A question that begs an answer!

There is a fund founded by a great leader of yesteryear for the wellbeing of the employees of the private sector. This fund that has been getting fatter and fatter over the years, is a great treasure trove today.

They seek insurance for their future!

Several persons who were recently elevated to the office of governing ones are having long faces these days, they say.

Being Judged by the company he keeps!

A politico, an avowed critic of Western imperialists, who has made it a practice to make a big noise from political platforms about the international conspiracies against our country, hosted a group of political buddies to a grand party at his residence in the city outskirts on the eve of the recent National Day.

An ungentlemanly exchange over the gentlemen’s game!

As the big fight in the gentlemen’s game is drawing near, interesting episodes are said to be played out.

Meddlesome politicos trying to hinder investigations

The constant undue interference from powerful politicos at national level and their kith and kin has become a big headache to the white-collar high-up appointed to investigate the alleged irregularities of the central provincial ministries.

Rs.4.5 million worth LED board lying idle near public toilet

This LED board indicating the places of tourist interest in the Western Province had been made at a cost of Rs. 4.5 million about one year ago without first identifying a site to put it on display.

He teaches the younger sibling a lesson

A story originating from an area north of the central sacred city says that an elder of a political family had given his ‘stubbornly disobedient’ younger sibling a tongue-lashing in choice filth in the presence of a group of party supporters.

They have none to look up to for justice

This buddy of a personal aide of a very high political authority has cut a road leading to his metal quarry forcibly through some private properties located alongside a long waterway. 

The traditional chief guest not even invited!

A cold war raging between two political bigwigs at provincial level had come out into the open for all to see at a commemorative ceremony held in the upcountry recently. It had been the traditio

Hush-hush about hush money!

Members of a major local body had reportedly been paid Rs. 200,000 each as hush money by the prospective garbage disposal contractor.

Medals for all his favourites!

An awards ceremony held recently to felicitate a certain category of high performers with Number One as the chief guest received wide publicity.

Will their heads roll!

A new governing one created a sensation in political circles recently when he publicly announced that he would personally support Gota, should he come forward as a candidate at the big poll.

A farce to be enacted to conform to a legal requirement!

The national unity government move has taken centre-stage again.

They want both money and to be somebodies too!

Now that the Green party leadership pledged them big money to develop their respective electorates, the party’s backbenchers are said to be in a buoyant mood these days.

They find in him a solicitous mentor!

An important caller from a palace in the city has, of late, become more-or-less a mentor to the Green party’s unhappy backbenchers.

Appointments ended in WPB!

A certain senior purohita decided to appoint hand-picked persons to top positions in several institutions coming directly under the purview of his Ministry.

Started with a bang to end with a whimper!

‘Save the Blue party’ organization founded by a group of Blue party electorate level organizers with a big bang is said to be in splinters now.

Someone had spilt the beans!

The Green party hierarchy picked a young Diyawanna member from the maritime part of the Gampaha District to carry out a peace mission on behalf of the party.

He claimed the highest honour!

An awards ceremony organized on a grand scale by the khaki department was held in the city quite recently.

An unusual case of having the cake and eating it too!

There is a city mayor who has rented out his vehicle for a monthly payment of Rs. 160,000, but he continues to use it himself. A paradox? But we are assured it is true!  

High cash deposit is the deterrent!

This political high-up at the provincial level made a great effort to shift the council to a 13-story building complex. But he has failed so far to open a canteen inside the building complex for the benefit of the staff.  

Pre-training to enter national politics!

A local politico hailing from a Nuwara of Denuwara fame is said to be behaving like a typical thug.  

Planning to do the somersault with a big bang!

The action taken by this politico from an area North of the hill country sacred city to convene a special meeting of the party’s electorate Bala Mandalaya even without informing its Secretary has ruffled the party hierarchy.  

They failed to drive a wedge!

A prominent senior one in the Betel leaf alliance was conspicuous by his absence, at the ceremony held to mark the former strongman assuming duties as the opposition leader.  

They want justice, not honours!

The purohita who is putting up houses for the homeless with a vengeance these days has decided to name three housing schemes now underway after some journalists, who had suffered physical harm at the hands of some unidentified elements, who had obviously taken exception to exposures made by them in print media.  

Personal safety comes first!

The prominent Diyawanna member Thiran who is widely considered the ideologue of the Northern Alliance has begun pressing the Green party for the pound of flesh they have been pledged. 

Angling operation runs into a snag!

 A group of Green backbenchers are said to be going from electorate to electorate these days for angling a different kind of fish – namely Blue party organizers.    

His stint ends, but not his interest !

This foreign envoy had completed his stint in this country and called on the former strongman to say goodbye.  

Now he is seeking green pastures

There is a member of the black-coated tribe who has found political refuge in the Betel Leaf alliance after having sought shelter in several parties for brief spells. He is said to be making overtures to the Green Party these days.  

Mere sound and fury ?

The fact that the former Madam is planning to launch a new political party has become the main talking point in political circles these days.