First Capital Holdings PLC (the Group), a member of the Janashakthi Group, announces its impressive financial results, and a remarkable turnaround from the previous year, marking the year ended 31st March 2023 its most successful in its 40-year history. The Group’s financial results exhibit an impressive feat, with a Total Comprehensive Income of Rs. 2.71Bn, […]
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Gulf Binance granted digital asset operator licenses in Thailand
Gulf Binance Co., Ltd., (“Gulf Binance”), a joint venture between Binance and Gulf Innova Co., Ltd. (“Gulf”) has been granted digital asset operator licenses by the Thailand Ministry of Finance through the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in Thailand. Gulf Binance was established following a 2022 agreement between the two organizations to set up a […]
Pelwatte Dairy continues its journey of saving valuable foreign exchange to the nation
Pelwatte Dairy, the leading local dairy brand in Sri Lanka that produces a range of dairy products and saves valuable foreign exchange, has unveiled its new corporate office in Colombo 3. Pelwatte Dairy’s new corporate home is located at one of the most central and highly accessible locations along the well-known Galle Road within the […]
NAITA-HUAWEI ICT Academy Completes Training of 260+ Telecommunication Engineers
NAITA-HUAWEI ICT Academy for Vocational Training successfully trained over 260 individuals in nine sessions by April 2023. This is the number of training youths from August 2021 to April 2023. The active sessions continued throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic downturn. On April 16, 2021, Huawei began collaborating with the National Apprentice and Industrial […]
First Capital brings their expertise to the Jaffna business community.
First Capital Holdings PLC, a Janashakthi Group company, recently joined the Jaffna International Trade Fair in the interest of spreading awareness and enhancing knowledge on investment banking products and services amongst the Jaffna business community. As a leading full-service investment institution, First Capital brought a plethora of information on investment banking and engaged with the […]
Island Climate Initiative, USAID launch Plastic Innovation Challenge Seeking Innovative Solutions to Combat Plastic Waste
Island Climate Initiative in partnership with the National Innovation Agency, John Keells X and MAS Foundation for Change and the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program, is supporting innovators to find creative new solutions to combat plastic waste with a recently launched Plastic Innovation Challenge. Around the world 11 […]
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The first step in meeting your professional aspirations Managing a business in this VUCA world is fast becoming the most demanded with relevance to skills. Whether an entrepreneur, business leader or any other professional, the skills of business management and critical thinking, will give you the strongest of foundations in order to build a trailblazing […]
Binance Hosts Global Celebrations in Honor of Bitcoin Pizza Day
From Binance-style super meet-ups to online contests, the crypto exchange is celebrating Bitcoin’s famous first purchase Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is celebrating the thirteenth anniversary of Bitcoin Pizza Day, the historic day in 2010 that a purchase of two pizzas was made in return for 10,000 Bitcoin (BTC). To celebrate this monumental day […]
Hayleys Fentons Completes Massive Security Upgrade for Leading Commercial Banks in Record Time
In a drive to provide enhanced protection against security threats in the banking industry, Hayleys Fentons Security and Surveillance Division, a leading provider of security and surveillance solutions in Sri Lanka, has completed a milestone security upgrade project for Sampath Bank and Nations Trust Bank. The project involved the installation of state-of-the-art technology in 260 […]
Huawei advances Government and Public Digitalization in APAC countries, with partners up to 300
In the recent Huawei Asia Pacific Partners Congress,Simon Zou, Vice President of Huawei EBG Global Public Sector, shed light on Huawei’s expanding partnership network and its role in advancing digital transformation in government, education, and healthcare industries. In the Asia Pacific region, the company’s sales increased by 65% year-on-year. In addition, the proportion of revenue […]