DUBAI: Months of planning have successfully led to the final piece of Al Wasl dome being lifted into place after an intricate and complex construction operation. The dome’s huge steel crown was positioned at the top of the jewel of the Expo 2020 Dubai site in an inspiring feat of precision engineering. Enclosing a space of 724,000 cubic metres and …

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Zong 4G, Pakistan’s leading telecommunication operator, stole the show at the 19th ITCN Asia held in Karachi today. ITCN Asia is Pakistan largest IT and Telecom extravaganza and is being attended by over 800 local and international organizations. Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication , Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Secretary IT, Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, PTA Chairman Maj. Gen …

KARACHI: Nestlé Pakistan announced a change in its top management with the appointment of Samer Edmond Chedid as the new Managing Director in the country. He took over the responsibilities of Managing Director and CEO of Nestlé Pakistan on August 1 after the departure of Ms Freda Duplan. Mr Chedid is an accomplished and top performing business leader, having served in Nestlé, …

Early on Friday, 6 September, a batch of salmon arrived in Dubai in the cargo hold of Emirates flight EK 28 from Glasgow. The shipment of Scottish salmon, destined for restaurants and consumers in the UAE, was the first that was being transported for Seafood Souq, a Dubai based start-up working on transparent and efficient sourcing of seafood, by Emirates …

DUBAI: Blackboard Inc., a leading education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement, today announced that Sorbonne Abu Dhabi, established in association with Sorbonne University in Paris and specialising in arts, law, humanities, business and science degrees, has become the first university in the UAE to transition its virtual learning environment to the Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery …

DUBAI: Thanks to cutting-edge technology from Beko, Europe’s leading home appliances brand, fruits and vegetables stored in the refrigerator can now remain as fresh and nutritious as the day they were bought. Today at IFA, the world’s largest consumer electronic fair, Beko unveiled their HarvestFresh technology which will be available across a wide range of refrigerators. The innovative technology developed …

News Desk KARACHI: Coffee Wagera (CW) opened its first franchise near Maskan Chowrangi in Karachi recently. Mush Panjwani, Founder and CEO, Coffee Wagera is confident that the franchise owners of the CW-Maskan, Asad ul Bari and Mehwish Asad Bari, have the acumen to lead this franchise by following the vision with which he established the CW business in April 2018. …

DUBAI: The Middle East Facility Management Association (MEFMA), a dedicated platform for FM professionals, wider construction industry stakeholders, and owner associations, brought to the fore the latest developments in the region’s facilities management (FM) community during its recently concluded ‘FM Industry Market Pulse’ event held at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Dubai. The gathering hosted by the MEFMA Strategic Sub-Committee …

KARACHI:​ Careem has accelerated plans to build its engineering  capacity in the region through the establishment of a new tech hub in Pakistan, in addition to the engineering pool working in UAE and Germany. Establishment of a new tech hub will help bring Careem one step closer to their vision of developing a Super App in the region, combining all …

DUBAI: UAE-based investors have lined up a number of new projects including five free economic zones for investment in Bangladesh that were discussed at the Bangladesh Economic Forum in Dubai on Sunday. Bangladesh requires US$24 billion investment in infrastructure annually, to achieve its Vision 2021, according to Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Transaction activity in infrastructure more than doubled to …