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Over 2.1 million use public transport in Dubai on New Year’s eve

The Dubai Metro was the most widely used mode of transport

Pictures, videos: Dubai welcomes 2020 with dazzling fireworks

Over one million people gathered in Downtown Dubai to ring in the New Year

Dubai’s Emirates warns of peak travel at the start of the New Year

The busiest days anticipated are January 1-4, 2020

Revealed: All the NYE celebrations across Dubai

Fireworks shows have been planned in 25 locations across the city

Video: Road closures, traffic plan for NYE celebrations in Dubai

Burj Khalifa will host a mega fireworks and light show to ring in 2020

Dubai intensifies retail monitoring to ensure DSF discounts are genuine

Officials are monitoring market activity and inspecting commercial establishments

Dubai announces free parking on January 1, 2020

The UAE has declared that the New Year will be observed by both public and private sectors with a one-day holiday

Dubai reveals largest-ever budget for 2020 to ‘stimulate economy’

The budget for the financial year 2020, at Dhs66.4bn, will continue to focus on social services

Dubai Duty Free sales cross $2bn in 2019

The airport retailer achieved a similar sales figure last year

Revealed: Dubai’s biggest foreign trade partners during the first nine months of 2019

The emirate’s non-oil foreign trade grew 6 per cent to cross Dhs1 trillion between Jan-Sept

Dubai Shopping Festival: Gala plan revealed for the opening weekend

Cheb Khaled, Sherine Abdel Wahab and Emirati singer Hussain Al Jassmi will perform on DSF launch day at Burj Park on Thursday

Dubai’s Emaar denies reports that it is selling Burj Khalifa observation deck

The company said it is considering a transaction wherein financing is being raised against the cashflows of the observation deck

Emirates Airline president Tim Clark to step down in June 2020

Clark will step down from June 2020, but will remain an advisor to Emirates

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Dubai’s Emaar mulling sale of Burj Khalifa observation deck – report

The deal could raise up to $1bn for Emaar, a report by Reuters said

Dubai sets new ‘record’ for volume of real estate transactions in past 12 months – report

A total of 44,590 transactions were recorded between November 2018 and November 2019

Dubai developer MAG Development mulling IPO – report

The planned listing comes as MAG Development invests in a Dhs2bn project known as MAG City

Dubai’s RTA opens new roads leading to Expo 2020 site

The project includes the construction of a bridge extending 1.4km and roads stretching about 8km

Deutsche Bank’s former compliance officer in Dubai fined, barred from working in DIFC

She was found guilty of withholding information from DIFC regulatory authority DFSA

Dubai’s largest Ikea store opens in new Festival Plaza mall in Jebel Ali

The store is spread across 35,500 square metres and features a restaurant and bakery

Dubai Islamic Bank to acquire Noor after shareholders approve deal

The acquisition will make DIB one of the largest Islamic banks in the world

New passport control system to make it faster for passengers to pass through Dubai airport

An automatic registration system enabled by advanced cameras will carry out the eye-scan of all passengers

Dubai slams ‘smear campaign’ against UAE products

Dubai Media Office asserted that all products manufactured in Jebel Ali were subject to quality checks

Dubai Police arrest leader of international criminal cartel ‘Angel of Death’

Dutch criminal Ridouan Taghi was nabbed by police in a residential villa

Why developers in Dubai must align to changing consumer trends in real estate

The time is ripe for change in the city’s approach to real estate

Dubai’s RTA invites private sector to submit proposals to build bus shelters

Specialist firms in the UAE and abroad can submit proposals for the construction of 1,500 bus shelters

Dubai’s flydubai launches inaugural flight to Yangon, Myanmar

For bookings under codeshare, Emirates passengers travelling on flydubai operated flights will be given complimentary meals and baggage allowance

First smartphone-based MBA launched for students in Dubai

Smart Dubai launches 40-minute residency visa service

Close to 350 people have already used the Dubai Now app for the issuance or renewal of residency visas for their dependants

Over one million passengers expected to pass through DXB this weekend

Travellers have been advised to arrive at least three hours before departure

Dubai’s RTA signs agreement to develop digital plates

The digital plates will also be able relay information regarding traffic congestions to central control rooms

UAE’s Emirates celebrated 50 years of Dubai Rugby Sevens

The 50th edition of the Dubai Rugby Sevens took place from December 5-7