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The Secretary to the Hon. Governor of the Northern Province has requested registered chambers of commerce to nominate representatives for the establishment of the Northern Province Chambers of Commerce and Industry Network. Following consultative meetings held with representatives of chambers of commerce and industry in the Northern Province on November 14 and December 4, a […]

The open competitive examination for recruitment to the Grade III post of the Northern Provincial Management Service Officer will be held on Saturday, the 20th December 2025, in all districts of the Northern Province, as decided by the Provincial Public Service Commission – Northern Province, according to an announcement made by the Secretary of the

It is our expectation that farmers should receive fair prices for their produce, and that they should transform from mere producers into entrepreneurs as well, stated the Hon. Governor of the Northern Province, N. Vethanayahan. The signing ceremony of the management and operational agreement between the Jaffna Organic Farmer Public Unlisted Company and Agro Benefit

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

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 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,

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.

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

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

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