Digital Format Of IELTS A Big Hit IN UAE
The IELTS is one of the major English language tests in the world.
Of all the countries where the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is administered, the UAE has the biggest percen...
August 05, 20190736Category: Education
Indian Family And Friends Got Duped By A Bogus Recruitment Firm In Dubai
The company vanished after they wired a total of 500,000 Indian rupees to the firm's account.
Three members of a family and three of their close friends got duped by a bogus recruitment firm in D...
August 05, 20190937Category: Crime News
UAE Students Win Dh400,000 Scholarship For Designing Space Games
Dubai: Two students have each secured a Dh400,000 scholarship to study at Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (DIDI) after winning its ‘Scholarship Challenge’ to design a game suitabl...
August 05, 20190789Category: Education
Gang Lured Customer To Fake Massage In Dubai To Commit Robbery
Dubai: A man has gone on trial, in the Dubai Court of First Instance, for robbing a customer who had been lured into a fake massage centre.
According to official records, the 29-year-old customer w...
August 05, 201901175Category: Crime News
Dubai To Give Licences To Nursing Graduates Straight Out Of University
Dubai's main medical free zone will give licences nurses and other healthcare professionals straight out of university to boost the local talent pool.
Graduate nurses and nutritionists, therapi...
August 05, 20190635Category: Health
Dubai Police Issue New Warning To Beachgoers
Beachgoers in Dubai have been warned to be careful when taking photos of their day out at the beach. If they do not, they could risk hefty fines or jail time.
Dubai Police posted a message on Twitt...
August 05, 20190751Category: Humans of UAE
Three UAE Teachers Killed In Philippines Ferry Tragedy, Colleagues Say
Three teachers from the UAE are among at least 31 people who died when ferries capsized in the Philippines, colleagues have said.
Two of the teachers worked at Al Ittihad National Private School in...
August 05, 201901141Category: Crime News
Dubai And Abu Dhabi Set For Dust Storms
On Monday, Dubai and Abu Dhabi will see sunshine and some cloud, as well as dust storms.
Top temperatures could hit 42°C in Dubai and 41°C in Abu Dhabi on Monday, the National Centre of Met...
August 05, 20190909Category: Weather
President Sheikh Khalifa Pardons More Than 600 Prisoners For Eid Al Adha
President Sheikh Khalifa has ordered the release of 669 prisoners — serving various sentences — on the occasion of Eid Al Adha.
Sheikh Khalifa has also pledged to settle the financial o...
August 04, 20190735Category: Government
Dubai Dhow Sailors Arrested In Huge Drug Bust
Customs officers found 270,000 pills in one of the biggest seizures to date
Traditional dhows dock in Dubai Creek. Sarah Dea / The National
Traditional dhows dock in Dubai Creek. Sarah Dea / The N...
August 04, 20190847Category: Crime News
Two Friends From India Win Dh15 Million In UAE Raffle
They both hail from the Nizamabad district in India's Telangana state.
A former Dubai resident, who left the country for good and his friend from Abu Dhabi, won Dh15 million in the Big Ticket Abu...
August 04, 20190864Category: Humans of UAE
End Of An Era As UAEs Oldest Sailing Club Waves Goodbye To Home
Ras Al Khaimah expatriates had precisely four social venues in the 1980s: the Sailing Club, the Norwegian Club, the Nakheel Hotel and the Ras Al Khaimah Hotel. If you weren’t Norwegian, there we...
August 04, 20190909Category: Travel
Emirati Man Sentenced 3 Months In Jail For Threatening To Kill His Ex Wife
Dubai: An Emirati man was sentenced to three months in jail for threatening to kill his former wife and damaging furniture at her apartment over a dispute, the Dubai Court of First Instance has ruled....
August 04, 20190811Category: Crime News
Dubai Police Urges Filipinos To Report Crime
Dubai: Filipinos in Dubai were on Saturday urged by Dubai Police to report crimes even if they fear they could be charged because of surrounding circumstances.
The advice came during a community fo...
August 04, 20190992Category: Crime News
Man Sexually Abuses Woman At Metro Station
Dubai: A visitor was sentenced to three months in jail for touching a woman’s breast while she was at a Dubai Metro station.
The 33-year-old Nigerian defendant was charged with sexually abusi...
August 04, 20190914Category: Crime News
UAE Police Warn Over Rise Of Fake Officers
Men posing as cops to steal, scam and rape have been on the rise in Sharjah, police have warned.
They mostly target victims in industrial areas where labourers are found. Police said the fake cops ...
August 04, 20190850Category: society
Low Income Patients In UAE To Receive Free MS And Cancer Drugs
Drugs to treat conditions including multiple sclerosis and blood cancer are to be made available to low income UAE residents who are not able to access them through medical insurance.
About 260 peo...
August 04, 20190801Category: Health
Dubai And Abu Dhabi Forecasted Temperatures In High 30s And Low 40s
Dubai and Abu Dhabi should expect high temperatures in the high-30s and the low 40s tomorrow respectively.
The National Centre of Meteorology has forecasted some areas of cloud and some haziness. T...
August 04, 20190797Category: Weather
Dubai On The Move As 1.6 Million Public Transport Trips Taken Per Day
Dubai's public transport network saw an average of 1.6 million journeys taken every day this year.
The city's transport authority recorded a 6.5 per cent rise in passenger numbers in the fi...
August 03, 20190761Category: Transport
Sharjah Ruler Issues New Housing Rules For Families, Bachelors
The Ruler directed authorities to take measures to ensure privacy of bachelors, families.
New housing rules were announced in Sharjah on Thursday, on the directives of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan b...
August 03, 20190811Category: Government
