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Northern Province Buddhist Conference was successfully held at Vavuniya Sri Bodhi Dakshinaramaya Temple on 29th March 2019. The viharas in Northern Province and issues associated with them were discussed at this conference. The discussion was also focused on the steps taken to improve religious reconciliation in the Northern Province. Governor of Northern Province Dr. Suren […]

First ever Northern Province Buddhist Conference commenced today (29) at Sri Bodhi Dakshinaramaya Temple in Vavuniya. All the arrangement for the conference is completed. The conference is being held under the patronage of the Chief Sangha Nayaka of Northern & Eastern Provinces, the Chairman of Vavuniya District Ven. Siyambalagasveva Vimalasara Thera, Minister of Buddha Sasana

Governor of Northern Province Dr. Suren Raghavan met Bishop of Jaffna Diocese Justin Bernard Gnanapragasam at his house on 28th March 2019. The problems faced by Catholics in the Diocese of Jaffna and in the Northern Province and how they can be solved were taken into discussion. The Bishop requested the Governor to take action to

Governor of Northern Province Dr. Suren Raghavan released as a special statement today.        

Governor’s Public Day programme was held at Kilinochchi District Secretariat on 27th March 2019 under the patronage of Governor Dr. Suren Raghavan with the presence of Provincial Ministries’ Secretaries and Heads of Departments. During this event, Governor issued appointment letters to the 10 employees for the Government Elders’ Home which is located at Kaithady, Jaffna.

Governor of Northern Province Dr. Suren Raghavan has decided to give instructions to the government institutions in Northern Province to purchase the products of the ‘Karuvi’ – a community resource centre for differently abled. Governor paid a sudden inspection visit to “Ammachi” restaurant which is located in Thirunelveli, Jaffna on 26 March 2019. He met

Governor’s Secretariat of Northern Province organized a special event to mark Tripitakabi Vandana Week at Jaffna Sri Naga Vihara on 21st March 2019. The Tripitaka, the most sacred scripture for Buddhists, was declared as a national heritage at the beginning of the year as per the conceptualization of the President Maithripala Sirisena. The Tripitaka is

Governor Dr. Suren Raghavan has decided to send a request to the Ministry of Education to upgrade 14 provincial schools of the Northern Province as National Schools. Governor has made the above resolution due to the continuous requests made by the old students and people’s representatives of the many schools in the Northern Province to

Though the works carried out under Capital Development Programme with the financial support of Northern Province’s PSDG and CBG were over, the contractors’ bills pricing Rs. 898.4 Million were not settled as the Treasury did not release the imprest fully. The contractors requested the Governor that this large amount of arrears affected their financial activities.

This week’s Governor’s Public Day was held under at Chief Minister’s Secretariat at Kaithady on 13th March 2019 under the chairmanship of Governor of Northern Province Dr Suren Raghavan. Public and public representatives directly handed over their requests in written form at the specially allocated place in order to submit at United Nations Human Right Council’s