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Rajeev Amarasuriya re-elected uncontested BASL President
Daily FT
|February 04, 2026
RAJEEV Amarasuriya has been reelected, uncontested for a further term as President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka for 2026 / 2027, and will formally be inducted at the 52nd Bar Association of Sri Lanka Convocation scheduled for 28 March 2026.
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Former BASL Treasurer Nalin Chandika De Silva was elected, also uncontested, as the new Secretary of the Bar Associa
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