Loku Banda Thennehene Premaratne, QC ( known as L.B.T.Premaratne ) was the 25th Solicitor General of Ceylon[1] and acting Attorney General of Ceylon.
[2] He was appointed on 1968, succeeding Walter Jayawardena, and held the office until 1970.
[3] Premaratne was born in Katugastota, Kandy, as the eldest son in a family of seven boys all of whom were very good scholars and equally good sportsmen.
[4] He was educated at Ananda College where he played cricket[5] as a fast bowler.
[6] Premaratne was a crown prosecutor in the landmark case of the Assassination of S. W. R. D.