DUBAI: Dubai International (DXB), the world’s busiest airport for international passenger traffic, added a new airline to its family of 70 international carriers, and expanded its connectivity to a new destination on Thursday evening with the arrival of GoAir’s inaugural flight from Kannur in the South Indian state of Kerala. The airline has launched daily direct flights between DXB’s Terminal …

DUBAI: Canon Middle East (CME), a provider of imaging technologies and services, will be rolling out the ‘Canon on the Road’ programme across the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and Lebanon. The programme is aligned with CME’s vision of supporting educational initiatives in the region by encouraging youth to interact with technologies of the future and …

BIZ TODAY REPORT KARACHI: Bells n Bells is honoured to bring you another mega event to celebrate the end of Summer along with Pakistani village craft and Dhaba food on Saturday, 3rd August, 2019 from 11 AM onwards at National Sailing Club near BBQ Tonight Clifton Karachi. It is a family event where there’ll be: Tons of fun and attraction …

DUBAI: Pakistan successfully concluded its US$ 500 Million Syndicated Term Loan and Murabaha Financing Facility (the “Facility”) on July 25th 2019. The global syndication of Facility attracted more than 40% oversubscription driven by strong demand from local, regional and international investors.  Emirates NBD Capital Limited acted as the Global Coordinator on the Facility. The transaction was fully subscribed by 12 banks. …

DUBAI: Synology® recently found that several users were under a ransomware attack, where admins’ credentials were stolen by brute-force login attacks, and their data was encrypted as a result. Synology investigated and found that the causes of these attacks were due to dictionary attacks instead of specific system vulnerabilities. This large-scale attack was targeted at various NAS models from different vendors; …

News Desk KUWAIT: Careem and NBK today announce a new partnership that will see NBK manage the collection of Careem customer payments. Careem is the leading technology platform for the greater Middle East and has been operating its ride hailing service with taxis in Kuwait since 2017 and is the largest player in the market. Careem has changed the way people move …

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi-based real estate developer IMKAN announced the acquisition of a substantial plot of land in Egypt’s New Cairo district and the appointment of a new CEO for the Egyptian arm of its real estate business, IMKAN Misr. Walid El-Hindi, CEO of IMKAN, said: “Our latest plot acquisition in New Cairo is a clear indication of our company’s …

FRANKFURT: Star Alliance, the world’s largest airline alliance, and NEC Corporation, global leader in IT, network and biometric technologies, today signed a partnership agreement to develop a biometric data-based identification platform that will significantly improve the travel experience for frequent flyer programme customers of Star Alliance member airlines.  The interoperable platform advances the Star Alliance and NEC strategic vision of …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Movie stars Mahira Khan and Bilal Ashraf visited the popular American inspired QSR restaurant Jollibee at City Centre Deira to taste their famous and most selling spicy and crispy Chickenjoy. “We are so glad to have Mahira Khan and Bilal Ashraf with us,” said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO, Jollibee.  “We are always localizing our menu and …

KARACHI: Shajar Management Consultant is a management consultant firm that offers business solutions to startups and SMSE. SMC offers creative business solutions in Marketing, Media Management and Human Resources and holds training workshops. SMC held a corporate lunch at their office and professionals from different walks of life attended the lunch. This was a networking lunch with people from start-ups, …