title: National Savings Bank (Sri Lanka)
text: # National Savings Bank (Sri Lanka)
  
  National Savings Bank (NSB) 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 262 branches. It also carries out postal banking with the cooperation of 643 post offices and 3,412 sub-post offices of the Sri Lanka Post. The current Chairperson of the NSB is Dr. Harsha Cabral
  
  ## 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 Herath
  * Upali Gunaratne
  * S. R. Attygalle
  * Pradeep Kariyawasam
  * Aswin De Silva
  * R.M.P. Rathnayake
  * Jayaraja Chandrasekera
  * Keasila Jayawardena
  