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In 1983, ethnic sectarian violence in the form of anti-Tamil riots resulted in the burning of Indian Overseas Bank's branch in Colombo. Indian Bank, which may have had stronger ties to the Sinhalese population, escaped unscathed. [7] In 1990, Indian Bank rescued Bank of Tanjore (Bank of Thanjavur; est. 1901), with its 157 branches, based in ...
Deutsche Bank; DFCC Bank; Habib Bank; Hatton National Bank; Indian Bank; Indian Overseas Bank; MCB Bank; National Development Bank; Nations Trust Bank; Pan Asia Bank; People's Bank; Public Bank Berhad; Sampath Bank; Seylan Bank; Standard Chartered Bank; State Bank of India; Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Union Bank of Colombo ...
The building was extensively damaged in the 1996 attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on the Colombo Central Bank. [2] In 2011 the building was acquired by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), who undertook extensive renovations and refurbishment, in order to house the museum. The Economic History Museum of Sri Lanka was formally ...
In 2010 Malaysia awarded a commercial banking license to a locally incorporated bank to be jointly owned by Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank and Andhra Bank. The new bank, India International Bank , commenced operations in 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, which has a large population of Indians. Andhra Bank holds a 25% stake in the joint-venture, Bank ...
Sri Lanka: History and the Roots of Conflict (1990) Valančiūnas, Deimantas. "Haunting memories: Sri Lankan civil war, trauma and diaspora in literature and film." South Asian Diaspora 13.1 (2021): 37–49. Wickramasinghe, Nira. Sri Lanka in the modern age: A history of contested identities (U of Hawaii Press, 2006). Wickramasinghe, Nira.
The history of Sri Lanka is unique because its relevance and richness extend beyond the areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. The early human remains which were found on the island of Sri Lanka date back to about 38,000 years ago ( Balangoda Man ).
The Sri Lankan banking industry was changed during the late 1980s with the introduction of automation by private banking corporations. [10] Previously, few foreign banks were operating within Sri Lanka with few branches such as Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, etc. HSBC was using interactive electronic customer interfaces such as automated teller machines (ATMs).
Lloyd's Building is a prominent five-storey 19th century building located on Sir Baron Jayatilaka Mawatha (formerly Prince Street), Colombo Fort. The building was constructed in 1908 and originally named the 'Freudenberg Building'. It was designed by Edward Skinner and constructed by Clifford Lake and Company. [1] [2]