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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

The 40th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council has begun in Geneva last month. The Governor of Northern Province Dr. Suren Raghavan has been appointed by the President Maithripala Sirisena to take part in the Human Rights Council’s session. On behalf of Northern Province, Parliamentarians representing the Northern Province and former Northern Provincial

Secretary of Women Affairs Ministry Mrs Roobini Varathalingam said that women have achieved great success in education. About 60% of women are graduates and among them, 45% are graduates in arts. However, 35 % of women receive jobs. Under the direction of Governor Dr. Suren Raghavan on the theme of ‘Balance for Better’, International Women’s

Today (08th March Friday), some Tamil media reported that the relatives of the Enforced Disappearances in the North and East could not meet Governor when they tried. The explanation for the false news: The families and the relatives of the Enforced Disappearances in the North and East asked for an appointment to meet Governor of Northern

American Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B.Teplitz and Netherlands Ambassador to Sri Lanka Joanne Doornewaard called on Governor Dr. Suren Raghavan at his secretariat in Jaffna on 07th March 2019. The current situation of the Northern Province was discussed during this meeting and the economic conditions of the Jaffna people were also discussed. Governor explained