A section of white collar ones working at a strategic point monitoring imports and exports have put down their foot against a proposed move to set sniffer dogs to detect narcotics being smuggled into the country concealed in cargo shipments.

This head of a mini-council in a historic township is reportedly spending most of his time raking up the mistakes of his predecessor neglecting the pressing problems of the ratepayers, they say.

The young Pohottuwa Diyawanna member from the ‘Tourist City’ in the Gampaha district had received an order from the party high command to look after the neighbouring ‘watte’ too in addition to his home turf.

An envoy of a powerful country based in Colombo recently called on a Yahapalanaya top team member hailing from a main ethnic minority.

Yahapalanaya coalition partners from time to time in the recent past had met the Betel Leaf secretarial one and presented to him numerous proposals designed to add muscle to the tottering alliance.

It is no longer news that a prominent member of the Group 16 now reduced to 15, has begun promoting the idea of starting a new political journey led by the incumbent Number One and the former strongman from the top two positions.

A yahapalanaya bigwig had revealed a top secret to a JO heavyweight the other day.    

A story that has gone viral in political circles says that an advisor of a Ministry has received a massive commission and this bonanza has been shared by three to four persons involved in a tender affair, they say.

A certain provincial political chief has reportedly claimed to be endowed with a body organ of gold.

A certain white-collar high-up in charge of a Province was recently promoted to the top post in the Ministry, thanks to his closeness to a political authority.

A white -collar high-up who has yet to scale a few rungs to reach the top at the main revenue establishment won a fortune at a casino game recently, they say.

A senior top team member, hailing from the Northern part of the West is poised for a political somersault, they say.

A female politico, who recently took over the chair of a city council, has now got an 18-member private staff to attend on her hand and foot.  

A group of WPC members had called on Number One the other day to make a collective request that the incumbent provincial chief be removed.

There are still one or two guys from the Group 16 now downsized to 15, maintaining a shuttle-liaison between the Pohottuwa and the Maithri-faction, they say.

Several political characters had been trying their best to persuade the onetime master willow-wielder Sanga to contest the upcoming big poll without success.

A Colombo-based envoy from a very powerful country, who wound up his stint here, paid the customary valedictory call on the Diyawanna Opposition Chief the other day.

A prominent yahapalanaya top team member, hailing from a remote corner of Sabaragamuwa, was addressing a group of Diyawanna colleagues at a lobby session the other day.

Green Party backbenchers are set to make a formal collective request to the party leader, who is also the Number Two in yahapalanaya to appoint Captain Cool to the main chair of the body controlling the popular gentlemen’s game, they say.

A khakied one playing sentinel at the residence of a high political authority in Rajarata is reportedly chasing away the constituents calling over there.

This young politico was in the news in the recent past when he became a book author overnight inspired by a sensational scam. Now caught in a love triangle he is coercing the husband of his ladylove to divorce her forthwith, they say.  

Two siblings active in politics at the national level are openly complaining that they are in severe financial difficulties, they say.

A close female relative of a high political authority is in the thick of a racket of blocking out coconut lands for sale under the hammer.

A provincial political authority for transport with close ties to a bigwig at the centre has now turned his office into a virtual employment exchange, they say. 

A prominent politico had got quite concerned when he heard that a family member of his, a chief of a mini-council had gone on a spree of implementing a series of unpopular measures such as dismantling unauthorized structures and forcibly removing pav

A certain State body taking a hand in providing shelter for the homeless has now embarked on a programme to distribute housing assistance to the peasants, who have fallen victim to the Chronic Kidney Disease.

This charming lady doctor from the South is living in a mansion with all comforts at her disposal in a city suburb not far from the Kelani River. She is being groomed these days to enter a world beauty pageant for runners aged over 28 under the patro

History-making order from the highest echelons of yahapalanaya has now gone to those manning the frontline to kick off the crash development programme designed to bring about a revolutionary upsurge in the country’s economy starting from the gr

Verbal battles have been breaking out one after another within the JO for some time.  The battle that raged more furiously than the others was that between the Master Brain of Pohottuwa and the big-mouthed Panchaudha. 

Some politicos suddenly discover that they are beneficiaries of Rajayoga when an election is close at hand.