An LP Gas Power Plant against expert opinion?

A yahapalanaya purohita hailing from a well-known political family in the West has set his heart on setting up an LP Gas power plant in the Hambantota harbour premises. 

He quits a good position to get a better one

This prominent member of a certain PC suddenly resigned recently for no apparent reason.  

The song failed to carry him to the end

This young Red party firebrand, helming the party’s trade union wing is also known as a jolly good fellow. 

They impatiently seek fortune from another’s misfortune

The governing one of a certain province said to be in poor health these days, had to undergo indoor treatment in a hospital in the recent past.   

Making hay while the Sun shines

Diyawanna members have come in for another round of the free vehicle permits bonanza.   

Will he get a dressing down?

A powerful purohita in yahapalanaya on an official visit to a country considered a leading world power made a speech that made headlines in the world Press.  

Cat out of the bag?

This one made it to Diyawanna from the hills and now he is a bearer of an important office.   

He wanted his guess to go wrong

The battle for the main Police chair continues with the main aspirants relentlessly pursuing their goal. 

Catfight creates a diversion

The main character of this story is a powerful purohita in yahapalanaya hailing from a district in Ruhuna. 

Secret of his conspicuous absence

This story is about a purohita with the ‘state’ prefix. He is a big mouth hailing from Uva. However, he made it to Diyawanna through the list this time round as well. 

A non-functional functionary!

There is a fair ones’ outfit functioning in the state sector. This outfit as its moniker suggests is intended to serve the interests of the fair ones. A unit of this outfit is active practically  in every ministry, department and state establishment and the better half of the head of the  ministry,  department or  the state institution by tradition becomes the ex-officio chairperson of its fair ones’ unit.

They were not without comforts

Hydro massage bathing systems have been installed in bathrooms allotted to top brass attached to a military base in the North, they say.

Overtime pay for no work

A fair and lovely unmarried clerk working in a state corporation coming under the purview of a ministry connected with marine resources has come in for an unexpected bonanza thanks to the affection of a high up close to the purohita. 

They complain about criteria being ignored

The august tradition of giving due consideration to merit and seniority is not always observed when granting promotions to the employees of the august assembly, they say.

Safer drinking water at a cost

A cab carrying 10 mega bottles of safe drinking water had been dispatched to Jaffna from Colombo.  This water was intended for a high authority operating from his Jaffna office, they say.

He gets the liquor licence the easy way!

An inquiry is now underway into an incident where two white collar high ups had obtained a bribe of Rs.200,000 for granting the annual liquor licence for a club affiliated to a state institution. 

Imperious bureaucrat was victim of the blackout

The entire country recently experienced a blackout like a bolt from the blue.  Now an inquiry is underway to ascertain whether it was the work of some saboteurs.  

A triangle in a tangle

A fair and lovely Diyawanna member in yahapalanaya had found herself in a mortifying situation recently.

Is he courting more trouble?

A yahapalanaya purohita has made plans to lease out the racecourse in Nuwara-Eliya to an investor of a neighbouring country.

He is too ambitious to give up hope

A new Police Chief is about to be appointed, they say.

Prospect of coconut breaking scares them away

The ‘joint opposition’ group the other day visited Aluthkade to watch the hearing of   Y’s bail appeal case. Front-liners of the group like Boralugoda scion and former Tuition Master were among them.

Disappointed politico visits the other camp

The Big Boss the other day took a firm decision to appoint a number of new electorate level organizers for the Betel leaf party. This led to the ouster of several party heavyweights.

News about a death sets off chain-reaction

This one is a purohita in yahapalanaya and a Betel leaf bigwig to boot.

A mid-night visitor at house warming party

This fair one once in politics moved into a mansion built in the Madiwela area the other day and a grand party was held to mark the house-warming.

Tycoon at birthday bash raises eye brows

This leading businessman was at the centre of a financial scandal in the recent past and had been keeping a low profile for some time.

Fighting shy of public glare

A high political authority in yahapalanaya had been receiving a series of telephone calls from a fair one from the former royal family in the recent past.   

State media under fire

Heads of several state media institutions recently came in for a lot of flak from a leading politician.

There is a big one they are afraid to attack

Several ‘joint opposition’ heavyweights were having a confab in the House lobby the other day. 

An unseen hand in awarding of the contract

The awarding of the contract for building houses for the war-displaced in the North to an Indian company for an amount  described as ‘unreasonably high’ has come under fire from many quarters.  

Big foreign investor asked to go

There is a big foreign company functioning in our country for the last 30 years. This company is engaged in producing an essential food item for our people.