Commercial Bank to keep 65 branches open on Deepavali Festival Day – November 10

Wednesday, 04 November 2015 05:01

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced it will continue its practice of keeping a significant number of branches open for business on Public and Bank holidays, when the country celebrates Deepavali on Tuesday, 10th November.

The 65 Commercial Bank branches that will operate on that day include the Bank’s 29 Supermarket Banking Centres and 19 ‘365-day’ branches which will work their customary hours, and another 17 branches that will be open from 9 am to 1 pm, the Bank said.

These 17 branches are Avissawella, Battaramulla, Borella, Dehiwala, Foreign Branch, Kiribathgoda, Kolluptiya, Kotahena, Maharagama, Main Street (Pettah), Narahenpita, Nugegoda, Panchikawatte, Piliyandala, Union Place, Wattala and Wellawatte.

The only Sri Lankan bank to be ranked among the Top 1000 banks of the world for five consecutive years, Commercial Bank operates a network of 246 branches and 617 ATMs in Sri Lanka.


The Bank was ranked the most valuable private sector brand in Sri Lanka in 2014 and has also won multiple awards as Sri Lanka’s best bank from several international publications over several years.


The Bank was adjudged one of Sri Lanka’s 10 best corporate citizens by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce in 2013 and 2014.

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