National Savings Bank (Sri Lanka)
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National Savings Bank is a state-owned Savings Bank in Sri Lanka
. It was incorporated in Ceylon by the National Savings Bank Act No. 30 of 1971 and was granted the status of the Licensed Specialised Bank in terms of the Banking Act No. 30 of 1988. NSB has 182 branches, 12 Postal Banking Branches. It also carries out postal banking
with the cooperation of 643 post office
s and 3,4012 sub-post offices of the Sri Lanka Post
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(list incomplete)
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. It was incorporated in Ceylon by the National Savings Bank Act No. 30 of 1971 and was granted the status of the Licensed Specialised Bank in terms of the Banking Act No. 30 of 1988. NSB has 182 branches, 12 Postal Banking Branches. It also carries out postal banking
Postal savings system
Many nations' post offices operated or continue to operate postal savings systems to provide depositors who do not have access to banks a safe, convenient method to save money and to promote saving among the poor.-Great Britain:...
with the cooperation of 643 post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
s and 3,4012 sub-post offices of the Sri Lanka Post
Sri Lanka Post
The Department of Posts, functioning under the brand name Sri Lanka Post, is a government operated postal system in Sri Lanka. The postal headquarters is the General Post Office which is located in Colombo. The department itself comes under the purview of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Posts...
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Past Chairmen
Since 1971, the following were Chairmen of the Bank:(list incomplete)
- Harindranath George Dias
- M.J. Silva
- Muttusamy Sanmuganathan
- D.M Swaminathan
- Cyril HerathCyril HerathDeshamanya L.G.D. Cyril L. Herath is a former Sri Lankan Inspector-General of Police and Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence.Educated at St John's College Nugegoda and at the prestigious Royal College Colombo and graduated from the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya with a B.A. in...
- Mr. Upali Gunarathne
- Mr. S.R. Attygalle