UR de Silva appointed BASL president
March 15, 2017 07:32 pm
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.
