He wants the honest OIC out!

There is an OIC of a Police station in a town with a landmark bridge that serves as a link between Kurunegala and Gampaha districts. This OIC has already earned a reputation as an upright and honest officer enforcing the law to the letter against the illegal loggers and sand miners in his area. 

Curd for skin treatment!

This coordinating secretary of a purohita maintains cordial relations with the Ministry staff. Whenever he goes outstation on official duty he makes it a point to buy the kinds of fruits, nuts and delicacies available in the area he visits to treat them on his return to office.

They are set to ride elephant-back

Political allegiance of these two politicos following a downturn of their fortunes has been see-sawing between the former

Was their statement no news for newsmen?

A member of the former royal family was ordered into remand custody quite recently.  The JO group also

Boos greet VIP

It was expected to be a grand show. A well-known convention hall in the city was packed to capacity 

Tamed men too tell no tales?

Meanwhile, the finger of accusation for his transfer which amounts to a demotion has been directed at a holder of a very high office in yahapalanaya who is described as a master-manipulator.

Story behind young celeb’s haircut

When the young member was released on bail, his intimates were surprised to find his good head of hair reduced to a crew cut. So they asked what became of his long hair when he was in the state lodge. 

A tribute to the two at the top

Incidentally, he had earlier issued strict instructions to his aides to ensure that no public funds were spent on any matter connected with his visit.

A shadow cast on Shadow Cabinet

Meanwhile, the choice of ‘Ministers’ for the various portfolios has caused heart-burn to some ‘Ministers’.  For instance, a certain fair Diyawanna member who served as a senior Minister in several 

He says: “Probe them first”

This politico holding a high chair in an august assembly has got into an ugly mood after being summoned and questioned by an elite probe committee. 

His tie up with an underworld character raises eyebrows

A vociferous advocate of yahapalanaya, this leading purohita with a connection to saline water has always been at the vanguard of the campaign against corruption.

A revealing truth why many attend functions

A Bodhi Pooja pinkama was held recently to invoke blessings on a leading political figure in the country and the organizers were highly disappointed at the poor turnout at the ceremony despite the pre-publicity given to the event.

A pickpocket in the cheer squad

A PC member who was among the jostling crowd that gathered opposite the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s courts the other day to welcome a young Diyawanna member from a top political family released on bail, found to his consternation that someone had picked his purse containing Rs.38,000 and several important documents.  The member had later got back the national identity card and other documents which he carried in his purse, but not the m

Public had to maintain his canine pets too

The political stalwart of this story was an uncrowned king of yesteryear.

Liberal with public funds in carrying out private agenda

This organization had been engaged in a wide range of activity at the behest of certain political authorities of that regime from 2010 to 2015.

A big bank deposit shrouded in mystery

The fact that this large amount of money has fattened the bank account of the bigwig soon after he okayed 26 projects related to his establishment has led some people in the know of it to add two and 

A fatherly love that bends tender procedure

However, stories are galore that rank corruption continues under the yahapalanaya administration as well.

A lesson in salesmanship

A strange character had been calling on the leading film and tele-drama directors in the recent past.

He got ‘L’ for his ‘I’ decades later

There is a veteran film artiste residing in Panadura area. He had another house given on rent by the side of the Galle road. 

A director who has gone nuts about a new actress

A new tele-drama is being shot on location in the Bandaragama area these days under the direction of a talented dramatist. Its female lead role is being played by a new actress.

A governing style that irks everyone

A meddlesome governing one has become a big headache to a chief purohita and the senior provincial white-collar ones, they say. 

Rebel is in trouble

Top brass of a political party is busy carrying out a behind-the-scene operation to oust a chief purohita defying the edicts from the party leadership.

Accountant posts in Ministries go a-begging

A certain Ministry in charge of a subject related to public finance is a workplace that government accountants shun like a plague, they say.

Then and now

The former strongman had been invited to a public function in Rajarata recently. As he had several other engagements to keep on the day of the function, the former strongman decided to take a helicopter ride to the venue of the function. 

He had insult added to his injury

A purohita at state level had been evicted from his official residence in the city recently.

Will the cut-throat move backfire on him?

A white collar bigwig at secretarial level at a nerve-centre in yahapalanaya is all out to take it out on the secretarial one handling public administration for some statements the latter made to media.

Fury of a jilted lover

A film star is poised to make a sensational expose about a bigwig in the Blue party who is quite articulate about maintaining discipline in the party.  

Sibling is back in the saddle, but protests continue

This member of the former royal family, the virtual second in command of the previous regime who went into self-exile is now back in the political scene as large as life. Initially there were strong protests against this one-time powerful sibling’s return to the party fold even from the JO group which, however, gradually died down.

Shelving it to prevent delving into it!

Some elements in yahapalanaya are making a determined effort to suppress a sensational report carrying incriminating findings about a bigwig who held a high office in the government, they say. This report currently lies in the custody of a high Diyawanna authority.

Their way of combatting ‘Kasippu’

Law enforcement authorities in the Puttalam district had warned on time those engaged in manufacturing and selling Kasippu (moonshine) in a far-flung district to suspend their illegal operations until the conclusion of a temperance seminar billed to be held on Monday in Puttalam with the participation of the Big Boss.