Ceylon Today | DailyFT | Pressroom | The Island TEA brews toxic blend for its own survivalNovember 5, 2017June 14, 2025Sri Lanka produces approximately 330 million kg tea per year and every kilo is sold at the highest prices in the world, a value dictated by the uniqueness of "Ceylon Tea". To dilute that advantage by the uncritical emulation of the highly-efficient, volume-driven strategies of multinational giants who rely on cheap, multi-origin packs, is a sure recipe for disaster. Selling cheap, one can only scramble at the bottom end for an uncertain survival – Pic by Shehan Gunasekara
DailyFT | Pressroom | The Island Teatime rocks Colombo’s Arcade Independence Square once againOctober 27, 2017June 14, 2025Dilmah opened a revitalised t-Lounge at the Arcade Mall, with a refreshed menu of tea, food and a fabulous new vibe
DailyFT | Pressroom Sri Lanka – Land of LichensOctober 21, 2017June 14, 2025The breathtaking story of discovering minuscule lifeforms, amidst which we live
DailyFT | Pressroom Choir fever to hit ColomboOctober 13, 2017June 14, 2025An Article by Madushka Balasuriya Published in The DailyFT
DailyFT | Pressroom DILHAN C FERNANDO THE NEXT GEN BREWING AMBITION AT DILMAH TEASeptember 6, 2017June 14, 2025As Dilmah Tea prepares to celebrate its 30th anniversary next year, second-generation director Dilhan C Fernando tells James Beech how his family business preserves its legacy while embracing the 21st century.
DailyFT | Pressroom Team Ranaviru Sevana emerges champions of 6th Dilmah Challenge Trophy National Blind Cricket Tournament FinalsAugust 23, 2017June 14, 2025Team Ranaviru Sevana secured a last wicket win over team Shakthi during the nail biting finals of the 6th Dilmah Challenge Trophy National Blind Cricket Tournament held on 19 August at the Wesley College Grounds. Both teams consisted of players of varied stages of visual imparity from partially sighted (B3), to partially blind (B2), to totally blind (B1).
DailyFT | Pressroom Three things to ponder on the 150th Anniversary of the World’s Finest TeaAugust 16, 2017June 14, 2025An Article by Dilhan. C. Fernando published in The DailyFT.
DailyFT | Pressroom The ‘History of Ceylon Tea’ website, a Dilmah initiativeAugust 9, 2017June 14, 2025Our History of Ceylon Tea project featured on Daily FT!
DailyFT | Pressroom Taj Samudra Colombo emerges winners at Bocuse d’ Or Sri Lanka 2017 with ‘Best Dilmah Tea-Inspired DishJuly 20, 2017June 14, 2025An Article published in The DailyFT.
DailyFT | Pressroom Blind Cricket: Dilmah Challenge Trophy tomorrowJune 6, 2017June 14, 2025An article published in The DailyFT.
DailyFT | Pressroom President inaugurates Dilmah Conservation One Earth, Sri Lanka's first urban arboretumFebruary 23, 2017June 14, 2025President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday inaugurated Dilmah Conservation's One Earth Arboretum. In the capacity of Minister for the Environment, President Sirisena has been a strong advocate of environmental protection. He was joined by Dilmah Founder Merrill J. Fernando, who shares the same commitment to environmental stewardship, in declaring open the unique and far reaching project.
DailyFT | Pressroom Snake charming and monkey tricks to fortune tellingSeptember 19, 2016June 14, 2025Turning over the pages of a Dilmah Conservation publication on traditional communities in Sri Lanka, I recollected how, as young boys in the early 1940s, we were fascinated by young men and women clad in colourful clothes going from door to door.
