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Op-ed/Special Reports

Sri Lanka’s GI and IP advantage

Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) explores potential of IP Rights and Geographical Indications in strengthening exports

April 30, 2026 5 min read

Powering through droughts and crises: Redesigning Sri Lanka's energy resilience

The next drought, El Niño, and oil shock are certainties, IPS warns,

April 28, 2026 6 min read

How the US-Israel confrontation with Iran is shattering the Westphalian system

"When the most powerful states no longer agree on how the system should function, international rules become symbolic"

April 7, 2026 19 min read

The unlocked potential of ageing and silver economy in Sri Lanka

An Institute of Policy Studies blog analyses challenges and possibilities for Sri Lanka to reap demographic dividends

March 5, 2026 5 min read
Cyber resilience starts at the top: Deloitte Sri Lanka

A discussion on how boards can better prepare organisations for complex cyber disruption.

Beyond the crisis: Sectoral paths to Sri Lanka's durable growth

Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) recommendations for the upcoming national budget

Harry Jayawardena, Sri Lanka business leader, remembered on his birthday

Remembering my friend Harry on his 83rd Birthday

Krishantha Prasad Cooray
August 17, 2025 3 min read

Sri Lanka's PTA - there cannot be 'terrorism' without terror : Constitutional expert

To prevent msi-use and suppressing criticism over-broad definitions must be avoided

July 14, 2025 19 min read

Vietnam to boost private sector as 'main driving force' while Sri Lanka sends mixed signals

Vietnam is also shrinking state workers by 20-pct to reduce the burden on the people

June 2, 2025 10 min read

Tariff wars lead to real wars: Sri Lanka economist on economic nationalism

Import tariffs also helped direct anger of the local population against foreigners

May 11, 2025 5 min read

Monetary policy for a small open economy like Sri Lanka

These challenges necessitate a reassessment of the relative roles of monetary and fiscal policy

Ravi Ratnasabapathy
April 15, 2025 29 min read

Three years at a thankless task in Sri Lanka

At this treacherous hour, three years ago to this very day, two sons of Lanka answered her call

Krishantha Prasad Cooray
April 10, 2025 3 min read

Electoral reform and abolishing the executive presidency in Sri Lanka

Abolition was a central plank of the platform of the National People’s Power (NPP) at the 2024 presidential elections ...

Jayampathy Wickramaratne, President’s Counsel
February 27, 2025 9 min read

Karl Marx, Engels would have approved Sri Lanka rice imports for working class: analysis

To impose protective duties on foreign corn is infamous, it is to speculate on the famine of peoples

December 15, 2024 6 min read

Ambassador to Sri Lanka speaks on Japan's economic transformation: full text

Under the occupation, Japan embarked on a transformative journey, witnessing profound reforms

October 3, 2024 19 min read

Fifteen years after the end of the war, victims still await justice at Mullivaikkal: Amnesty

“Today’s anniversary is a grim reminder of the collective failure of the Sri Lankan authorities"

May 18, 2024 3 min read
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Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings: A Preventable Tragedy

If it was, preventable, then why was it not?

Arjuna Ranawana
April 21, 2024 7 min read

Regional integration to empower Sri Lankan women

Providing equal employment opportunities for men and women can enable South Asia to enhance incomes by 25%.

Lakmini Fernando and Sulochana Silva
April 4, 2024 6 min read

In the political arena, South Asian women face similar hurdles

In South Asia, women face similar hurdles when breaking into the male-dominated political arena

Kshama Ranawana
March 29, 2024 5 min read

Regional cooperation and PPPs key to developing educational technology in Sri Lanka: IPS

Expanding Ed-tech through partnerships, collaborations, and AI can improve quality education

Himani Vithanage
March 7, 2024 6 min read

Sri Lanka top doctor seeks equality in healthcare

He urged fellow doctors to ensure a change of attitude to end discrimination by educating other health care staff

January 20, 2024 3 min read
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Creative industries remain an untapped sector in Sri Lanka

They create employment, income, increase export earnings, promote innovation and contribute to societal wellbeing

January 18, 2024 3 min read

Sri Lanka, the Wedding Isle

Every wedding is special for participants and ordinary for the rest of the world.

Krishantha Prasad Cooray
January 13, 2024 4 min read

Sri Lanka police in dire straits as three-times lucky IGP gets extension: focus

Our police correspondent examines the crisis in the department

Police Correspondent
October 15, 2023 4 min read
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Sri Lanka's trade and cultural links across the Indian Ocean from antiquity

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October 8, 2023 7 min read

Sri Lanka's 'big match' fever is healing

There’s nothing ‘mad’ about March

Krishantha Prasad Cooray
March 16, 2023 5 min read
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