A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
(Full Story)
Search This Blog
Back to 500BC.
==========================
Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Saturday, June 29, 2013
BASL Launches Official Newspaper “The Bar Reporter”, Interactive Texting Service And Revamped Official Website
June 29, 2013
Expressing commitment to the Rule of Law, the Bar Association of Sri
Lanka (BASL) launched its own official newspaper “The Bar Reporter”
yesterday (28.06.2013).
Several senior lawyers told The Colombo Telegraph that the choice of an
elderly senior lawyer who has stood against interfering with the
judiciary and politicizing the legal profession under many governments
rather than a high ranker of the system seems to send a clear and
powerful message.
At the official launch, President of the Association, senior lawyer Upul Jayasuriya who
was elected by a massive majority of the legal profession, stressed
that this newspaper is an essential need in today’s context. The
newspaper begins with an existing circulation of over 12000 people, who
are the members of the association.
The Editor-in-Chief is Attorney S. P. Sriskantha, Attorney at Law who is
Chairman of the Newspaper Committee of the BASL, who spoke and
highlighted at length the importance of what was being launched. In the
first editorial, he states “Fortunately, unlike most other newspapers
“The Reporter” is not saddled with the fear of threats to desist from
reporting vital matters or be caught up in a strategic move of being
bought over lock stock and barrell, literally to shut us up. This is so,
as “The Reporter” is the property of the Bar Association and one will
have to think twice before crossing swords with an united Bar.” He
pledged that the newspaper will work towards making the country a better
place to live in by carrying correct news without fear or favour.
The Colombo Telegraph, which not being run from within Sri Lanka was
able to report previously that the Rajapaksa regime has been trying to
work out a way to ‘capture‘
the Bar Association by somehow getting a lawyer with links to the
regime or benefiting from it elected as its next President. This method
has so far been used successfully by the regime on the higher judiciary.
Rajindh Perera, Attorney at Law, Convenor of the Newspaper Committee of
the BASL gave an impressive vote of thanks at the end of the launch
press conference.
At this occasion, the newly revamped website of the BASL (www.basl.lk)
was relaunched and for the first time, an interactive texting service
was launched enabling the BASL to have instant contact with its vast
membership via SMS messaging. Lawyers shortly received a message from
the BASL President by SMS, announcing the success of the launch and
inviting responses or suggestions from members of the profession.