Most Green party members favour the proposal to offer the controversial war hero the law and order portfolio now being held by the Green leader, they say.

A story doing rounds in political circles says that a powerful politico from the central hills had recently purchased a block of 109-perch prime land in the city at Rs. 3 million a perch.

The Betel leaf bigwigs have reportedly invited a dainty fair Green party Diyawanna member elected from the Colombo district to join their ranks.

A suggestion had come up at a high level Green party meeting that the law and order portfolio now being held for the time being by the party boss be offered to a party bigwig hailing from the upcountry, a lawyer and a holder of a high office in Diyaw

There was a state level purohita hailing from a long standing political family in a distant area well-known for its vegetable cultivation. 

The purohitas in the top team as well as those at deputy and state levels who got new portfolios in the recent reshuffling of the pack had begun leaving the main office following the swearing-in ceremony. Some of them had looked quite happy while som

A Green party bigwig who once held a key portfolio tried his level best in the recent past to regain a niche in the hierarchy.

Most politicians seek a Diyawanna seat making a solemn vow to expend their time, money and energy for the wellbeing of the hoi-polloi and there is no actual need for them to get a duty-free vehicle every five years.

This onetime politico is now an inmate of a state-run lodge and he has   been enjoying the comforts of a star class hospital room for the past three years.

A prospective mayor of a big city who had summoned the elected members of her party for a meeting at the official residence of a very high political authority the other day had taken the latter by surprise with an unusual imperious manner, they say.

There is a grog manufacturing company said to be in default on a tax payment amounting to Rs. 20 million and a staff-member of the office of a very high authority is busy attending to documentation to take over the ownership of this company after cle

It has now come to light that a certain politico while occupying a position of authority had collected a huge amount of money as kickbacks from contractors to whom tenders for numerous development projects at the periphery were awarded. 

The female head of a revenue collecting department who recently harangued a subject clerk for failing to add a Rs. 750 allowance to her monthly salary, had been remiss in her duty to provide uniform material and shoes to a certain category of employe

A prominent politico, who is by the way a successful businessman as well is facing a terrible dilemma ever since the mini-poll, they say.

The senior purohita long aspiring to wear the prime ministerial mantle rang up his astrologer -  a fair one – soon after his latest disappointment. 

There is a yahapalanaya purohita hailing from Giruwapattu in the deep South where the family of the former strongman reigns supreme. 

The main character in this story is a onetime powerful politico having his political base in the city. Now shorn of all his plumes, the man has gone into a terrible sulk, they say. 

A yahapalanaya purohita from Rajarata holding a high post in the party as well had found himself deep in a crisis in the recent past. 

A purohita who held high hopes about the party’s showing in his district at the recent mini-poll, had planned to present one tourist bus each to seven schools in the area. 

The government has received a forewarning that the human rights commission in Geneva is set to take Sri Lanka to task at the annual sessions due next month.

The Blue party lost to Pohottuwa an electorate in the upcountry which is being looked after by no lesser person than the political chief of the province.

The former strongman has now got a peace envoy of the caliber of Erik Solheim, they say. It was this young person who had played the role of JO envoy at the recent peace talks held between the two groups.

This provincial politico known to be a libertine is said to be spending most of his time looking into the personal problems of cute fair ones working in government establishments these days, they say. 

Preparations are underway to present a Rs.1 million worth gold jewellery item as a memento to a female head of a state establishment due to go on retirement early next month, they say.

The woman human resource head of a recently closed company that belonged to a leading businessman with high political connections had asked all employees to hand their resignations,  they say.

A politico is said to have put up a posh residence on a 10 -perch block of land earmarked for a cesspit for the district headquarters of a movement dedicated to support the physical and mental development of young people. 

A meditation training programme for Diyawanna members and staffers was held quite recently. 

The wife of a leading politico had recently bought a large estate for Rs.35 million. 

This politico, a former purohita is about to make yet another pole-vault, they say.

The existing tie between two leading political families are about to be cemented with a marriage, they said.