used to give tuition to children in their homes in the evenings to supplement his meagre salary.

Collecting kickbacks using political clout!

Several henchmen of a prominent political authority are reportedly collecting kickbacks from shop owners of a historic city.

‘Police Kottu’, a new variety of cheaper Kottu!

Kottu Roti is a popular food item served in hotels and restaurants.

Hubble-bubble over bio-secure bubble for Ukrainians

The former envoy’s pilot project of facilitating the tourist arrivals from Ukraine, which had been initially planned in consultation with the top team member in charge of the subject, has now run into the fire from various quarters.

Political prediction triggers a search for the next Big Boss!

It is true that people do not set many stores by political predictions made by astrologers. Nevertheless, some predictions they make often become hot talking points.

Politico to turn hotelier!

A former Diyawanna member, a chief provincial purohita and a provincial governing one, this politico failed to make it to Diyawanna at the last general polls.

Was the coronavirus only an excuse for postponement?

Government authorities fixed a date for electing a Basnayake Nilame for a highly popular Devalaya in the deep South on the request of the political chief of the province.

Is his animus mere sham?

The Blue party’s secretarial one has now begun taking swipes at Pohottuwa.

Greed caused him grief!

This hanger-on posing as a loyal supporter of a high political authority had got an idea to make a fortune in double-quick time when he got privy to a top- level decision to levy a new tax on cigarettes leading to a price hike.

Funeral affair turned into a windfall!

A funeral affair that could have been carried out at the cost of Rs. 1.6 million had cost the public exchequer Rs.3.2 million when a crony of a high political authority had intervened and taken over the responsibility for handling the entire affair, they say.

Hoarding the cure for family use!

Newspaper stories are galore these days about gullible people making a frenzied effort to obtain a quack cure for the coronavirus produced by a witch doctor.

A successor worse than predecessor?

The official vehicle of a head of the administrative body of a city north of the upcountry capital is being used to transport his wife, a teacher, to her school located 40 kilometers away.

A typical spoilsport!

A person in his eighties now appointed as the head of a state-owned undertaking to look after an area considered as an agricultural heartland is said to have been found to be just a nonentity who is hardly capable of carrying the responsibilities of his high office.