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  2. Bank of Ceylon - Wikipedia

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    Bank of Ceylon ( BOC; Sinhala: ලංකා බැංකුව Lanka Bænkuwa, Tamil: இலங்கை வங்கி S.SADHURSHAN i Ilangai Vangi) is a state-owned, major commercial bank in Sri Lanka. Its head office is located in an iconic cylindrical building in Colombo . The bank has a network of 651 branches, 715 automated teller ...

  3. C T Holdings - Wikipedia

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    C T Holdings PLC. C T Holdings PLC, formerly known as Ceylon Theatres Limited, is an investment holding company and one of the largest conglomerates in Sri Lanka. The company was incorporated in 1928 by Chittampalam A. Gardiner and quoted on the Colombo Stock Exchange ever since. In 2019, Brand Finance ranked C T Holdings eighth amongst the ...

  4. Dominion of Ceylon - Wikipedia

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    Ceylon [1] [3] was an independent country in the Commonwealth of Nations from 1948 to 1972, that shared a monarch with other dominions of the Commonwealth. In 1948, the British Colony of Ceylon was granted independence as Ceylon. In 1972, the country became a republic within the Commonwealth, and its name was changed to Sri Lanka .

  5. Central Bank of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The Central Bank of Sri Lanka was established in 1950, two years after independence. The founder governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was John Exter, while the minister of finance at the time was J. R. Jayewardene. Under the former name of Central Bank of Ceylon, it replaced the Currency Board that until then had been responsible for ...

  6. Colombo Central Bank bombing - Wikipedia

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    The attack took place on 31 January 1996, in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo. A lorry containing about 440 pounds of high explosives crashed through the main gate of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, a seaside high-rise which managed most of the financial business of the country. As gunmen traded fire with security guards, the suicide bomber in the ...

  7. List of banks in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Housing Development Finance Corporation Bank of Sri Lanka (HDFC) National Savings Bank. Regional Development Bank (Pradheshiya Sanwardhana Bank) Sanasa Development Bank. Sri Lanka Savings Bank. State Mortgage and Investment Bank.

  8. Seylan Bank - Wikipedia

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    Seylan Bank PLC ( Sinhala: සෙලාන් බැංකුව, romanized: Selan Bænkuwa) is a publicly owned Commercial Bank in Sri Lanka. It has branches in both urban and rural areas of Sri Lanka. Seylan bank had 167 banking centres [2] island-wide, 3000 staff members, an ATM network of 205 units covering crucial locations, 9 branches ...

  9. Commercial Bank of Ceylon - Wikipedia

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    Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC. Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC ( CBC) also known as ComBank is a licensed commercial bank in Sri Lanka and its ownership is private. It was incorporated as a public limited company and it is listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. It is regarded as the largest private bank in Sri Lanka in terms of net worth and ...