DUBAI: The Samana Developers, the real estate arm of Dubai-based Samana Group of companies, yesterday announced that their Dh75 million Samana Greens has been nominated by the Construction Innovation Awards in the category of Affordable Sustainable Residential Project of the Year, due to project’s eco-friendly and energy-efficient systems. Compliant with Dubai Municipality’s green building regulations, the property will use recycled grey water …

KARACHI: Meezan Bank Limited, Pakistan’s largest Islamic Bank and the Best Bank in Pakistan and Hyundai Nishat Motor (Private) Limited, a project of Nishat Group recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly promote Hyundai commercial vehicles in Pakistan by providing convenient financing terms with a residual value option. This signing ceremony was organized at the grand opening of Hyundai’s …

DUBAI: Dell Technologies announced the winners of ‘Envision the Future’, the annual graduation project competition for Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region. The winning team were students of the Helwan University in Egypt. The competition in its fourth year witnessed significant growth from the previous editions with 327 project submissions, representing more than 90 universities in 24 countries in …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has recently hosted the annual Human Resources meeting of the Arab Air Carriers’ Organization at the Wyndham Grand Manama Hotel, Bahrain. The meeting was attended by representatives from regional airlines as well as members of the human resources department at the host airline, Gulf Air. The 3-day event included …

KARACHI: Metro Cash & Carry Pakistan (METRO) has been ranked as the ‘Best Place to Work for 2019 & Best in Retail’ by Engage Consulting, an external independent survey body in collaboration with the Pakistan Society of Human Resource Management (PSHRM), a professional association for HR practitioners, at a ceremony held in Karachi recently. It is the second time METRO has won the …

News Desk DUBAI: The Expo School Programme has announced the launch of Expo 2020 Young Stars, created to provide an extraordinary opportunity for the students of the UAE to perform in Al Wasl Plaza, the heart and soul of Expo 2020 Dubai. Expo 2020 celebrates the diversity of our schools and students. Each participating school will create its own unique …

News Desk KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today launches “Malaysia’s Net Zero Carbon Pavilion” for the country’s participation at next year’s Expo 2020 Dubai. The carbon emission calculation includes the embodied materials, the construction process and the operation within the Malaysia Pavilion for the 6 months duration of Expo 2020 Dubai which will be held …

TUSCANY: Frieha Altaf, CEO of Catwalk attended the Biggest Event and Wedding Planners of the World Spent one Week in Tuscany,  Sunday September 29th to Saturday October 5th, Tuscany was the setting of an extraordinary promotional event with the aim of enhancing this amazing region as a venue for events and weddings. Thirteen events and wedding planners from four continents, representing big …

DUBAI: For over two weeks, hundreds of Emirates customers were wowed with fabulous surprises and novel prizes at Emirates Terminal 3. Sharing the joy and creating a buzz among travellers was part of Emirates Skywards’ celebrations on achieving a key milestone: 25 million members. From 22 September to 7 October, Emirates Skywards gave away around 400 prizes, including 455,000 Miles, 16 …

DUBAI: High-level delegations joined by government officials and business leaders from Brazil, Azerbaijan and Ethiopia visited GITEX Technology Week 2019in Dubai this week where they participated in 100 bilateral meetings with key stakeholders from the UAE, including 16 promising startups exhibiting at GITEX Future Stars 2019. The roadshows, organised by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s representative offices in Sao …