ABU DHABI: Etisalat Group announced today in a statement that Eng. Saleh Al Abdooli, has submitted his resignation as the Chief Executive Officer of Etisalat Group, for personal reasons. The Board of Directors accepted his resignation and appointed Eng. Hatem Dowidar as Acting Chief Executive Officer for the Group. Dowidar is currently the CEO International of Etisalat. His Excellency Obaid …

BONN, GERMANY – Media OutReach: DHL Global Forwarding, Deutsche Post DHL Group’s air and ocean freight specialist, has launched myDHLi, the only fully integrated online platform for freight forwarding customers. myDHLi’s highly intuitive user interface makes it easy to use and ensures that customers have all relevant information at hand. Reflecting already well established social media functions like follow and share, relevant information …

ISLAMABAD: Easypaisa, Pakistan’s leading mobile banking platform operated by Telenor Microfinance Bank, has initiated an extensive drive to facilitate Small and Medium Enterprises in Pakistan especially during the current COVID-19 crisis. Easypaisa has launched its ‘Easy Business’ portal to facilitate SMEs across the country to raise awareness about the products and services provided by the Bank while also enabling small …

KARACHI: Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited, the country’s largest and oldest International bank, today announced its financial results for first quarter 2020. The Bank continues its momentum to deliver a strong performance with profit before tax of PKR 8.8Bn, which is 30per cent higher than Q1 2019. It is the highest ever first quarter profit since the Bank’s incorporation in Pakistan. All …

BANGKOK: Today (19 May 2020) – Mr. Chakkrit Parapuntakul, Second Vice Chairman and Acting President, Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI), said the Thai Cabinet approved the reform plan for THAI which will be implemented through the business reorganization chapter under the auspices of the Central Bankruptcy Court of Thailand and the Bankruptcy Act.  In the meantime, THAI is …

ISLAMABAD: METRO Pakistan as part of its life savers campaign managed a blood collection drive and set up blood camps at six of its stores in and Islamabad, Faisalabad, and Lahore, to give its employees and customers an opportunity to donate blood. During this pandemic the blood donors have reduced massively due to lock down and as a moral duty, …

News Desk GENEVA: On average, prices for mobile-voice, mobile-data and fixed-broadband services are decreasing steadily around the world, and in some countries even dramatically. The reduction in price relative to income is even more dramatic, suggesting that, globally, telecommunication and information and communication technology services are becoming more affordable. However, both trends do not translate into rapidly increasing Internet penetration …

DUBAI: Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the UAE, today announced the launch of a campaign offering free international transfers for all individual customers during the ongoing COVID-19 situation. As part of the campaign which runs until 11 August 2020, customers can transfer funds to more than 150 countries in over 30 currencies by via the bank’s Mobile App or Online …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways is continuing to increase the number of special flights it is operating worldwide to and from Abu Dhabi. Throughout May and June, the airline will increase frequencies on previously announced special flights and will add new services to Belgrade, Dublin, Geneva, Milan, Paris Charles de Gaulle, and Toronto. In addition to the recently launched …

News Desk DUBAI: As part of its continuous efforts to keep the business community in Dubai informed with the latest legal developments and to help the private sector protect their businesses during the current circumstances, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in cooperation with Al-Tamimi & Co, organized a webinar on “Covid-19 and Force Majeure in the UAE which …