December 2025

Hon. Governor and Hon. Minister issue directives to immediately halt illegal sand transportation in Kilinochchi District

Although the recent natural disaster has subsided, instructions have been issued to prevent the blatant daylight plunder being carried out by exploiting the traces it has left behind. Accordingly, directives have been given to the Deputy Inspector General of Police of the Kilinochchi Region and the Senior Superintendent of Police of the Kilinochchi District to […]

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“The primary goal of the government to ensure that the people affected by natural disasters rise to a better position than before,” said Northern Governor Hon. N. Vethanayahan.

It is not enough for the people affected by the recent natural disaster to merely return to normalcy. The key objective of the government led by His Excellency the President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is to ensure that they progress beyond their previous economic and social standing. “We are working with full dedication to achieve this,”

“The primary goal of the government to ensure that the people affected by natural disasters rise to a better position than before,” said Northern Governor Hon. N. Vethanayahan. Read More »

“Mahakavi Bharathiyar courageously sowed progressive ideas for social change over a century ago,” said Governor Hon. N. Vethanayahan at the poet’s birth anniversary event.

The Governor of the Northern Province, Hon. N. Vethanayahan, remarked that the progressive ideas sown by Mahakavi Bharathiyar over a century ago have yet to fully take root in our society. The birth anniversary of the great poet Subramania Bharathiyar was celebrated on Thursday evening, 11 December 2025 at the Thiruvalluvar Cultural Hall in Jaffna,

“Mahakavi Bharathiyar courageously sowed progressive ideas for social change over a century ago,” said Governor Hon. N. Vethanayahan at the poet’s birth anniversary event. Read More »

The Northern Province Governor’s Public Day will not be held on the upcoming Monday, 15 December 2025

The public is hereby informed that the weekly Public Day—during which Hon. N. Vethanayahan, Governor of the Northern Province, meets the public in person, will not take place on the upcoming Monday, 15 December 2025. However, the Public Day will be held as usual on the following Monday, 22 December 2025 at the Governor’s Secretariat.

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In accordance with the instructions of Hon. Governor N. Vethanayahan, 200 relief packs containing educational materials—funded by the people of the Mayiliddy–Tiruppur Union—were handed over to the Additional District Secretary of Kandy District.

The relief packs, prepared with educational supplies for the hill-country students affected by natural disasters, were funded by the people of the Mayiliddy–Tiruppur Union and formally handed over last night – on Wednesday 10 December 2025, to Mr. Lalith Bandara, Additional District Secretary of Kandy District, under the direction of the Hon. Governor of the

In accordance with the instructions of Hon. Governor N. Vethanayahan, 200 relief packs containing educational materials—funded by the people of the Mayiliddy–Tiruppur Union—were handed over to the Additional District Secretary of Kandy District. Read More »

Livelihoods severely affected by Indian fishermen’s bottom-trawling: Northern fishermen request direct meeting with the President – Petition handed over to the Governor

A petition addressed to His Excellency President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was today handed over to the Governor of the Northern Province, requesting an opportunity to meet His Excellency the President in person and discuss the severe difficulties faced by Northern Province fishermen due to illegal bottom-trawling activities by Indian fishermen, as well as possible lasting

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“Solutions must be forwarded so that the affected people do not have to face another disaster again.” – Hon. Governor at the Vavuniya District Coordinating Committee meeting

Hon. Governor of Northern Province N.Vethanayahan stated that, it was only because coordinated actions were carried out without any differences between the central and provincial administrations during the disaster occurred the Northern Province that the normal lives of the affected people could be restored, at least to some extent, in a very short period of

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“The Cooperative Sector in the North must rise again as it was in the 1970s–80s: People have lost trust due to poor management” – Strong speech by Governor N. Vethanayahan

The current government, led by His Excellency the President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is working with great dedication and pure-heart to rebuild the cooperative sector so that it once again wields the same influence and glory it enjoyed in the Northern Province during the 1970–1980 period. Northern Province Governor Hon. N. Vethanayahan strongly urged that our

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AI Training Programme Empowers Ministry of Health Staff

The Career Guidance Unit of the University of Jaffna, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Indigenous Medicine, and Probation & Child Care Services, successfully conducted a full-day professional development workshop titled “Simplifying Office Tasks through Modern IT Practices” on 5 December 2025. The programme was facilitated by Prof. M. Siyamalan, Director of the Career

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“Many people seek government service with the sole aim of securing a pension. But this is a blessing bestowed by God to serve the people.” – Governor Hon. N. Vethanayahan

Northern Province Governor Hon. N. Vethanayahan emphasized that every person appointed to government service must work in a manner that does not become a burden to the chair they occupy, but instead brings honour to it. The event to present appointment letters to 14 Revenue Inspectors selected for the Local Authorities of the Northern Provincial

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