RIGA: Latvian airline airBaltic announces that as of October 2 it temporarily suspends flights from Riga to Liepaja. All connections are currently suspended until October 24. Martin Gauss, CEO of airBaltic: “Providing the best connectivity in the Baltics, we continue to ensure flights on more than 50 routes all across Europe. Unfortunately, travel restrictions have severely influenced our operations and currently we can’t justify …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC), one of the world’s largest catering operations serving more than 100 airlines, has signed an MOU with CCL Holdings founded by Ross Kriel, entering a partnership to set up a dedicated production facility for kosher food at EKFC’s premises in the UAE. The new partnership will be called Kosher Arabia, and production is …

News Desk KARACHI: Renowned artist extraordinaire, Hassan Sheheryar Yasin aka HSY returns with his viral chat-show series, ‘LIVE with HSY’. The latest session featuring Sarwat Gillani took place on HSY’s Instagram LIVE on Saturday, September 12th 2020 at 7pm. This would mark the host’s 40th session under the same title. After a brief intermission, ‘LIVE with HSY’ is back online …

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s leading telecom company, Zong 4G, has introduced new Continental roaming bundles covering 26 countries across three continents: Europe, Asia, and America.The new offers are in continuation to Zong 4G’s ambition of providing seamless connectivity to Pakistanis travelling across the globe, especially during the present Covid-19 crisis. Offering the customers convenience of borderless connection, Zong 4G is …

KARACHI: BankIslami, the country’s leading Islamic bank, has bagged one of the most prestigious national accolades this year by becoming the Brand of the Year 2019. The bank won in the Islamic Banking category in acknowledgment of its achievements in highlighting brand excellence as well as noteworthy performance across the industry. The Brand of the Year Awards which is an annual …

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Meezan Bank, Pakistan’s first and largest Islamic bank has been conferred with ‘Shariah Authenticity Award’ among multiple accolades at the 10th Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA) held in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Bank has also been recognized as ‘Shariah Auditor of the Year’ and ‘Sukuk House of the Year Award’. All the three awards conferred to the Bank …

DUBAI: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) will organise the 22nd Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) and the 5th Dubai Solar Show virtually from 26-28 October 2020. The two exhibitions will provide a new experience for exhibitors to display their products innovatively, through 3D customisable stands to suit each company’s needs. They also will enable meetings, seminars, and …

News Desk DUBAI: Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s representative office in China recently hosted a webinar joined by leading businesses from the UAE and GCC, which offered practical advice on navigating the fast-growing Chinese e-commerce market. The event, titled How to Leverage E-commerce and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) in China, featured informative presentations covering the process and costs of …

ISLAMABAD: HBL is a Founding Member of UnionPay International (UPI) since 2012 and holds a seat in UPI’s Middle East Regional Member Council. HBL is the largest issuer of UnionPay Cards in Pakistan & the Middle East Region and is one of the first Issuers in Pakistan to introduce UnionPay debit cards as the mainstream payment card brand. HBL UnionPay cards …

News Desk KARACHI: SM-Studio and Salon was launched here today in a celebratory atmosphere amid beauty bloggers, fashionistas, media personnel, friends and family.Among those spotted were Rohana Iqbal, Qamar Nafees, Peng Qureshi, Angie Marshall, Mona J, Shama Javed, Talat Shaan, Maira Khan, Hajra Khan, Fatima Zara Malick and Zubia Motiwala. Care was taken to observe all Covid-19 SOPs and guests …