The Lankaputra Development Bank marked its 12th anniversary recently. The commemoration ceremony was held at the Bank’s Colombo headquarters giving foremost place to religious activities.
Chairman of the Bank Sujith Kariyawasam and officials of senior management including acting General Manager/CEO Ranjith Dissanayake and Working Director of the Bank Thuan Riza Hameet participated in this ceremony. In line with this occasion, ceremonies had also been organized in regional branches of the bank.
The significant feature of this commemoration ceremony is giving priority to CSR activities.
A program was organized for the girls living in the Gangodawila Balika Niwasaya. They were taken for a tour in the wetland park in Nugegoda. Including a boat ride.
In line with the 12 commemoration ceremony special series of seminars titled “Vivasayaka Athweala” have also been organized for the entrepreneurs who are engaged in self employments in Kandy area.
A blood donation campaign was also conducted at the LDB Head Office, in which a large number of blood donors contributed.
The ‘Shasthri’ loan scheme provides concessionary loans for persons to follow degree courses, postgraduate degrees in local & foreign universities and vocational education in reputed higher education institutes in Sri Lanka as well as overseas.
In addition, the LDB is implementing loan schemes namely “Run aswenna”, “Rivi Bala Savi”, “Jaya Isura” and “Govi navodaya” “Green loan” which have been introduced by the Ministry of Finance.
Under these loan schemes entrepreneurs of the agriculture, animal husbandry, dairy farming, fishing industry, construction and Engineering services, hotel and tourism sectors are able to obtain loans at lower interest rates.