The strongman of the yahapalanya regime the other day attended the closing ceremony and the prize giving of the annual Mahaweli Sports- meet. The new Ministerial one in charge of Sports too was present at the ceremony. 

This Green one from the East made it to Diyawanna for the first time and was soon raised to Cabinet rank. According to the portfolio assigned to him, he is expected to oversee ‘small’ industries. 

This highly respected Buddhist prelate, the founder-leader of movement committed to bringing about a just society threw his full weight behind the campaign to usher in the yahapalanaya government. 

The new Big Chief is now set to leave for the UN to address the general assembly.

The former strongman recently enjoyed a long holiday at Pasikuda, a popular national resort on the eastern coastline.

There is a rumour abuzz in political circles these days that moves are afoot to put on the ice a certain court case involving the better half of a prominent opposition politico.

A scrap between two former Ministerial ones from Sabaragamuwa, a fair one and a dark one (in a literary sense) had created a sensational diversion at the Blue party convention held in Polonnaruwa.

A new Ministerial one, known as a moneyed businessman is these days fired with a new ambition: to own a media institution, they say.

Now that the elections to the local bodies is round the corner, there is much speculation in political circles as to who would be the Green party’s Mayoral candidate for the city. 

In a situation where many Betel leaf Diyawanna members were in a mad scramble  for portfolios, the new Big Boss found  selecting a few suitable persons from among them for Ministerial office a challenging exercise.  

It is a well-known secret that this particular Blue party stalwart who once briefly occupied the main chair in the opposition expected a key portfolio of his choice, but finally he had to settle for one with a single subject connected to roads.

Soon after the August 17 general election Mangi called a special meeting of the village-level party organizers.

Following reports that the former strongman now an ordinary Diyawanna member was to be invited to preside over the proposed Kurunegala District Development Committee,...

There is a rumour making rounds in political circles these days that the chair of the main secretarial one at the country’s main office is about to fall vacant. 

Five Blue Diyawanna members called on the new Big Boss at his official residence in Colombo the other day.

How the Flame leader boldly went it alone at the last general poll and crashed headlong is now history.

The usual chess game in the provincial councils has begun in the wake of the changes in their power equation following the general poll. 

The new Big Boss was accorded a warm welcome when he arrived for inaugurating the 8thDiyawanna council and delivering the policy statement of the national unity government.

The new Transport Chief met his predecessor under the yahapalanya administration at the inaugural sittings of the Diyawanna council. They are long standing political rivals from Uva.

The season for political pole-vaults is round the corner again, they say. Political circles are now abuzz with the story that two-once Green Ministerial...

In the week following the general poll, the former strongman took a holiday from politics and was relaxing at his residence in the South.

The new Big Boss recently chaired a meeting of the Betel leaf alliance leaders. Among the participants at this meeting was the loquacious ‘patriot’ of the farce–unto-death fame. 

?A local politico presiding over the public affairs of a town on the city outskirts is on the way for the chop, they say.

An articulate doctor, an expert in economic affairs in the Green party made a candid statement recently:

Dougie from the North, alive to the prospect of being reduced to a nonentity for a long stretch, has sent word to the political hierarchy that he is willing to become part of the national unity government. 

In an unprecedented development in the country’s Diyawanna history, the members of the main political party that lost the election have been given the option either to throw in their lot with the government or to sit in the opposition.

Many Diyawanna members these days call on the new Big Boss seeking Ministerial office. 

The Green party Chief determined to run the administration on the yahapalanaya track has drawn up a list of guidelines for strict compliance by the Green party Diyawanna group.

A Blue party senior from Galle lost his seat at the last general election. 

This ex-tuition master, a faithful follower of the deposed strongman, held Ministerial office under the Betel leaf regime and now he has been returned to Diyawanna from the Colombo district.