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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 Today's Paper
A former party leader who later cast his lot with the Green party has found himself at crossroads in his political career, they say.
A provincial politico from an area with a historic rock has become the butt of an unusual joke these days, they say.
This blabby politico from a cool clime in the upcountry getting ready to enter the fray at upcoming general poll had found his own brother a formidable threat to his Diyawanna ambitions for the latter with ties to an opposition party had been plannin
A majority of employees from a minority community appointed to the main hospital in the central province on the recommendation of a former political authority are said to be busy making a fast buck as tuk-tuk drivers neglecting their duties.
There was an outcry over the shifting of the Agriculture Ministry to a building owned by a popular film star at a hefty cost. The monthly rent that cost the exchequer had been Rs. 23 million!
A state purohita from Rajarata has started the usual game of abusing power, they say.
Some politicos become clever conjurors as well after being raised to purohita status, they say.
It would be a matter for happiness for many to hear that there are at least a few decent and principled politicos in the country.
There are two state purohitas in the government who are highly disillusioned with their current status, they say.
The Blue party leadership is facing a revolt within the party these days, they say.
Several individuals and groupings in the Green party had during the past few months tried their level best to bring about an understanding between the party leader and Punchi Dasa without success. Later, they all had given up the effort deciding that
“I am going to be the party leader soon. Therefore, please advise our party members and supporters to cast their vote for me only without bothering to mark their preference for any other candidate at the upcoming general poll.”
A move is said to be afoot to shift the country’s flag carrier – airlines office in the central province to a new building involving a much higher monthly rent.
The businessmen in this city had hosted the prominent politicos in the area to a party where liquor had flowed freely. A young Diyawanna politico of a political party in the bud had been the main guest at the party.
The secretariat of the Western Provincial Council has got severely congested following the province’s new fair governing one recently shifting to its building along with her 60-strong office staff, they say.
Three Green party heavyweights have decided to retire from politics come the next general poll which is only a few months away. The trio represents the Gampaha, Kurunegala and Matara districts.
There are many people who have got panicky about the continuing unfolding of conversation recordings by the actor-turned politico.
A large majority in the Green party insists that the party leadership be offered to Punchi Dasa and the latter’s loyalists have vowed to launch a separate political party if the leadership were not conceded.
A tug o’ war over sharing of subjects had been going on for the last two months between the top team members and the state purohitas of the new regime. However, the high authorities recently intervened to devolve subjects from those at the top tabl
Appointing envoys to foreign countries to represent the interests of our country is a responsibility devolved on Number One. He has already taken action to appoint envoys to a number of countries.
A high- level meeting of Pohottuwa was held the other day with Number Two in the Chair. The upcoming general poll came up as an important subject for discussion at this meeting, they say.
There is a blabby political son who made it to Diyawanna from a district in the West. By the way, this young politico brags that he has closely associated with many world leaders and also claims to be an architect of the previous Yahapalanya Regime.
There are strong indications that Punchi Dasa will launch a separate political party if he loses the battle for the leadership.
There is a prof who threw in his lot with the Green party quite recently now planning to enter the upcoming general poll from the Gampaha district. He had been frequently seen in the company of the actor-turned politico at public functions in the dis
There are still about seven top team members who continue to hog their portfolios showing no sign of preparedness to delegate the due share of subjects to their state-level purohitas.
The Colombo-gate tape scandal that shook the country in the recent past is continuing to reverberate through the public domain and political circles. It has already placed many characters including some in Police and Judiciary in a highly disconcerti
A scramble for top posts has begun in the Green party behind the scene these days, they say.
A story saying that two persons – a lady and a gentleman- hailing from a VVIP family in the country had been appointed to high office in a State undertaking affiliated to our national airlines went viral recently.
A new head was appointed recently to the department that collects duties on alcohol drinks.
When a certain Mayor known for taking arbitrary actions, was arrested by Police the other day, a group of his rivals had gone to meet the provincial bigwig to ask him to remove the Mayor from office.
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