The Bank of Tamil Eelam was founded in Jaffna

Jaffna

Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...

 in 1994, but was
relocated in 1995, to Kilinochchi

Kilinochchi

Kilinochchi is a city in the Kilinochchi District, part of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Kilinochchi is situated at the A9 road some south-east of Jaffna...

 after the Sri Lankan army

Sri Lankan Army

The Sri Lanka Army is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and is responsible for land-based military and humanitarian operations. Established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, it was renamed when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972...

 retook the peninsula. The Bank of Tamil Eelam

Tamil Eelam

Tamil Eelam , is the name given by certain Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora to the independent state which they aspire to create in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Tamil Eelam has no official status or recognition by any other state or authority...

 had six branch offices and employed around 100 employees. The Bank of TamilEelam was suspended on January 2, 2009, following the capture of Kilinochchi which had been the administrative capital

Capital City

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of Tamil Eelam.

External links

• http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=ourWorldNews&storyID=4568182
• http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=8542