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BASL launches newspaper to raise public awareness
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) launched its first monthly tabloid newspaper “The Bar Reporter,” at a ceremony held in Colombo on Friday evening. The Chief Guest, the senior most President’s Counsel and a former Bar Association President N.M.R. Daluwatte PC was given the first copy by the Bar Association President Upul Jayasuriya.
BASL President Upul Jayasuriya presents the first copy of the 'the Bar Reporter', the newly launched monthly tabloid of the BASL to the senior most Past President of the BASL, President's Counsel N.R.M. Daluwatte while the paper's Editor-in-Chief S.P. Sriskantha looks on, on Friday evening. Pic by Indika Handuwala.
President’s Counsel Daluwatte commended the BASL’s effort to upgrade its newsletter which first was published in 1975 into a status of a newspaper for the BASL membership. On the invitation of the BASL President Upul Jayasuriya former BASL President and Parliamentarian Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe PC re-launched the BASL website, while President’s Counsel Upali Gooneratne launched the new BASL SMS alert system.
Commenting on the re-launched website Mr. Jayasuriya said that it was more dynamic and will have all the current activities regularly updated. He also noted that the BASL is negotiating with the Indian company ‘Manupatra’ which has over one millions judgments delivered in Indian courts to make those facilities available to the BASL membership through the BASL website.
The new interactive SMS alert system would enable the BASL to communicate with the BASL membership scattered around the country. “Now the BASL could inform all its activities to its members,” he said adding that the membership could respond to these alerts.
The long term aim of the ‘The Bar Reporter’ was to create a ‘strong public opinion,’ the editor S.P. Sriskantha noted. “The country lacks the sensitivity to their rights,” he added. If people are aware of their rights they would not be led by their nose to participate in the rallies supporting the electricity price hikes, or welcome a politician who made a teacher kneel down. ‘The Bar Reporter’, he said, would try to create a strong public opinion on their rights.
A copy of the newly launched BASL monthly tabloid
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