FeaturedOil & GasGlobal oil demand will soar by a record 7 bpd in 2021:OPECPritam BordoloiJuly 15, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiJuly 15, 2020 Oil prices in 2020 have collapsed due to an oil price war and the coronavirus pandemic... Read more
FeaturedPorts and ShippingExpansion of DP World Sokhna’s Basin 2 in Egypt nears completionPritam BordoloiJuly 13, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiJuly 13, 2020 The project would result in 750,000 TEUs of added capacity... Read more
AviationFeaturedWizz Air Abu Dhabi to fly six new routes from October 2020Pritam BordoloiJuly 13, 2020July 13, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiJuly 13, 2020July 13, 2020 The carrier will fly two new Airbus A321neo aircraft... Read more
FeaturedReal EstateDubai’s real estate transaction in June signals a V-shaped recoveryPritam BordoloiJuly 10, 2020July 10, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiJuly 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Real estate sale transactions in Dubai jumped by 60% m-n-m in June... Read more
AviationFeaturedQatar Airways to resume operations to 11 more international destinationsPritam BordoloiJuly 9, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiJuly 9, 2020 Qatar Airways will start flying to Berlin, Toronto and Boston... Read more
FeaturedIslamic BankingAbu Dhabi Islamic Bank raises foreign ownership to 40%Pritam BordoloiJuly 8, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiJuly 8, 2020 Earlier, the foreign ownership limit at ADIB was set at 25%... Read more
EconomyFeaturedBahrain’s GDP contracted 1.1% in the first quarter of 2020Pritam BordoloiJuly 7, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiJuly 7, 2020 Bahrain’s economy is likely to contract by 3.6% this year... Read more
BankingFeaturedUAE central bank to introduce a new overnight deposit facilityPritam BordoloiJuly 6, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiJuly 6, 2020 The new facility will allow conventional banks operating deposit their surplus liquidity at the central bank on an overnight basis... Read more
FeaturedPorts and ShippingDP World integrates Unifeeder and Feedertech to improve supply chainPritam BordoloiJuly 2, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiJuly 2, 2020 It will further strengthen the capabilities of DP Word’s main ports in Dubai’s Jebel Ali, and ports in India, Africa and Europe... Read more
EconomyFeaturedDubai’s GDP declines 3.5% in first quarter year-on-yearPritam BordoloiJuly 1, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiJuly 1, 2020 Real estate activity registered a growth of 3.7% in Q1 2020... Read more