Central Bank bond issue not discussed at COPE meeting, CB Governor says

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Sri Lanka's controversial Central Bank Treasury bond issue was not discussed at a meeting on Thursday of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), officials said.

"It was just a routine meeting," Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran told reporters during a briefing on the country;s economic affairs.
Earlier it was reported that Mr. Mahendran and other Bank officials had been summoned by COPE in a renewal of the bond issue probe. - (DE)