CB buys storey in New York

Sandasen Marasinghe, Irangika Range and Disna Mudalige

Finance Deputy Minister Sarath Amunugama yesterday said that the Central Bank has bought a storey of a building in New York for its future operations. He made this observation in Parliament in response to a question raised by UNP MP Eran Wickramaratne during the oral question sessions.

The Deputy Minister said the storey of the building in America was bought at US$ 5 million in August 30 last year. It has an area of 12,000 square feet. The space has been rented out to the Foreign Ministry for five years at a rate of US$ 68,000.