March 5, 2019

Considering the benefits of the parents and the students, Governor of Northern Province Dr. Suren Raghavan declared that the coming Tuesday (05.03.2019), the day after Shivaratri is a holiday for the Northern Province schools to follow the religious practices. The private tuition centres will also be closed on that day. The alternative school day will […]

Senior Advisor of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Switzerland Mr. Martin Stuerzinger called on Governor Dr. Suren Raghavan at his office in Jaffna on 01st March 2019. The present situation of the people of the Northern Province was extensively analyzed and the means to develop the people economically were also discussed in detail. The discussion also focused on the issues

Governor of Northern Province Dr. Suren Raghavan said that his dream is Northern Province would change one day to provide subsidies to other provinces in the country as it contains all the resources. I would like to leave that dream a seed. Governor mentioned the above at the event of distributing sports equipment which was

The culture of Northern Province always gives top priority to education. But today we have fallen. As the result, Jaffna ranked 22nd place in the island and Northern Province is the 6th place. We all have to work together to rebuild and regain our educational tradition. I will give first priority to education until the

Governor of the Northern Province, Dr. Suren Raghavan, orchestrated an impromptu visit on the 27th of February 2019 to assess the ongoing operations within various schools nestled in Kilinochchi district. This endeavor followed a recent financial aid injection of 31.5 million rupees, graciously granted by President Maithripala Sirisena, at the behest of the Governor. The

Governor Dr. Suren Raghavan paid a sudden visit to some of the pharmacies in Jaffna this evening (25) to find out the conditions of them. He had a casual conversation with them and appreciated the pharmacists for opening their shops to meet the essential needs of the people even though today was declared a hartal-day.

Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police Roshan Fernando met Governor Dr. Suren Raghavan on 26th February 2019 at Governor Secretariat in Jaffna. The discussion focused on the shortage of Tamil speaking police officers in the Northern Province and the difficulties in providing police service through the Tamil language. The discussion also focused on establishing a police

The Governor of the Northern Province has observed that land surveying is the foremost problem when solving land issues in the Northern Province. The main reason for this is the lack of sufficient personnel in the Land Survey Department to measure lands. Therefore the Governor requested retired surveyors to register themselves in Northern Provincial Land

Chief of the Hindu Priests Association Shivashri K.V.K. Vaitheeswara Kurukkal met Governor Dr. Suren Raghavan on 04th March 2019 at Governor’s Secretariat. The problems faced by Hindus in the Northern Province and conflicts between religions in the Northern Province were discussed during the meeting. Governor said that he had also focused on the incident happened