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06 Mar 2024 - 0 - 466
These seniors knew through experience that the grand designs being advocated by the duo were not down to earth – neither reasonable nor practical!
17 Jan 2024 - 1 - 1320
A group from the Blue party is said to be set to team up with the Telephone party and their plan is to persuade the party chief to go into an alliance with that party.
17 Jan 2024 - 0 - 1159
There is a troika formed in a certain political Balavegaya that stands for unity, they say.
20 Dec 2023 - 0 - 1005
The debate on the VAT (Amendment) Bill had to be postponed on the day it was taken up due to lack of a quorum. In fact, some government bigwigs as well as many opposition members were absent on that day.
20 Dec 2023 - 1 - 638
There are wonderful characters among the Diyawanna council members. Some of them possess the wonderful forte to hold up truth as falsehood or vice versa, they say.
20 Dec 2023 - 1 - 555
Some Telephone party members are said to be disenchanted with the party these days mainly due to wrong advice being proffered to the party chief by a certain party heavyweight!
20 Dec 2023 - 0 - 455
An actress turned Diyawanna member from the South who had fallen out with her party Pohottuwa in the recent past has now decided to return to the fold, they say.
06 Dec 2023 - 2 - 782
The main opposition has raised a cry of protest that an unusually large entourage has accompanied Number One on his visit to the Dubai conference.
29 Nov 2023 - 1 - 724
A heavyweight of the Telephone party who had been carrying on a selfcentered lonely campaign disregarding party discipline in the recent past has now decided to behave himself, they say.
01 Nov 2023 - 0 - 1371
Quite recently the Pohottuwa chief secretarial one met a Diyawanna member of that party from the Galle district at the council canteen.
25 Oct 2023 - 0 - 939
There is a certain high-up who made an effort to secure the main chair of the Khaki department whenever it was about to fall vacant. Just before the third service extension was granted to the incumbent, this ambitious contender had approached two Buddhist monks who are well- known as power brokers often taking a hand in the matter of making political appointments to high posts.
13 Oct 2023 - 2 - 962
Following the recent ‘expulsion’ of the state purohita caught smuggling gold and some other valuable items on his return from abroad, covetous eyes are on the top post of a statutory body that comes under the purview of this state ministry. It is common knowledge that the head of that statutory body is appointed by the state purohita concerned and now that he is gone and a new head for that body is likely to be appointed by his successor, it is s
20 Sep 2023 - 1 - 716
A group of young government Diyawanna members had gathered at the council lobby for a chat on the day the no confidence motion against the Top team Member for Health was taken up for debate.
13 Sep 2023 - 0 - 823
The removal of the Blue party secretarial one is something we had predicted earlier. Now the die is cast!
13 Sep 2023 - 2 - 945
The plan is to nominate another party member for Number One office despite the Malimawa chief has already announced himself as the party candidate, in a bid to pave the way for a heated session at the politburo meeting, they say.
28 Jul 2023 - 1 - 1775
A high-up in the security sector who has already come down from being ‘bandu’ to ‘bindu’ due to his unsavory record has reportedly got involved in another scandal! According to the story that has com
19 Jul 2023 - 1 - 1240
There is a certain former purohita who is among the few others again aspiring to top team status. He is known to have an unbridled tongue and in fact, he, once, fell afoul of the law by talking out of turn. By the way, this politico hailing from a district known for its cool climate is heading the list of highly disappointed top team office hopefuls as well. And he is said to be holding a grudge against the powers that be over this issue. A few
28 Jun 2023 - 4 - 1681
The country’s ambassadorial post in a European country is something in very high demand among both career diplomats and certain politicos and some of them resort to using undue influence to secure such a position. Meanwhile, some envoys already in this post in such countries are reluctant to move out from the post and try their best to hold on to it!
24 May 2023 - 2 - 1575
A section of the party advocates the fielding of the party’s architect at the forthcoming race for Number One office. However, another section of the party is said to be against it.
19 May 2023 - 2 - 1286
There is a whisper going around in the Pohottuwa party these days that it is none but a section of the Pohottuwa members with ties to the main office of the government blocking the new appointments to the Top Team, they say.
19 May 2023 - 0 - 966
The impending move to appoint new governing ones to the provinces has become a hot topic these days. However, only four governing ones have been asked to tender their resignation. Meanwhile, sources say that the government’s initial plan was to replace five governing ones with new ones.
03 May 2023 - 0 - 1095
A lady who was functioning as the head of a state-run undertaking was removed from the post quite recently.
03 May 2023 - 1 - 853
The former Number One Gota is said to be no longer interested in participating in active politics.
05 Apr 2023 - 1 - 1066
There is a state- run undertaking described as a ‘Bureau’ which deals with all matters relating to the country’s natural resources like minerals.
05 Apr 2023 - 0 - 736
When all others are jockeying for a purohita office, a certain former purohita has reportedly informed both the Pohottuwa party and the Number One that he does not want such high office in the government.
29 Mar 2023 - 0 - 787
While the well-known clash in the Blue party is continuing, several party organizers have planned to expose two former party seniors as the villains behind this trouble, they say.
22 Mar 2023 - 0 - 888
A change in a top government office at the Diyawanna council has become a certainty in addition to the reshuffle of the Top Team at the major shake-up said to be due prior to the forthcoming Vesak Poya!
17 Mar 2023 - 0 - 715
The news that the main post in the khaki suit department is going to fall vacant shortly has led to a big scramble to secure it by several high-ups from senior ranks in the department, they say.
08 Mar 2023 - 0 - 752
The effort made by the government recently to elect a chair for a certain select committee of the council had led to an uproar, they say.
22 Feb 2023 - 0 - 968
Number One at the time of being elected to the current office had reportedly given an undertaking to the Pohottuwa high-ups to appoint the purohitas and the governing ones proposed by them, but the former had not kept his word!
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