Cocaine user-politico’s plan goes haywire!

Ranjan’s latest move to expose Diyawanna members hooked on cocaine has set a poser to some upcountry estate sector politicos.

His transfer order countermanded!

The main character of this story is the head of a key establishment tasked with spinning money for the cash-strapped government.

Cussedness of a private secretary!

A private secretary to a Diyawanna politico at the state level who had been so cussed as to cancel a holiday bungalow reservation made by a minor employee of the august assembly had got an earful from the purohita and the other minor employees.

Night Bazaar creates a traffic bottleneck!

A night bazaar being held at a street in the upcountry sacred city is said to be creating a veritable traffic bottleneck causing much inconvenience to road users, they say.

She has become an Amazon!

A report from a remote area tells about a female school teacher who has become a nuisance to the other teachers on the staff by behaving like a typical goon.

“Get ready to go home!”

A very high political authority had recently given a uniformed one of the highest rank a dressing down over a double -murder in the South attributed to some khaki ones.

Lamentation of a despondent one!

A Diyawanna politico at state level hailing from Wayamba had during a pilgrimage to a sacred city called on two prominent religious dignitaries and poured out his heart feelings over being denied a place in the top team.

Filling of paddies proceeds regardless!

A paddyland in a ‘gantota’ area about two acres in extent is being filled by a politico for putting up commercial buildings in defiance of the well- known ban.

He was more interested in watching the match!

A high-powered delegation from an oil-rich West-Asian country was on an official visit here quite recently. Apart from being a major aid-giver to us, this country has provided employment to several thousands of our people.

Some hopefuls were inconsolable!

Stories doing rounds in political circles say that the recent governor appointments had left more than a dozen hopefuls broken-hearted. Among the disap

Queues at kovils lengthen as polls draw closer!

Politicos usually remember the power of gods when the election fever begins heightening.

He readily found a scapegoat!

The Western Province steering committee meeting of the Grama-shakti programme, a brainchild of Number One was held recently. At this meeting, Number One had been told that the provincial chief had d

He is on the warpath!

The swarthy one once shorn of power has not only been brought back to power but has also been offered power as his subject. He is said to be telling all and sundry that the credit for his comeback should go to none, but the Number One himself.

He was booed off the place!

The Number One who triggered an unprecedented crisis in the country by suddenly taking up an aggressive posture later refused to appoint Blues who-turned Green to high political office. When Number One put his foot down on the matter, the Green leader offered monitoring jobs as a sop to all the turncoats.

They can just smell his presence!

The staffers at the august assembly have made it a practice to sniff the air to ascertain whether a certain senior politico has arrived in or not.

Organizer post goes a-begging!

A chief organizer post at electorate level of a main political party has gone a-begging with practically all eligible local politicos of the party to whom it was offered, declining it.

Getting a warning instead of thanks!

A purohita at state level who had an ailment in a foot had undergone herbal massage therapy at the Diyawanna Pancha Karma Treatment centre.

They were trapped in lift-car for 45 minutes!

Twelve Diyawanna members getting trapped inside an elevator cage at the august assembly for 15 minutes made newspaper headlines the other day.

Going populist all the way!

Given the big poll around the corner, a move is afoot to launch a grand roadshow to promote the image of a prominent political character.

He gets ousted while planning his rival’s ouster!

The long-standing feud between the Meepura’s Green party organizer and his Pohottuwa counterpart Nirmala has taken a new twist, they say.

‘They have forgotten that we are still in the opposition!’

Two young minor party leaders who have become prominent mouthpieces of the JO are becoming increasingly unpopular among some Pohottuwa front-liners, they say.

He now sees good in his rival party leader!

There is a Swami who has won a high place among the city elite. A green party high-up, this Swami holds key positions in the kovils in the city. A member of the top team in Yahapalanaya, he lost his portfolio with the collapse of the national unity regime.

He is gagged by order from above!

There is a keen contest on between the ‘kapati-suit’ clan and the khaki suit clan to claim the credit for the successful raid by the Dubai Police on the Madush-led underworld heroin gang.

Invoking the god’s curse on informant!

Interesting stories woven around heroin kingpin Madush recently arrested in Dubai are galore these days.

Muhammad goes to the mountain!

A khaki bigwig had sought a meeting with a strongman of a political family, a member of which is widely expected to come forward as a candidate at the upcoming big poll. But this request had been brusquely turned down, they say.  

The costly hoarding ends up in pieces!

A large hoarding put up to serve a tourism promotion purpose opposite a park in the city had been pulled down and cut into pieces, they say.  

Guilty conscience puts him on the defensive!

A prominent politico who is believed to have had close ties with a notorious character much talked about in the country these days, is said to be spending much of his time phoning up his political buddies to protest his innocence.   

Name-dropping didn’t work!

A central province white collar high-up had shown the door to a leading businessman from Galewela, who had called on him to seek approval for constructing a holiday resort on a lake embankment close to a highly venerated Buddhist Shrine.   

Seeking high office, no matter at what cost!

Ambitious Krishna from the upcountry estate sector, who failed to get a place in the top team like his colleagues Mano and Diga, is said to be downhearted these days.

They are to go again Customs-style?

The removal of the Customs chief under suspicious circumstances created a sensation in the country recently.