May 2026

The Governor of the Northern Province, Hon. N. Vethanayahan, visited the Jaffna Teaching Hospital this morning to inspect the medicine stores that suffered extensive damage in the sudden fire that broke out during the early hours of Saturday (09 May 2026). During the visit, the Director of Jaffna Teaching Hospital, Dr. T. Sathiyamoorthy, accompanied the […]

Hon. N. Vethanayahan, Governor of the Northern Province, has directed the Northern Provincial Ministries and Departments to promptly complete the necessary procedures within two weeks, in accordance with the newly issued government circular on the permanent absorption of employees who have been serving for many years in government departments on temporary, daily-paid, substitute, contract, and

A new branch of the “Study In” institution was officially inaugurated this morning – on Friday, (08 May 2026), with the aim of expanding higher education opportunities in Jaffna. The Governor of the Northern Province, Hon. N. Vethanayahan, attended the event as the chief guest and ceremonially declared the new office open by cutting the

As for our Northern Province, ‘missing persons affairs’ are not just a matter that sleeps in the form of a file at the government departments. They are the high emotional and humanitarian issues that are interrelated with unhealable tears, so many expectations, and the unexplainable pains of thousand families for many decades. An awareness program

Hon. Governor of the Northern Province, N. Vethanayahan, has stated that appropriate measures will be taken to increase the prize money allocated for Group event of sports at the “Colours Night” awarding ceremony, which honors Northern Province athletes who accomplishes at the national level. He further mentioned that a special committee has been appointed to

An initial discussion regarding, how to receive the contribution of the Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna, to the Northern Province administrative activities as well as provincial development activities was held on Tuesday (05th May of 2026) at the University of Jaffna, under the chairmanship of Northern Provincial Hon. Governor N. Vethanahayan. Professor N. Piratheeparaja,

A special discussion among Hon. Governor, N. Vethanayahan, authorities of the Cooperative Employee Commission Northern Province, and the Department of Cooperative Development was held on Monday (04 April 2026) at the governor’s secretariat. Multiple challenges faced by cooperative employees were deeply discussed at this discussion. Specifically, suggestions were given by the governor to authorities to

Hon. Governor N. Vethanayahan emphasized that, beyond maintaining the Northern Province’s national first place in the percentage of university admissions from among all candidates, efforts must be made to further raise that achievement level and in particular, intensive attention must be given to increasing the number of students gaining university admission on a ‘merit’ basis.