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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

UR de Silva appointed BASL president

UR de Silva appointed BASL president

logoMarch 15, 2017

Attorney-at-Law U. R. de Silva has been elected as the new President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), Sources told Ada Derana. 

 He will take over from his predecessor Attorney-at-Law Geoffrey Alagaratnam. 

The election of the Bar Association  for the year 2017/2018 was held today (15) with the polls coming to an end at 5.00pm. 

 Udaya Rohan De Silva, a former BASL Treasurer, was among three leading lawyers who contested the polls - the others being Anura Meddegoda and R. Thangarajah.