The Green party activists in an upcountry district met for a discussion in the salubrious city quite recently.  

This sibling occupying the main chair of a State-run body oiling the nation has been truanting for some time, they say.

A political chief overseeing a distant province had phoned up the Number One in yahapalanaya.  

The latest person to have come forward to bail out Khaki Chief in hot water is said to be a Buddhist monk residing in a temple in a city suburb, they say.

A small group of highly agitated Diyawanna Blues had recently called on the Rajarata young stalwart, who was one of the handful that pole-vaulted to yahapalanaya at the very outset.

A group of Green backbenchers had the other day met secretly to discuss an issue that was causing them much annoyance: the inexplicable delay in sending the discredited Khaki Chief home.

This big-mouthed politico is a member of the top team. He is Blue, but ready to turn Green if need be.

There is a minor party leader in yahapalanaya whom one may immediately remember whenever the word, “Vilpattu’ is mentioned.

There is a politically ambitious daughter of a leading politico connected to a city.

Some school Principals have come under pressure to arrange for their children to watch a certain film produced by a coterie with political interests, they say.

A provincial politico now shorn of high position and authority continues to enjoy the privilege of being guarded by a six-member security detail, they say.

A powerful politico had used his clout to transfer a Divisional Secretary out of his area for not allowing his sidekicks to engage in illicit sand mining.

This character, a typical political hanger-on, who was functioning as the Public Relations Officer of a political authority, while driving an official vehicle worth Rs. 15 million had sent it crashing on to a roadside tree causing it extensive damage

As a high political authority arrived at a funeral house, a onetime bigwig of another main party who was there, sloped away making his exit through a rear door, they say.

Normally politicos -be they Diyawanna or not -have a hankering to do the honours at opening ceremonies for these are ideal occasions for them to cut a figure. However, a lovely fair Diyawanna member, who was in active politics until recently seems to

The governing one of a province, where the big council is about to be dissolved, paid an official visit to a country in Europe recently.

A scion of an upcountry political dynasty has been caught red-handed accepting a big kickback while being the occupant of the main chair of a statutory body.

It is public knowledge now that a secret meeting between the former strongman and Number One did take place despite an immediate denial by the peace-maker who played the host.

A family wedding of a fair purohita in yahapalanaya took place in a high-end hotel in the city the other day.

Our national airline had taken on lease an airbus from a foreign country about two years ago and had re-leased it soon after to a European country.

Several leading lights in Sinhala cinema called on a top team member at his office the other day to discuss some burning issues relating to the cinema halls across the country.

The news that the former strongman and Number One in Yahapalanaya had held a one-on-one powwow created a big stir in political circles recently.  

A consignment of goods of a kind produced using artificial raw materials nabbed by authorized officials by thwarting a bid to smuggle it out in three trucks the other day had been summarily released allowing the culprits to go scot-free, they say.

The highest body of a minor political party led by a gabby politico, a master at playing to the gallery, has decided to boot out a party organizer in the upcountry and the organizer of the women’s league in his area for involvement in an illici

A tender calling for bids to supply some expensive items for the official residence of a provincial chief of a council already dissolved was rejected by the governing one when it was submitted to him for approval the other day, they say.

The constant media publicity that a young opposition Diyawanna politico from Rajarata is getting has irked his party colleagues.

A Diyawanna politico, who had been playing a double game by keeping one foot in yahapalanaya and other in the Opposition has now been reduced to a nonentity due to being disowned by both sides, they say.

The development work on a proposed five-kilometre four-lane- stretch of a road in the main city being represented by a leading politico, taken on hand three years ago is yet to be completed.

A leading political authority has reportedly appointed a black-listed shady character as the head of a financial institution at the periphery.

A nephew of a high political authority has reportedly bought an expensive wristwatch for Rs. 8 million.