Pressroom | The Morning Re-inventing tea at t-Lounge by DilmahFebruary 24, 2021June 14, 2025The t-Lounge by Dilmah, an upscale location designed with the hopes of providing their guests with a place to relax and appreciate the fine art of tea, recently launched their range of liquor-infused chai on 3 February at the t-lounge at One Galle Face, by the Founder of Dilmah Merrill J. Fernando, along with his son Dilhan C. Fernando.
Life Online | Pressroom Plantation companies join hands with WWCT to protect Peak Ridge Forest CorridorFebruary 23, 2021June 14, 2025Upon identifying a significant leopard population along an 18km long corridor between Castlereagh and Maussakelle Reservoirs, the Wilderness and Wildlife Conservation Trust (WWCT) has joined hands with several plantation companies to protect this sensitive ecosystem.
Pressroom | The Morning A new model of collaborative conservation: The Peak RidgesFebruary 21, 2021June 14, 2025“Protect Sri Lanka’s wildlife” is a refrain we hear again and again from both state and private conservationists. As of 2015, Sri Lanka contained a total of 26 national parks which collectively cover 5,734 km2, almost 9% of Sri Lanka’s total area (65,610 km2). Inside these national parks, the Department of Wildlife Conservation and the Forest Department hold sway, observing and protecting the flora and fauna within.
Pressroom | The Sunday Times Keeping a close eye on extreme weather, rain or sunshineFebruary 14, 2021June 14, 2025The One Earth Centre for Climate Change Research and Adaptation established by Dilmah in Nawalapitiya is the first private sector initiative in Sri Lanka to research climate change.
Pressroom | The Morning The Peak Ridge Forest Corridor CollaborationFebruary 5, 2021June 14, 2025A collaborative partnership of a variety of actors, the Peak Ridge Forest Corridor Collaboration, is coming together to identify key wilderness and mixed landscape areas of importance to leopard conservation in this unprotected Central Highlands area.
DailyFT | Pressroom Trying to make sense of what is going on in the world? This is your answerFebruary 3, 2021June 14, 2025As we adapt to a new norm, the world as we know it is more fragmented than ever before and demands systemic change to overcome its challenges. Simon Anholt, founder of the Good Country Project, breaks down how we can make that change by being “good”.
Pressroom | The Sunday Observer Empower differently-abled children with skills trainingJanuary 24, 2021June 14, 2025Childhood disability has a lasting impact on physical, mental and emotional health
Biznomics | Pressroom Talking to a Tea TitanJanuary 19, 2021June 14, 2025There aren’t many people in the world who can boast of having spent as much time as Dilmah founder Merrill J. Fernando, doing what they are passionate about and love. The results of this effort are clearly evident with Dilmah today Sri Lanka’s only significant globally recognised brand name.
Pressroom | The Morning Tea inspired trends for the decadeJanuary 15, 2021June 14, 2025The Dilmah School of Tea Alumni, Dilmah Tea, and Dilmah Tea Gastronomy will be hosting an international webinar, catered towards professionals in the hospitality industry and a non-professional audience with a keen interest in tea.
DailyFT | Pressroom Perspective: Tea is not the problemDecember 31, 2020June 14, 2025Tea was once prized as a wonderful, healthy and exotic herb. It has not changed, and is still nature’s gift, yet from certain perspective, the herb progressively lost that allure.
DailyFT | Pressroom “Helping the poor is lending to God; God repays you in abundance”December 30, 2020June 14, 2025Dilmah Founder Merrill J. Fernando has spent a lifetime dedicated to tea and helping others. In this interview he talks of his business philosophy, what CSR really means and what he wants to leave behind as his legacy for his employees and his children.
Pressroom | The Morning Three of the women leading change with British Council’s ‘Voices and Choices’December 27, 2020June 14, 2025 British Council Sri Lanka initiated a grant scheme to build capacity and empower artists, gender activists, and development organisations who want to raise awareness, broker conversation, and address issues relating to gender equality and empowerment. This programme took place under the platform “Voices and Choices”, with eight change agents being seed-funded to implement their proposals. The Sunday Morning Brunch spoke to three of these change agents about their projects, and how they are driving change and fighting for women and girls.
