Etisalat bids to be the third mobile operator in Oman
ABU DHABI 4 May 2017: Etisalat Group has announced that it has submitted a bid for a mobile licence to become the third mobile telecom operator in the Sultanate of Oman. In a statement on Abu […]
Year: 2017
Damac Properties awards contract worth Dh40 million
DUBAI 4 May 2017: Damac Properties has awarded a contract worth Dh40 million to Proscape for the roads and infrastructure works at Vardon cluster within Akoya Oxygen, a 55-million-square-foot lush green development in Dubai. Mohammed Tahaineh, […]
96 to compete in Dubai International Holy Quran Award
DUBAI 9 May 2017: As many as 96 Quran memorisers will vie in the 21st edition of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award (Dhiqa), this Ramadan. The announcement was made by Ibrahim Mohammed Bu Melha, Adviser […]
Crown Prince Hamdan unveils LinkedIn site; Dubai Font
DUBAI 3 May 2017: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has launched his official LinkedIn page. It was published during the opening of the […]
UAE deposits stood at Dh41.4 billion in Q1 2017
ABU DHABI 3 May 2017: Recent statistics by the UAE Central Bank have affirmed improved operating efficiency, with public sector deposits up by Dh23.8 billion at the end of Q1 2017, while the private sector deposits […]
Obtain a building permit in Dubai in… just 5 steps
DUBAI 3 May 2017: Dubai’s Committee for Building Permit Procedures Development said that it has made significant progress in achieving its objectives of speeding up investor procedures and enhancing the investment environment. Assistant Director General of […]
Construction sector to grow to US$ 336 billion by 2020
DUBAI 3 May 2017: The estimated value of the building and construction industry in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region is expected to surge to US$336 billion by the year 2020, according to recent business […]
UAE serviceman Hassan Al Bishir martyred in Yemen
ABU DHABI 2 May 2017: The General Headquarters, GHQ, of the UAE Armed Forces on Tuesday announced that serviceman Hassan Abdullah Mohammed Al Bishir was martyred while taking part in the Saudi-led Arab Coalition’s Operation Restoring […]
Food prices dip 2.22% in Dubai; has your grocery bill come down?
DUBAI 3 May 2017: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Dubai shows a drop of 2.22 per cent in food prices in the first quarter of this year. However, the overall CPI rose 1.01 per cent […]
UAE sets up surveillance system to monitor all drones – anywhere
DUBAI 2 May 2017: New regulatory standards for commercial and recreational use of drones have been endorsed by the Emirates Authority for Standardisation & Metrology (Esma), including a surveillance system for detecting unmanned aerial vehicles in […]