Were the appointments irregular?

The Telephone party chief had recently appointed on his own some party organizers. These appointments considered irregular, has triggered a big hullabaloo within the party, they say.

Will he stage a comeback?

The current head of the Railway department is due to go on retirement shortly and a suitable successor is being looked for, they say.

They will not seek a pardon for him!

The question about the confinement of the actor-turned politico to the state lodge had figured prominently in a discussion at a top-level meeting of the telephone party held quite recently.

A lesson in politics!

The young King Rooster from the estate sector had called on Number Two the other day.

A court case over a computer password?

This politico at one time occupied the main chair of the council of the main city in the North.

They could not fire their guns!

Our Muslim Diyawanna politicos eagerly looked forward to meeting the Pakistan political chief who recently paid a brief visit to our country. Some of those Muslim politicos had been invited to the official functions held in connection with the visit of the distinguished foreign visitor.

Was it a mere façade?

A grand ceremony was held the other day to mark putting back into operation a number of buses belonging to the State-run transport board which had been out of service for a long time for being unroadworthy. The big boss was the chief guest on this occasion.

In pursuit of a personal vendetta!

There is an underhand move by political authority to shift a ‘centre’ providing support for solid waste management in the city to some other location, they say.

He has his own way!

This ‘prince’ holding a high position in an institution responsible for conducting research into marine resources among other things is said to be getting petrol pumped into his vehicle to the tank’s capacity on a daily basis.

Hefty payments from a petty cash imprest!

There is a political authority of a prominent office of the regime overlooking the Indian ocean who incurs petty cash expenses alone a day running into about Rs. 2 million.

A spanner thrown into unity talks?

While high-ups of the Green party and the Telephone party were holding talks for a merger or a united front, two Green party heavyweights had reportedly brought pressure on the Green leader not to go ahead with the move.

Was it not cricket?

The popular former test player’s resignation from the position as the bowling coach a few hours ahead of the national team’s departure for the West Indies shocked the fans of the game in the country and placed the game authorities in an unforeseen predicament.

Two ladies behind disarraying the rollout?

Two ladies holding high positions in the health sector are said to be responsible for messing up the initially well planned Covid 19 vaccination program.

Cheating the poor!

A story heard on the grapevine says that two buddies of a high political authority had defrauded the payments made to some poor people for house repairs.

No chance for their cronies yet!

A set of local politicos who had assumed office in a historic city under the present regime are said to be unhappy that ‘a family of brothers’ who handled the contracts for construction works and those for supplying raw materials for such projects during the yahapalanaya days continue to handle these contracts.

A feud with a difference!

A continuing row between a leading top team member and the head of the main department under his purview has now become a pain in the neck of the big boss of the regime, they say.

A VIP facing a dilemma!

A new political authority had found it impossible to shift to the official residence of his predecessor as it is badly in need of repairs estimated to cost Rs. 15 million.

Being between the devil and the deep blue sea!

A request made by a top team member to the head of an institution under his purview has placed the latter in a very awkward position, they say.

Waiting for the green signal!

An opposition heavyweight these days is said to be making a try to meet the Big Boss of the regime.

Loose tongue is to be his undoing!

This gabby and mischievous ‘Telephone’ politico had been doing things in the recent past that raised eyebrows and frowns.

They may not ride together in the same bus!

Practically all members of the anti-corruption committee of the yahapalanaya regime are reportedly facing charges according to the report of the commission appointed to investigate political victimization.

Hogging the comforts!

According to a story abuzz in political circles a provincial authority had made it a point to move some deluxe mattresses from the official bungalow to his residence when quitting office.

Tree planting ceremony at Coronavirus-hit school!

Several teachers and many children of this school had been affected by the Coronavirus. Some of them had tested positive for the virus while many others had been placed under quarantine.

Feeling nostalgic for the old place!

This Diyawanna politico holding high office is reportedly planning to go into the occupation of the official bungalow he had occupied when he was the political chief of the Western Province.

Heady with political power?

There is an institutional head enjoying the patronage of a very high political authority, who has got into the habit of taking arbitrary decisions, defying even the instructions given by the top team member, they say.

Funny Stories They finally tried it on kitty!

A housewife from Anuradhapura while surfing the internet on her smartphone had learnt about an indigenous potion described as efficacious medication for the Coronavirus infection.

A tirade against the comrade!

Prince Panchaudha is coming under fire from various quarters these days, they say.

He still aspires to be the livewire behind the game!

Now that the election of office-bearers to the cricket governing body is in the offing, a person who has grown possessive about its controlling power over the years has reportedly swung into action as before.

Looking for new leadership!

The question of finding a new charismatic leader has begun plaguing the Blue party high-ups again, they say.

A selection made in yahapalanaya days?

A news-piece doing rounds in political circles these days says that the current regime has started giving high post appointments according to a Cabinet paper submitted by a top team member of the yahapalanaya days.