The big boss was on a visit to a place of religious worship. He travelled by helicopter and a high political authority had arrived in a vehicle to pick up the big boss on alighting from the helicopter. Meanwhile, another prominent politico from the

This new provincial high authority since assuming duties in the office has made it a practice to summon all Ministry Secretaries to her office on every Wednesday, the Public Day of the week, to provide ‘on the spot’ solutions to

The former Madam attended a meeting held at the Blue party headquarters the other day. The gathering turned restive from the time she stepped into the hall and the party organizers began shouting that she be sent out of the meeting. So, she had to le

When the Police raided the residence of the actor-turned politico, many colleagues and pals came forward to lend him whatever support they could. Some opted even to spend the night with him.

The State ‘propaganda’ institutions had reportedly received a strange order from above. A government high-up is said to have issued this order.

There is a popular Blue party young character hailing from Pulatisipura. Once he held a political high office in Rajarata.

There is no end in sight so far to the protracted battle over the leadership in the Green party, they say.

There is a long queue at the main office handling defence affairs these days.

There is a Green party stalwart hailing from a ‘Nayake’ political family representing a district with a cooler climate in the upcountry. A former purohita, he is now in the Opposition.

Several persons who directed the poll campaign machinery from the Pohottuwa main office are highly dejected that they were overlooked when making appointments to high posts in the State Sector, they say.

The former strongman, now Number Two has made it a practice to participate in the night Pooja at the Kataragama Ddevalaya on the last day of every year. And the Devalaya authorities, well aware of his annual visit, would make it a point to make way f

Monetary donations from a State-run Fund were made for development purposes to places of religious worship, temples. kovils, mosques and churches during the previous regime.

A fair and lovely Diyawanna member recently charged that the skullduggery on the part of some under-hand dealers in the party was partly responsible for Suji’s defeat at the big poll.

The Diyawanna group of the Greens-led alliance selected the Opposition Whip the other day.

Some protagonists of the battle raging at the top level of the Green party have turned peace-makers, they say.

A new row has broken out among the secretarial ones of the Blue party, they say.

Despite the big poll being over and done with, the general poll being only two or three months away, the behind-the-scene activities of the parties keep the heat of the political atmosphere rising.

A super-luxury vehicle bought with taxpayers’ money by a council in the central province has gone missing, they say.

A decision by a popular politico of a main political party to enter the fray at the upcoming general poll from the Colombo district has ruffled and nettled a bigwig of the same party, they say.

This Diyawanna politico from a district in the central hills enjoying a political spring, and by the way, the namesake of the Sinhala term for ‘spring’, would help the constituents calling on him to make various requests, only after referring to

A rumour doing rounds in political circles says that a move is afoot to grant pardon to a ‘death row’ prisoner.

This gabby politico vowed that once their party came to power, they would mete out proper punishment to all those khaki high-ups held accountable for the security lapse that led to the Easter Sunday carnage. Much water has flowed under the bridge sin

Two prominent politicos of the same political party had been invited to sign as witnesses at a wedding held on a grand scale in a high-end hotel in Kandy recently.

When a certain political bigwig had to go out of the office, about four dozens of clerical assistants attached to his personal staff were left high and dry.

This fair one, the daughter of a former provincial political authority, has reportedly

The Kalutara rebel who quit the Pohottuwa at the eleventh hour to take a warpath later vowed to say ‘adieu’ to politics.

Green party’s unsuccessful big poll candidate Saji has planned to go round the country to thank the voters who supported him at the poll.

There is a Diyawanna politico of the main Northern alliance having a hand deep in business interests. He too had actively supported Saji at the recent big poll. Despite being in the opposition camp, this politico had called on a very high political a

Some prominent astrologers who correctly predicted the result of the big poll are said to be walking on air while the others who named the wrong horse are down in the dumps.

The former Number One is said to be busy electioneering on his home turf these days.