The post of Sri Lanka’s ambassador in Germany has fallen vacant.

The head of a department responsible for law enforcement and public security received summons from a very high authority of the Diyawanna council recently. 

The hero of this story is a politico who once chaired a local body in a city suburb. 

A political authority responsible for a state undertaking tasked with facilitating public mobility is set to wrap up a mega transaction at the cost of several billions of rupees to the government coffers.

The talkative one of the pure heritage fame had a surprise when he received an invitation to attend the recent Matara anniversary celebration.

A large number of purohitas and Diyawanna members attended the yahapalanaya anniversary celebration held in Matara recently.   

A request was made to the second in command in yahapalanaya at the Green party’s Diyawanna group meeting the other day to transfer out the Matale District Secretary forthwith. 

Police had arrested a coordinating secretary of a yahapalanaya purohita – a party high-up to boot, following a complaint that he had caused extensive damage to a parked vehicle under the influence of liquor.

Unusual generosity on the part of a leading businessman has raised eye brows in political circles, they say.

Two Diyawanna members from the so-called joint opposition had recently presented some ‘demands’ to the secretary of a main political party. And the party secretary had conveyed these ‘demands’ to President Sirisena. 

A leading purohita from the West who was among those hosted to lunch by a colleague from the South at his residence recently had been denied a facility to re-charge his mobile phone. 

A leading politician had conveyed an important message to a politico now in remand jail through a person very close to him. 

A move made by some high-ups to silence a vociferous opposition critic holding a responsible office by offering him a carrot of a limousine has misfired, they say.

There is a top official of a certain leading political party who is not accessible even to the MPs and the Ministers of the party, they say.

An all-night dance was held at a foreign diplomatic mission in Colombo to celebrate the passing of the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) Bill in Parliament, they say.

The white collar bigwig at the august assembly who should take the rap for the VAT Bill fiasco had conveniently found a scapegoat, they say.

Many politicos in the country had made it a point to consult leading astrologers in the country to get a reading of their future given the far reaching significance attached to Jupiter’s recent transit.

A story has gone viral in political and TU circles about an underhand move being made by some bigwigs of a Ministry handling the country’s public transport to sell off some tracts of prime land belonging to a department coming under its purview

The Betel leaf purohitas in yahapalanaya met the new Big Boss by appointment the other day. They wanted to discuss in particular the ugly scenes played out in the well of the House the day the OMP Bill was passed sans debate.

It is already public knowledge that the former strongman had to foot a bill for Rs.4,500 for having coffee in the VIP lounge at the airport while waiting to emplane for South Korea recently. 

This purohita presiding over a portfolio linked to marine traffic is a highly disillusioned one, they say. 

The main character in this story is an economist and a bigwig holding purohita status in yahapalanaya.

A cold war that raged over the highest post in the army ceased when the incumbent was finally granted a one-year service extension. 

There were varying estimates of the turnout for the recent JO-sponsored Paadayathra and the new Big Boss had wanted to know the most accurate figure for his own edification.

There had been a heated exchange between the former Madam and John the Silent from the City of Gems the other day.

The second in command of the country’s gentlemen’s game tendered his resignation to the head of the body controlling the game saying that he was not prepared to tolerate the misdeeds by some persons any longer, they say. 

This fair one is holding a very high office in a commission much talked about these days.  The lady met a group of colleagues from the black-coated community during a recent visit to Aluthkade. A popular figure among pro-yahapalanaya groupings,

A head of a certain government department handling public security among several other services to the people had struck up a friendship with the wife of a big name in the jewellery business through the Facebook.

A chief purohita said to be having the inside track to the powers that be, recently made a prediction about the imminent comeback to the fold of some JO rebels.

An announcement made by a Betel leaf bigwig that they suspended the membership of a certain Diyawanna member from Puttalam district made a page one news story in national dailies in the country.