Pressroom | The Morning Community, food, and music: MJF Centre, Moratuwa to host its inaugural Night MarketMarch 25, 2021June 14, 2025On 27 March, the MJF (Merrill J. Fernando) Centre Moratuwa will host its inaugural Night Market, a street food fiesta with a cause, where residents of Moratuwa can get together for an evening of food, music, entertainment, and shopping.
ECONOMYNEXT | Pressroom Restarting South Asia: The Tea industry faces up to its challengesMarch 23, 2021June 14, 2025The coronavirus pandemic wrought havoc on almost all walks of life, and the various industries ranging from commodities, tourism to apparel are even today trying to get back to normal. It was no different for the Tea industry, though it seems that some of the challenges it faced have helped the industry see things differently.
Pressroom | The Sunday Times Global tea in challenging timesMarch 21, 2021June 14, 2025During a webinar dialogue on tea on the topic “Restart Asian Economies: Ideas and Actions for the tea industry” hosted by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and held on Monday, Dilmah Tea CEO Dilhan Fernando and Luxmi Teas Managing Director Rudra Chatterjee detailed the key concerns, challenges and overcoming them to cater to the growing demand for quality teas.
Pressroom | The Sunday Times Sri Lanka’s tea industry urged to speak with ‘one voice’March 21, 2021June 14, 2025Veterans of Sri Lanka’s tea industry on Wednesday urged various sections of the industry to come together on a joint platform of work, action and policy-making as tea is facing one of its strongest challenges while it marks 150 years of Ceylon Tea.
Pressroom | The Island Stronger Together: Industry Veterans Initiate Collaboration for Sustainable Tea IndustryMarch 21, 2021June 14, 2025‘Stronger Together’ – a first of its kind initiative aimed at building collaboration among the Ceylon Plantation Community towards a more sustainable tea industry, was launched on March 17 at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
Pressroom | The Sunday Observer Down Syndrome: Early intervention reduces disabilitiesMarch 21, 2021June 14, 2025The Sunday Observer spoke to Head of Rehabilitation Services, MJF Charitable Foundation, Dr Gopi Kitnasamy who has hands on experience in dealing with Down’s Syndrome patients, especially, children who, he says, can suffer from many mental and physical disabilities, including speech disorders, gait and other associated problems if they are not treated in their early growing stage.
Pressroom | The Morning Celebrating youth with Down syndrome: The Down Syndrome Virtual DayMarch 19, 2021June 14, 2025On 22nd March, the Merrill J. Fernando (MJF) Charitable Foundation, in collaboration with Dilmah Tea, will be hosting the online virtual event titled “The Down Syndrome Virtual Day” at 4.30 p.m. via Facebook Live and Zoom.
Daily News | Pressroom Global logistics hampers tea exportsMarch 19, 2021June 14, 2025Due to global shipping setbacks, the Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company is having problems tracking deliveries. The global shipping setbacks have been caused by the disruption COVID-19 has caused to the shipping industry.
Pressroom | Pulse Wisdom in the Leaf Launch Auction Initiates Collaboration for Sustainable Tea IndustryMarch 18, 2021June 14, 2025Wisdom in the Leaf is an evolution of ‘The History of Ceylon Tea’ project which began in August 2003 as part of Merrill J. Fernando’s commitment to making ‘business a matter of human service’.
Pressroom | The Morning Realising the value of ‘Made in Sri Lanka’March 14, 2021June 14, 2025Lessons from the Dilmah CEO on replicating the success of Ceylon Tea
Pressroom | The Morning Wisdom in the Leaf: Sri Lanka’s new tea-making bibleMarch 8, 2021June 14, 2025Tea is one of Sri Lanka’s most prolific industries. Ceylon Tea is sought the world over, and though Sri Lanka’s tea industry is only 150 years old, we simply cannot picture a world without our tea.
DailyFT | Pressroom Dilmah Beach Caretaker Program: A success story in community-led coastal conservationMarch 5, 2021June 14, 2025Protecting 50 km of Sri Lankan coasts while empowering livelihoods
