They have got the noose ready!

JO front-liners now allege that a protracted feud between two purohitas in yahapalanaya led to the escalation of the garbage problem.

Planning to ‘retire hurt’?

The ICC champions trophy 2017 held the biggest disappointment for India. The poor showing by our own willow wielders just when the hopes were soaring sky-high was a great disappointment for the local fans too.

Diplomat was given the cold shoulder

Soon after a certain purohita was assigned a different portfolio at the recent reshuffle, a diplomat from a neighboring country called at his new Ministry to meet him.

Subject is too important for him to listen to family members!

Subject is too important for him to listen to family members!

A young politico between two worlds!

There is a young upcoming Diyawanna member hailing from the South. His father too was a prominent politico who once held purohita status. 

He says it where he is free to say!

The Diyawanna council’s presiding one, Boralugoda scion wearing the mantle as the JO boss and a number of other VIPs were among the distinguished guests who attended a commemorative ceremony held to mark the birth anniversary of the son of the Father of the Nation, twice the country’s Prime Minister.

State lands to tycoon on a platter

Vast tracts of state-owned land along the coastal belt north of the town renowned for its pearls in ancient times have been parcelled out to several business tycoons on the orders of high political authorities.

A tangle within a tangle

This businesswoman is a daughter of a leading politician in the country. According to a rumour abuzz in political circles she has of late fallen out with her father

Extravagance at public expense

There is a head of a key government institution who often assumes a holier-than-thou attitude often telling others that cutting down unnecessary public expenditure is the best way to reduce the country’s debt burden.

His weight bends the weight rule

A 14-member group led by a prominent politician who was on a foreign tour had brought goodies weighing more than 1,000 kilos on their return home, they say.

Fishing in troubled waters

This purohita, a minor partner in yahapalanaya coalition, has reportedly embarked on an exercise carrying the hallmarks of a typical game plan.

Sinking under the weight of redundant political appointees

Several state-owned undertakings which have already become white elephants have sunk deeper into the red due to overstaffing with political appointees, they say.

None wants to work under him now

A big-mouthed purohita who is among the architects of yahapalanaya has gone into a sulk over the appointment of a secretary to his Ministry without prior consultations with him. 

Mystery about the missing portrait

Many locals who had occasion to visit the diplomatic mission of a powerful ‘red’ country in recent times had been surprised to find a portrait of the former strongman prominently displayed on a wall in the mission office. 

Attacking their foe to win their goodwill

A certain Diyawanna member of the main alliance of the North well-known for his long standing reverential attitude towards our country’s closest neighbor has, in a surprise move turned his guns on it, they say.

Comedy continues

A powerful purohita the other day openly vented his spleen on a colleague for the being the ‘villain’ responsible for the loss of his much cherished portfolio. He also said that this colleague who undercut him would never be able to win at an election. He vowed, “I am going to expose all misdeeds the man has committed since entering the council through the charity list.”

Will the secretary become the fall guy?

There are many Ministry secretaries now unlike in the past who refuse to carry out illegal orders given by their purohitas. 

Bracing for the D-day?

A group of 12 Blue party purohitas at deputy and state level in yahapalanaya have decided to meet for ‘an extra-special’ powwow after June 22, they say.

Swapping incriminating evidence for a ministerial portfolio

A certain familiar figure in political circles has reportedly tried to strike a bargain with several powerful political authorities to secure a ministerial portfolio for his son-in-law.

He knew the girl was innocent

A politico, a onetime purohita, now holding a very high office at the provincial level had reported to Police the theft of the money brought from the bank to pay the employees of the factory he owns.

Secret behind his immunity

A political henchman currently facing bribery charges in a court case has resumed his ‘old game’ after being appointed as the coordinating secretary of a leading provincial level politico, they say.

Land grab that was a free-for-all

A leading politician and a group of white collar high-ups have grabbed a large chunk of land from a reserve on a scenic mountain range, they say.

Act of gallantry was cause of their amusement

A deputy hailing from the Colombo district was walking along the council lobby the other day talking to a comely fair purohita when he suddenly noticed several strands of thread sticking out from the companion’s ‘sari-pota’. 

He foiled their plan to share the limelight!

Number One in yahapalanaya visited the flood-hit parts of the Kalutara district recently. He was due to participate in a shramadana in Pahiyangala area as well.

Ninth item among ‘Atapirikara’ (eight-fold offering) creates a stir

A special pinkama was held in the city quite recently under the patronage of the Mahanayake Theras of the tri-nikayas to invoke the intervention of the pantheon of deities to protect the country from natural calamities.

It was more than a question of diplomatic etiquette

One of the Blue party senior purohitas in yahapalanaya attended a function hosted by an envoy of a neighboring country. 

Planning to rule from his own palace?

A leading furniture manufacturer in the country has decided not to accept new orders for the next three months as they have got their hands full with an order placed with them by a billionaire politician who is putting up a palatial residence in the metropolis.

Drivers’ bunk house picked for State Minister’s office

An official conference was held the other day with the Finance Ministry secretary in the chair to find a solution to the problem of allotting suitable space to house the office of the State Minister. 

A punishment with a difference

The Cockerel party leader had imposed an unusual punishment on 15 party seniors who failed to attend a funeral! The deceased was a family member of a Diyawanna member of the party. 

Was it by design or by accident?

The former strongman visited the country of the Rising Sun recently and was given a red carpet welcome by the compatriot community there. And by a strange coincidence, soon afterwards he found himself in the company of a yahapalanaya deputy who was to remain his inseparable companion until the end of his visit in that hospitable country.