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Rajaratnam new Attorney General – By Ranjith Padmasiri Source:Sundaytimes Acting Solicitor General Sanjay Rajaratnam, PC, will be the next Attorney General (AG) of Sri Lanka. Educated at St Peter’s College and Royal College, Colombo, he has served the AG’s Department for the past 34 years, having joined in April 1988. Mr Rajaratnam has held the post of Senior State Counsel, Deputy Solicitor General, Additional Solicitor General and Senior Additional Solicitor General until his appointment as Acting Solicitor General in October 2019. He is a Solicitor of England and Wales and also holds a Master of Laws (Merit) from the Queen Mary University of London. He was conferred silk in November 2014. He has had wide experience in the civil and criminal branches of the law. ...