Pressroom | The Daily Mirror Merrill J Fernando A Friendship RememberedJuly 20, 2024June 14, 2025My earliest recollections of Merrill are of his consulting me at the Ratnam Private Hospital when I was a young and energetic surgeon. Although he consulted doctors in Singapore, UK and Australia, he always came back to me for a second opinion. Our friendship grew with mutual admiration for each other’s work - Prof. A H Sheriffdeen
Pressroom | The Daily Mirror Uda Walawe ETH: A home away from home for baby jumbosMarch 25, 2024June 14, 2025In a bid to spread more awareness among visitors to the Uda Walawe ETH, Dilmah Conservation in collaboration with the Department of Wildlife Conservation renovated the ‘Elephant Knowledge Walk’ to educate local and international visitors on why the Asian elephant needs to be protected
Pressroom | The Daily Mirror UNDP, UN Global Compact Network Sri Lanka renew strategic collaborationJanuary 25, 2024June 14, 2025UN Global Compact Network Sri Lanka Executive Director Rathika de Silva, UN Global Compact Network Sri Lanka Chairman Dilhan Fernando, UNDP Sri Lanka Resident Representative and UN Global Compact Network Sri Lanka Board Representative Azusa Kubota and UN Sri Lanka Resident Coordinator Marc-André Franche
Pressroom | The Daily Mirror Dilmah and Good Life X launch the ‘Lost Ingredients Lab’August 27, 2022June 14, 2025Post-pandemic health, economic and social challenges have made everyone re-think the current way of doing business.
Pressroom | The Daily Mirror Global Compact to hold SL’s largest Business Sustainability ConferenceOctober 25, 2021June 14, 2025Making Global Goals Local Business (MGGLB) Sri Lanka hosted by Global Compact Network Sri Lanka will be held virtually this week (October 27th and 28), bringing together the largest and most diverse line-up of speakers over ten sessions.
Pressroom | The Daily Mirror President’s green agriculture campaign co-opts private sectorOctober 19, 2021June 14, 2025Last week, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa set up a Presidential Task Force for Green Agriculture (PTFGA). Chaired by Vijith Welikala, it has 14 members drawn from Sri Lanka’s pool of agricultural scientists, heads of research institutions and representatives of private sector companies in agri-business.
Pressroom | The Daily Mirror Kahawatte Plantation scores top 33 tea prices; makes a rebound in productionJune 26, 2021June 14, 2025At the recently concluded Colombo Tea Auctions held in May 2021, Craighead, Kataboola, Queensberry, Galamuduna and Rilhena Estates managed by Kahawatte Plantations PLC (KWPL) obtained 33 of the top prices for a range of tea grades.
Pressroom | The Daily Mirror Reviving Sri Lanka’s economy beyond COVID-19October 20, 2020June 14, 2025The Sri Lankan economy is likely to face a contraction in 2020, as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic but there is potential for this to be followed by a sharp V-shaped economic recovery.
Pressroom | The Daily Mirror Pirate Life and Dilmah partners to produce alcoholic beveragesSeptember 25, 2020June 14, 2025Pirate Life Brewing and Dilmah Tea will work work closely together to produce a series of alcoholic beverages for the Australian market.
DailyFT | Pressroom | The Daily Mirror | The Island Emirates pays warm tribute to Merrill J. Fernando on his 90th birthdayMay 15, 2020June 14, 2025The shared passion that attracts like-minded organisations to each other was clearly articulated when Emirates, greeted Dilmah founder Merrill J. Fernando on the occasion of the 90th birthday
DailyFT | Pressroom | The Daily Mirror | The Island Sustainable Lifestyle series: How to Smart Your CartFebruary 24, 2020June 14, 2025Dilmah Conservation’s Sustainable Lifestyle Series will be held on 26 February at the Lighthouse Auditorium and Lawns from 6.00 p.m to 7.00 p.m, with an audience-led chat moderated by Savera Weerasinghe.
Pressroom | The Daily Mirror Dilmah Founder Merrill J. Fernando awarded honorary doctorateDecember 2, 2019June 14, 2025Dilmah Tea Founder Merrill J. Fernando has been capped as a Doctor of Science by Massey University in New Zealand.
