A group of yahapalanaya purohitas the other day were doing a collective postmortem on the latest May Day scene in the city. Senior Banda from the central hills, the former Betel leaf secretary from the Colombo district and the former Blue party secre

A glowing compliment paid to a satin coated bully-boy-type purohita of his party by the Green leader recently has taken the winds out of a widespread speculation that the latter is due to lose his portfolio in the top team reshuffle said to be in the

It is a well-known fact that all main political parties tried their level best as never before to attract the largest possible crowd to their respective May Day rallies this year. However, there is hush-hush in political circles that a certain promin

Government of the Dragon Nation has at long last taken up cudgels against the JO leadership for trying to undermine the Hambantota port deal. 

A prominent politico was a distinguished guest at the birthday party of a well-known business tycoon held recently at a scenic spot in the central hills. 

A group of employees attached to a station connected with public transport in Wayamba who received an incentive payment of Rs. 2,000 each for attending a May Day demonstration and a rally of a certain political party had reportedly attended a May Day

A purohita who attended his Ministry after the National New Year vacation had to make do with a piece of bread with parippu curry for his lunch.

Some of the perks being enjoyed by a leading politico thanks to a high office he once held have been whittled down following protests made by a onetime powerful madam, they say.

A story buzzing in political circles these days says that a politico from the Puttalam area has given a staggeringly expensive birthday present to his granddaughter.

A rumour that a young lady from a high family in the country was planning to run for North Central Chief Minister made a sensation in political circles recently. 

The decision taken by the JO leadership to field the big-mouthed lady from the Gem City area as their chief ministerial candidate at the upcoming provincial polls has raised the hackles of practically all JO Diyawanna members from the district. 

Number Two in yahapalanaya held a big powwow at the Araliya Grove on the garbage mount issue the other day.

Seven to eight Blue party Diyawanna members associated with the JO group lost their Blue party organizer posts recently.

A ding dong over the Northern Chief Ministerial post has already begun though the poll appears to be miles away. 

A prominent Buddhist monk residing in Narahenpita area, on a request by a high political authority called on him at his palace in the city the other day. This monk is well known as a loyal supporter of the former strongman. 

The party leadership had imposed a ‘heavy fine’ on several senior purohitas: Rs.5 million each as their share towards the party’s May Day expenses. 

A prominent purohita who is said to have played a vital role behind the scenes to bring the yahapalanaya into power had a three-hour one-on-one discussion with Number One quite recently.

The party led by Prince Panchaudha is fast cracking up mainly because of his arbitrary actions as party leader, they say.

A departmental head who is keen on making meditation part of the day’s schedule for all his employees has for a start ordered all staffers in his office to participate in a 15-minute meditation session every working day of the week. 

Yahapalanaya has decided to enact new legislation aimed at widening the country’s fiscal base.  Government has ‘borrowed’ this new legislation from the African country Ghana, they say.

A heated exchange between a prominent purohita in yahapalanaya and a provincial ruler that took place at a main Buddhist temple in Senkadagala area made sensational news in the hill-country recently.

A senior Green party purohita from the Gampaha district and a fair PC member from the same district were recently involved in a tussle over a Katunayake airport tax service tender affair. 

A former deputy purohita, he once created mayhem in the country.

A Yahapalanaya purohita who once made a big hullabaloo against the proposed deal to hand over the management of the Hambantota harbor to a Chinese company is no longer gung-ho about the issue, they say.

A letter containing this appeal had been presented to the political authority when the latter attended a New Year oil anointing ceremony.

It was truly a political cat! This cat had been a familiar sight to journos covering the regular media briefings of a certain political party.

The decision taken by a certain Diyawanna member to function as an independent member severing all links with the government has highly upset his wife who is said to be in tears these days. 

A proposal to install a water pump to provide safe drinking water for devotees visiting a place of Buddhist worship at a distant place came up at a meeting of Dayakas held at the precincts of this sacred place recently. 

A rumour that a certain former Diyawanna member had committed suicide recently sent shock waves through some parts of the country.

A former Wayamba PC chairman and a member of the Blue party who were badly disappointed when their claims were rejected and a complete ‘outsider’ appointed as the organizer of an electorate located close to Kurunegala had immediately join