UAE orders trial of dozens of alleged gang members
The United Arab Emirates has ordered more than 100 alleged members of a criminal gang to stand trial, state media said Friday, following an increase in mass convictions in the Gulf state...
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Emirates flight halted at HSIA before departure
The authorities at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka delayed an Emirates flight early Wednesday after receiving information that some high-ranking officials were on board and trying to leave Bangladesh
Migration, politics and economics
ALTHOUGH this issue has not been discussed much, current political hostility may affect migration and its long- as well as short-term economics more than thought of now. The protests and subsequent jailing of protesting migrants in the United Arab Emirates have largely been forgotten now...
UAE jails 57 Bangladeshis for protests
The United Arab Emirates has handed lengthy prison sentences to 57 Bangladeshi expatriates for protesting against their government while in the Gulf country where demonstrations are banned, state media reported Monday...
Jailing 57 Bangladesh nationals UAE鈥檚 internal affair: FM
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud said on Wednesday that arrest and imprisonment of 57 Bangladeshi nationals over protests in the United Arab Emirates were in accordance with their internal law...
Govt response to Bangladeshis鈥� jailing in Dubai unfortunate
THE remarks of the foreign affairs minister and the expatriate welfare and overseas employment minister that the arrest and the imprisonment of 57 Bangladeshis in Dubai is an internal affair of the United Arab Emirates are unfortunate and, therefore, unacceptable. The remarks that the ministers made in Dhaka on July 24 are nothing short...
UAE sentences 43 people to life in prison in mass trial
A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed life sentences to 43 Emiratis for 鈥榯errorist鈥� links, state media said Wednesday, after a mass trial heavily criticised by UN experts and rights groups.
UAE cuts Friday sermons at mosques over sizzling heat
The United Arab Emirates has shortened Friday sermons at mosques to protect worshippers from severe heat, amid rising summer temperatures linked to climate change.
UAE energy firm proposes 12b euro takeover for Germany鈥檚 Covestro
Chemical maker Covestro said Monday that it had entered into 鈥榗oncrete negotiations鈥� with the United Arab Emirates national energy firm ADNOC after a takeover proposal valuing the German group at nearly 12 billion euros ($12.8 billion)...
Hasina seeks UAE investment in Bangladesh鈥檚 special economic zones
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called on the United Arab Emirates investors to come up with investments in Bangladesh鈥檚 special economic zones....
Bangladeshi expatriate killed in Dubai road accident
A Bangladeshi expatriate lost his life in a road accident in Dubai of United Arab Emirates on Sunday night (local time)...
UAE president honours late Saleemul Huq
President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan bestowed the First Class Order of Zayed II on several global dignitaries in recognition of their contributions to the success of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) hosted by the UAE late last year...
France, UAE sign AI coop deal
France and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday signed a 鈥榮trategic partnership鈥� on artificial intelligence (AI) aimed at boosting cooperation between them, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told AFP...
Flights to Dubai disrupted as rain hits UAE 2 weeks after heaviest recorded rainfall
Several flights to Dubai were cancelled and diverted on Thursday, airport authorities announced, as heavy rains hit the United Arab Emirates for the second time in a month....
Schools, offices shut as heavy rain returns to UAE
Schools and many offices were closed across the United Arab Emirates on Thursday as heavy rains returned to the desert country just two weeks after record downpours that experts linked to climate change...
Oman, UAE deluge 鈥榤ost likely鈥� linked to climate change, scientists say
Global warming caused by fossil fuel emissions 鈥榤ost likely鈥� exacerbated the intense rains that lashed the UAE and Oman in the past week, causing deaths and widespread flooding, an expert group of scientists said on Thursday.....
Bangladesh鈥檚 MV Abdullah reaches Dubai port, to stay for week
Hijacked Bangladeshi-flagged cargo vessel MV Abdullah with its 23 crew reached Al Hamriya Port in Dubai on Sunday afternoon after Somali pirates had freed it after 32 days reportedly on payment of ransom in the...
Three Filipinos killed in UAE floods
Three workers from the Philippines have died in heavy flooding in the United Arab Emirates, Filipino officials announced, as the desert country struggled on...
US-Bangla makes its maiden flight to Abu Dhabi
Private US-Bangla Airlines on Friday launched its inaugural flight from Bangladesh capital Dhaka to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.....
Dubai airport, roads still plagued by floods
Dubai鈥檚 airport, one of the world鈥檚 busiest, witnessed major disruption for the third day in a row on Thursday after the heaviest rains on record drenched the desert...
9 flights from Dubai to Dhaka cancelled for rough weather in UAE
At least nine flights destined to Bangladesh were cancelled and two other flights bound for Dubai were delayed on Wednesday as unprecedented rainfall and flooding sent the United Arab Emirates into complete chaos, causing sufferings...
Scores of flights delayed, diverted as Dubai reels from floods chaos
Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on Wednesday as the glitzy financial centre reeled from record rains.