October 29, 2024
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29 October 2024: Pictured, the victorious John Keells Group team, winners of the Standard Chartered Cup 2024, alongside Standard Chartered Sri Lanka officials at the iconic Anfield Stadium after witnessing the Liverpool vs Chelsea English Premier League match. At the Standard Chartered Cup 2024, a premier corporate 5-a-side Futsal tournament, John Keells Group emerged victorious, […]

August 27, 2024
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OCTAVE, the Data and Advanced Analytics Centre of Excellence of the John Keells Group, formalised its strategic partnership with the Department of Statistics within the Faculty of Science of the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka with the signing of an MoU on 15th August 2024. The MoU was signed by Krishan Balendra, Chairperson of […]

October 31, 2023
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      “Almost half of the children in Sri Lanka already require some form of emergency assistance. The education of 4.8 million children, already severely hampered by two years of interrupted learning, is at risk as school attendance continues to be jeopardised. Children’s education is being hindered by the current crisis in many ways—children […]

August 23, 2023
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      On 21st August 2023 Plasticcycle, the social entrepreneurship project of the John Keells Group Launched one of its main projects for the year, “Start-Up-Cycle”, a challenge platform launched in collaboration with John Keells X (JKX) – the Group’s startup accelerator, and John Keells Research (JKR) – the Group’s R&D and Innovation arm. […]

July 4, 2023
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      Colombo, Sri Lanka – July 2023 – the John Keells Group (JKH), the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Unilever Sri Lanka are pleased to announce the eagerly anticipated return of the ‘FastTrack’ summer internship programme. The programme, conceptualised and launched by JKH in 2011, provides Sri Lankan under graduates with a […]

May 31, 2023
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      In the wake of Sri Lanka’s unprecedented socio-economic crisis in early 2022, the John Keells Group launched a multi-pronged Crisis Response Initiative through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) entity, John Keells Foundation.  Implemented in partnership with Group businesses across the Island, this initiative has made significant strides in supporting and empowering communities, […]

April 6, 2023
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      The John Keells Group signed an agreement contributing LKR 100 million toward the Suwa Seriya Foundation for use in the operations of the Suwa Seriya Ambulance Service. The contribution aims to support the ambulance service, which has been facing financial constraints, and will allow the service to continue providing lifesaving emergency medical […]

October 13, 2022
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      Colombo, Sri Lanka – 6th October 2022:  As part of the John Keells Group’s commitment to provide solutions to the prevalent food crisis, John Keells Foundation – the Group’s CSR entity – partnered the Ministry of Education, on its School Meal Programme, to support and expand its implementation. Titled as ‘Pasal Diriya’, […]

August 25, 2022
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      As Sri Lanka navigates its worst economic crisis since Independence, the John Keells Group is committed to supporting and empowering affected communities to overcome the challenges in the immediate term and be better equipped to be self-reliant for the future. “The current socio-economic crisis is by all accounts unprecedented,” said Carmeline Jayasuriya, […]


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