The consultancy contract has been awarded to France’s EDF Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has awarded a Dhs58m consultancy contract for the hydroelectric power station at Hatta Dam, it announced on Sunday. The contract, awarded to France’s EDF, covers design,...

All federal government workers, retirees and social welfare beneficaries will receive their salaries early for the Islamic holiday UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has ordered the early payment of government salaries under the...

Dubai Investments, a leading, diversified investments conglomerate, said 45 per cent of the grading work and levelling of the roads has been completed at its upcoming project, The Palisades, within the Dubai Investments Park. The mixed-use project, which spreads over an area of 13 million...

Dubai: Emirati-Qatari joint families in the UAE have welcomed President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s instruction on Sunday to the authorities concerned to take into consideration their humanitarian circumstances. After the news that Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and...

Dubai: More freehold areas in Dubai are in full-scale recovery mode on the value side, with the Motor City cluster just 1 per cent away from its mid-2104 high. Even the city’s high-end locations — the Palm, Emirates Hills and Downtown — are recording monthly gains in the 1.8 to 2.8 per cent...

An agreement on implementation of manual for classification of impairments, disabilities, and handicaps was signed on Sunday in Abu Dhabi between Zayed Higher Organisation for Humanitarian Care & Special Needs (ZHO), Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (HAAD) and...

ABU DHABI // Abu Dhabi Municipality will serve iftar meals to 7,000 workers throughout Ramadan. The municipality said on Sunday that it has launched a charitable initiative, Fasters Breakfast, to provide iftar meals funded by municipal employees to workers in Mussaffah. The drive is a...

The police official said the case is being investigated Sharjah police is investigating the death of 41-year-old Indonesian woman who fell from the seventh floor of a building in Al Marijah area in Sharjah. The police said that they received a call at the operation room on Saturday...

They are winners of raffle draws held in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Two Indians and a Bangladeshi became millionaires in the UAE last week after emerging winners in separate raffle draws in the country. Arjun Harish Nayaka and Vijayaram P.K. -- both Indians -- won $1 million each at Dubai Duty...

The UAE opened its pavilion at Expo 2017 Astana, an international exposition which opened yesterday (June 10) to run until September 10 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Covering more than 980 sq m, the UAE Pavilion is the largest at the Expo and has been designed to receive up to 7,000 visitors per day....