HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre and the General Supervisor of its projects and plans, said the launch of KhalifaSat is an important step towards achieving the UAE’s space strategy. Highlighting the efforts of …
Read More »Dubai: Two men sentenced to three years in jail for causing a woman’s death
Dubai’s Court of Appeal rejected an appeal made by two men accused of causing the death of a woman who fell from the balcony of a third-floor hotel apartment in Al Qusais area while attempting to escape. The court confirmed the sentence of three years’ imprisonment and deportation on charges …
Read More »The first fully UAE-built satellite “Khalifa Sat” set to be launched on October 29
Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced that October 29 will mark the launch of Khalifa Sat from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, after it was build by the minds and hands of Zayed’s sons and daughters. His …
Read More »RTA deploys 368 smart school buses to serve 17 schools
RTA’s Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) is well prepared to run smarter and bigger school transport service for the new academic year 2018-2019. The service improvement is part of Dubai and RTA’s efforts to run excellent and reliable school transport service. The service is gathering momentum with a fleet of as …
Read More »UAE’s fashion designers challenged to create uniforms to Expo 2020 Dubai volunteers and staff
Fashion designers in the UAE are being given an opportunity to create uniforms for more than 30,000 Expo 2020 Dubai volunteers and staff. Worn every day of the six-month event, the men’s and women’s uniforms will reflect Expo’s theme, ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’, while celebrating the UAE’s rich heritage. …
Read More »DXB passenger traffic hits 8.2 million in July
Dubai International, DXB, has recorded its second busiest month ever surpassing the eight million passenger mark in July, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports today. The airport clocked monthly traffic exceeding eight million passengers on three other occasions last year – in January 8.03 m, …
Read More »Ministry of Energy announces Fuel prices for September 2018
Monitoring fuel prices committee in the country under the chairmanship of Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy Dr. Matar Hamid Al-Neyadi, in the presence of the members of the Committee today held their regular meeting at the headquarters of the Ministry of Energy to set the fuel prices in the …
Read More »Abu Dhabi: Asian child loses her life, two people injured after an apartment blaze
An Asian child, who’s under 10 years old has lost her life and two people got injured after a fire broke out in a residential apartment in Al Zahiyah area in Abu Dhabi. Investigations are under way to investigate the causes of this blaze, which broke out in Al Zahiyah and another in …
Read More »NCM warns of rough seas in Arabian Gulf
The National Centre of Meteorology, NCM, has warned sea-goers of rough seas in the Arabian Gulf as a result of relatively fresh winds. In a statement today, NCM said that the wave height is expected to be between 4 to 6 feet until 1 pm today.
Read More »Fujairah: Medical committee to examine the killer of an Arab woman
The Criminal Court of Fujairah transferred the defendant who was accused of killing an Arab woman, a citizen’s wife, with a knife in Al Faisal area in Fujairah to a medical committee at Al Amal hospital. This is to look into his psychological condition at the time of committing his …
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