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"People's Remittance Vaasi Kotiyai" of People’s Bank picks the 1st monthly Millionaire

People's Bank picked the first millionaire in "People's Remittance Vaasi Kotiyai, Ewannai Dinannai" Draw where the monthly winner of February along with daily and weekly winners for the 3rd and 4th weeks of February were selected. This event was held at the People's Bank, Overseas Customer Services premises at Colombo 10 recently.

Accordingly, Rs.1 million cash prize will be awarded to the monthly winner while

2 Weekly Winners will be awarded 22-Karat gold sovereigns and prizes of Rs.10,000 each will be presented to 14 Daily Winners.

People's Bank launched "People’s Remittance Vaasi kotiyayi" Draw from 1st February 2022 to encourage and appreciate Sri Lankan migrant workers who work tirelessly to strengthen the country's economy and build a better life for themselves and their families. Under this promotion the Grand Draw winner who will be selected at the year end will be presented with a Grand Prize of Rs.10 million. Additionally, Rs.1 Million Monthly winners will be selected every month, 22K gold sovereign weekly winners will be selected 48 times, while in 10,000 daily cash prize winners will be selected 334 times until 31st December 2022.

All customers who remit foreign remittances to People’s Bank accounts, to other bank accounts through People’s Bank and remittances collected over the counter at People’s Bank branches including WU, Ria or similar channels during the period from 1st  February to 31st  December 2022 are eligible for the draw. Customers can also increase their chances of winning by remitting more money.

Mr.Sujeewa Rajapakse - Chairman of People’s Bank,  Mr.Ranjith Kodituwakku - Chief Executive Officer/ General Manager, Mr.Rohan Pathirage - Senior Deputy General Manager (Overseas Customer Services), Mr.Mahinda Premanath - Deputy General Manager (Channel Management),  Mr.Lalith Vithana - Deputy General Manager (Banking Support Services), Mr.E.A.M Dissanayake - Assistant General Manager (Audit), Ms.Aruni Liyanagunawardana – Assistant General Manager (OCS), Mr.Nalaka Wijayawardana - Head of Marketing, Ms.Renuka Arunasalam - Chief Manager (Overseas Customer Services) and Ms.Thilini Perera - Senior Manager (OCS) Mr.Vipula Warnakula - Senior Manager (IT) participated in the event.