Speculation is rife in legal circles these days that a leading legal personality is going to quit office shortly. 

There is a powerful politico who was in the limelight for his sensational doings in the Vilpattu area. The lucky man held high office under the previous regime and he is holding similar high office in yahapalanaya as well. 

The white collar high-ups of the statutory body responsible for lighting up the country who were set to purchase power from the private sector in defiance of the ruling by the highest decision-making body have finally relented, they say.

The two main political parties in Yahapalanaya held two separate rallies to celebrate May Day last Sunday. 

The joint opposition group is said to have unmasked a ‘traitor’ in their ranks recently. This ‘traitor’, a Diyawanna member hailing from the South has earned a name as an ambitious guy always on the lookout for short cuts to a

The nation bade farewell to the doyen of Sinhala cinema who passed away recently at a funeral held with state honours.The organizing committee on an unanimous decision had invited a highly respected personality to deliver the funeral oration, but whe

This actor-turned politician now languishing in political wilderness has deposited his family gold jewelry inside some statuettes made to order. 

A leading senior politician has reportedly rendezvoused with a person wanted by the law enforcement authorities here during his recent visit to a foreign country.

Some people are so fond of their vehicle, they take meticulous care to prevent even a fender bender happening to it. There is a senior Minister hailing from Wayamba, who is one of such people crazy about the vehicle he uses.

There is hush-hush talk in political circles that a certain young promising purohita with the gift of the gab has got hooked on some barbiturate.

This white collar high-up heading a key State establishment has a daughter domiciled abroad. She and her family members   were here on a holiday  recently and the indulgent father  generously used the resources of the State-owned body

The Betel leaf party now reorganising the party at the grassroots level held a meeting in an upcountry area recently. The newly elected secretarial one chaired the meeting.  

A group of purohitas met in a familiar joint in a city suburb to share the good cheer of the New Year season. While engaged in small talk and political gossip, their attention turned to two to three powerful white collar bigwigs who are said to be en

This purohita who once held high office in the Green Party went on pilgrimage to India and Nepal recently. During his pilgrimage to the Himalayan State where the Buddha was born, he called on a well-known ‘Nadi-vakya’ soothsayer to get a

The Panama Papers, the biggest ever secret document leak, have caused an uproar in our country too. 

The political authority handling posts and telecommunications the other day sent for the head of the biggest department coming under his purview.

The JO stalwart from the upcountry, addressing a public meeting in his hometown, had fired a broadside at the top men of the former regime for the blunders they had committed while in power, and the ousted strongman and his clan now quite close to th

This politico from the South suffered a stunning fall, while playing cricket in Nuwara-eliya, but refused to retire hurt.

A prominent Opposition politico created a stir in military circles recently, when he tried to forcibly enter an Army base in the North.

This politico was a prominent purohita, when he first met this good looking girl, who was working as a librarian in an institution in his constituency. 

The wife of a former prominent politico, who had amassed wealth as a money lender had to suffer Rs. 100 million loss at one go recently. 

A story doing rounds in political circles says that yet another belle of theatre and cinema of yesteryear is making a mint by operating a sex racket catering to a select clientele of some lascivious senior purohitas and business tycoons.

A fair Diyawanna member, who faces the threat of forfeiting her seat in the august assembly over a ‘personal problem’, was for some time working her way into the graces of a high political authority seeking his influence to sort out her p

A fair Diyawanna member with ties to a field of art, who attended the sittings in a sleeveless bodice and a saree draped in an unbecoming manner, had been reprimanded by the House authorities, they say.

The leaders of the Betel leaf party held a series of propaganda meetings at the grassroots level across the country in the recent past.  Some of these meetings held to strengthen the party organization at the periphery ended in chaos when organi

There is a purohita in yahapalanaya who does not attend his office these days.

There is a certain government establishment linked to health services in the Narahenpita area.

Purohita Dumi of secretarial status celebrated his birthday on a grand scale recently. The bash followed several religious ceremonies including a pirith chanting held to mark the event. 

A son of a well-known politico is also involved in this racket, they say.  

If you heard that a 53-perch block of land had been sold for a price as high as Rs.530 million, you would surely presume it should be a block located in a commercial centre or a precious residential area in Colombo!