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Dubai’s Emirates NBD to buy Turkey’s Denizbank for $2.8bn in revised deal

The current offer is roughly 20 per cent lower than the $3.2bn agreement reached last year

Uber, Careem deal to be completed in 7-8 months, CEOs tell Dubai Deputy Ruler

Last week, Uber announced that it acquire Dubai-based rival Careem for $3.1bn

UAE weather: Rainfall forecast in parts of the country with low visibility

Cloudy weather conditions will persist until Saturday

UAE’s FTA starts receiving applications for refunding VAT to business visitors

The minimum VAT amount to reclaim is Dhs2,000

UAE’s ADNOC signs new long-term agreement for base oil sales into China

ADNOC Refining produces up to 500,000 metric tonnes per year of the Group III base oil

Dubai’s RTA to launch nine new bus routes, cancel three services this month

The new routes will improve the integration with the metro service as well as the link with Al Ain city

Video: Police arrest 24-member gang in the UAE for phone scam

Dramatic footage posted by Abu Dhabi Police showed officials raiding the apartment in Ajman

Dubai’s Mashreq to close 12 branches as it shifts online

In March, the lender’s CEO said the bank will close 50 per cent of its branches this year

UAE’s ADFG to take over Shuaa Capital in reverse merger by mid-April

Last month, Dubai-listed Shuaa disclosed it had started talks on a possible merger with the Abu Dhabi Financial Group

Abu Dhabi’s new waterfront project featuring region’s largest aquarium to open in 2020

The Dhs850m Al Qana project was initially slated to open this year

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No public holiday for Isra wal Miraj, clarifies UAE ministry

The UAE has released an official list of public holidays for 2019 and 2020

UAE launches new electronic family book as part of shift to smart services

The electronic family book will store data about citizens and expats in the smart chip of the Emirates ID card

Sheikh Mohammed visits mega event venue Dubai Arena ahead of its opening

The venue, which can accommodate 17,000 visitors, is the largest indoor arena of its kind in the MENA region

Dubai payments firm Network International’s share sale draws strong demand

The stock is expected to begin trading on the London Stock Exchange on April 11

Dubai to observe a dry night on April 2

The decision is a result of the Isra and Mi’raj which falls on the 27th day of Rajab

Dubai’s Emirates resumes flights to Zagreb for summer

The route will be operated by flydubai in the winter

UAE to allow expats to sponsor families on income rather than job title

The move aims to enhance the “family stability of foreign workers and social cohesion”

EGA, Mubadala and Dubal Holding break ground on Dhs1bn power block

The new facility is expected to reduce EGA’s greenhouse gas emissions at Jebel Ali by 10 per cent

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Godolphin’s Thunder Snow wins $12m Dubai World Cup

The five-year-old is the first Godolphin horse to win two consecutive World Cup titles

Dubai court restores yacht to Russia tycoon, move disputed in divorce contest

The $436m yacht was impounded as part of Russian billionaire Farkhad Akhmedov’s high profile divorce settlement

Global dignitaries speak at the Ideas Abu Dhabi festival

The two-day festival concludes today

Grand Hyatt Abu Dhabi closure due to issues “beyond control”

Five-star hotel on the Corniche opened in June last year

UAE regulator in final stages of issuing licence for nuclear plant

Barakah will be the UAE’s first nuclear plant and the world’s largest when complete, with four reactors and 5,600 megawatts (MW) capacity

Revealed: How powerful is your passport?

These are the world’s most powerful and least powerful passports

UAE world’s top destination for startups

The upcoming AIM Startup summit in Dubai will help connect startups in the UAE to global investors

How Earth Hour UAE is redefining our relationship with the planet

Helena Carless, communications director at Emirates Nature-WWF, explains some of the main benefits of Earth Hour

UAE’s Shuaa Capital, ADFG mandate banks on merger plan – ADFG

Shuaa Capital said on Sunday that it had started discussions on a possible merger with ADFG

Kenyan monk Peter Tabichi wins $1m Global Teacher Prize in Dubai

Tabichi was presented with the award in the presence of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed at a ceremony hosted by actor Hugh Jackman

Abu Dhabi’s Al Hilal Bank cuts 160 jobs ahead of three-way merger – sources

The merger with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and Union National Bank is expected to created the UAE’s third largest lender

Abu Dhabi aims to lure start-ups with investment in new technology hub

Dhs1bn ($272m) has been allocated to support technology start-ups in the emirate