May 2026

“Actions to increase the prize money for Group Events of Sports at ‘Colours Night’ Awards – Hon. Governor N. Vethanayahan”

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

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Our province should not contain any ‘remote villages.’ To achieve this, much of the parties’ cooperation must be needed—Hon. Governor

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,

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Challenges Faced by Cooperative Employees were extensively analyzed with the Hon. Governor’s Chairmanship.

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

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The Northern Province must focus intensively on increasing the number of university admissions on a ‘merit’ basis — Hon. Governor N. Vethanayahan emphasized.

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.

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The Mannar District Coordination Committee meeting was held on Wednesday at the District Secretariat Auditorium.

The Northern Province Governor, N. Vethanayahan, stated that the investigation report on the alleged fraud in previous pond renovation projects in the Mannar District has been forwarded to the Hon. Minister of Public Security, with a request to refer the matter to the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (CID). He added that further action is being

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