Mending fences for survival in office

This gabby one, the political head of a province, during the recent local polls, derided a new upcoming political party likening it to a flower bud destined to wither out before it could bloom. However, making a U-turn soon after the polls, he had sought an audience with the leader of the party he had disparaged, they say.

Learning a bitter truth in defeat

The results of the recent local poll had left the former madam in a state of shock, they say.

A poll day comedy

This is a drama that unfolded at a Buddhist temple in a city suburb on the recent local poll day.

Poised for the next somersault

This one is a politico deeply involved in a popular game in our country. 

Was it welcome news for him?

The employees of a state corporation with a large workforce had decided to celebrate the Pohottuwa poll win. 

Fire crackers cracked up his faith

Several Blue heavyweights in the shaky yahapalanaya are set to cross over to the opposition. They are also expected to throw in their lot with the former strongman.

Adjusting to the way the wind is blowing

The former strongman, overjoyed at the poll results, was having a well-earned rest at his official residence when he got a telephone call. 

A real life hero in the making

Believe it or not! There is a purohita who had spent a whopping Rs.150 million to win votes at the recent local poll. 

Gone into hiding following the defeat

This local poll candidate while campaigning bragged that the party leader had promised him the mayoral office. However, he was badly defeated at the polls. He is said to have now gone into hiding as he cannot face the people.

Politico’s buddies invade holiday bungalow

A very high political authority has reportedly put up a mansion adjoining a holiday bungalow of a revenue-generating department of the government. 

She wants to be back in the saddle

This voluptuous one had once occupied the chair of a local body in the upcountry. 

‘Gold chain’ principal pardoned

The woman principal who got a gold chain made to the measurement of her height with the monies collected from school children for offering to a shrine had asked and received pardon from the highest authority of the province, they say.

Mayoral office demanded at gun point

A person elected at the recent local polls had demanded the mayoral office at pistol point from a chief purohita, says a report from the periphery. 

Accuser had to become the accused

A politico at provincial level had to call on a very high political authority to explain why the party lost a majority of wards in the province at the recent polls.

Booze drowned his sorrow, not his anger

A state purohita who campaigned heavily for the party’s candidates in his district at the recent local polls had suffered a shock when all his candidates had lost. He had later drowned his sorrow and frustration in booze. When he had one drink too much his dismay had given way to anger and he had come out of the house in the night and screamed strings of obscenities at his neighbors.

His skeleton in the cupboard

This person is now functioning as the private secretary to a very high political authority. He had obtained an official vehicle worth Rs. 15 million for his use when he was serving as the public relations officer of his present boss when the latter was only a top team member. The vehicle had got damaged in a road accident some time ago when he was using it and he had concealed it without reporting the incident to the authorities, an informed sour

Advances by an old Romeo

A provincial political authority from the central hills recently got a tongue lashing from a female school principal when he made an amorous advance to her, they say.

A cancelled banquet that raised eyebrows!

The royal couple from the former empire and the delegates, from the Dragon’s land and the land of the Rising Sun, who arrived here as distinguished guests for the national day celebrations, were accorded a red carpet welcome.

Laptop dance continues to echo

The laptop dance expected to feature at the national day celebrations had to be dropped at the eleventh hour due to strident protests by teachers and parents, they say.

A gaffe that created an uneasy moment

A high level committee met the other day to finalize the arrangements relating to conducting the funeral of the late Ven. Bellanwila Wimalaratana Anunayake Thera with state honours.

Pulled up for playing a double game

The Big Boss gave a senior Betel leaf purohita a tongue-lashing the other day, they say.

JO to make a ‘stunning expose’

The JO group is said to be planning to make ‘a stunning expose’ about a purohita with his political base in the deep South.

Historical moment saw him fast asleep

The Radical Red party leader made an interesting revelation at an election rally in Rajarata the other day.

84 per cent of Olympic tickets sold; refunds for postponed events

Ticket sales for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics have reached 84 per cent, and those not able to go to postponed events will get a full refund, organizing committee spokesman Sung Baik You said on Monday.

He turned the loss to his account

A cooked provisions supplier to a central province council had lost his contract when he entered the local polls fray as an opposition candidate. 

He was not as buoyant as his followers

A prominent politico who campaigned day and night for the party’s candidates had retired to bed on the final night saying, “The nuisance is over. I want to enjoy a good sleep.”

Bodhi Poojas to stall wheels of justice

There is a business tycoon, a buddy of a leading politico, much in the news these days for being a key accused in a staggering scam that has rocked the country. 

His sidekick is a snatch-thief

A drug addict known to be a sidekick of a leading Western Province purohita has gone on a spree of snatching gold chains from women in the area. 

Novel way of offering the ‘liquor bribe’

A local poll candidate in the Kandy district has distributed among his constituents a chit to be used as a token to buy a specific quantity of liquor from a wine shop in the locality. 

Anniversary has given her a golden opportunity

A fair and lovely one appointed to a prominent school in the upcountry thanks to the weight of a leading politico has been collecting monies from the girl students to make a gold chain of a length equal in measurement to her height, they say.