Finance minister Sitharaman visits Sri Lanka, inaugurates SBI branch
Thursday, 2 November 2023 Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited Sri Lanka's eastern port town of Trincomalee where she opened a branch of the State Bank of India and appreciated its role in supporting corporates in international trade. She started her day by visiting the main Hindu Temple in the multi-ethnic city to pay homage to it before opening a branch of the State Bank of India in Trincomalee. After inaugurating the branch, she appreciated that SBI, with its 159 years of significant presence, is the oldest bank in Sri Lanka and continues to grow its business at home and abroad.
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Ministry of Finance posted on X, "Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman inaugurated the State Bank of India @TheOfficialSBI Branch in Trincomalee, today,... IndiaTimes
India's Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has praised the State Bank of India (SBI) for launching a direct Sri Lankan Rupee-Indian Rupee trade, making it the... IndiaTimes
Thursday, 2 November 2023
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