The moon-sighting committee issued a statement today that after its meeting tonight at the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, May 24 was declared as the first day of Shawwal and the first day of Eid Al Fitr. Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi Al Dhaheri, Minister of Justice, and Chairman of the Committee, said

Sharjah: An assistant parish priest at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Sharjah died on Sunday evening “due to multiple complications arising from COVID-19”, the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (AVOSA) posted on its website. Fr. Youssef Sami Youssef OFM Cap., 62, served for the Arabic and Fr

The father of a 16-year old Indian girl who came on a visit visa to the UAE to visit him is desperate for help as she has been hospitalised, even as he has been rendered jobless. On February 6, Amber D’Couto flew into Dubai from Mangalore in Karnataka, India, along with her older sister, Alison, 19

Ramadan will start on Friday, April 24, the UAE’s moon-sighting committee announced late on Thursday. The holy month of fasting observed by Muslims around the world lasts for 29 or 30 days (lunar cycle) and is dependent on the Hijri or Islamic calendar. The announcement was made after the committee

The UAE has offered to fly stranded Indians and citizens of other countries, who wish to be repatriated, if they test negative for COVID-19, the UAE’s Ambassador to India Dr Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al Banna told Gulf News on Saturday. Speaking over phone, the envoy said the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Af

Indian diplomatic missions will help arrange additional quarantine centres and services of Indian healthcare workers to support the efforts of the UAE and other Gulf countries in their fight to contain the coronavirus pandemic, an Indian minister said on Friday. India’s Minister of State for Exter

It was 2am and all the roads of the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah were empty due to the implementation of the National Sterilisation Programme and only police patrols could be seen roaming the roads to ensure public safety. Suddenly a police patrol saw vehicle was moving on the road. Police stopped th

The UAE has suspended the entry of all valid visa holders, who are currently out of the country, for a renewable period of two weeks effective noon on Thursday, March 19, due to the spread of COVID-19. The development comes as a precautionary measure for the safety of those affected by the decision

Dr. B.R. Shetty, founder of NMC Health, has resigned from the Board of Directors. This comes after he was excluded from board discussions for possibly misrepresenting his shareholdings in the company. Shetty stepped down with immediate effect, along with Chief Investment Officer Hani Buttikhi and b

Dubai: Is that a hole in the sky? And why is there a gap? If you think there might be something amiss with the world and the folktale of Chicken Little comes to mind, along with the infamous phrase “The sky is falling!”; don’t worry. It couldn’t be further from the truth. During Sunday’s heavy bou

The holy month of Ramadan will begin on Thursday, May 17, it was announced today. The announcement was made after the Saudi moon-sighting committee met on Tuesday evening and were not able to sight the Ramadan crescent, Al Arabiya reported. The UAE government has reduced working hours for the publ

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The Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Mosque in Al Mushrif, a district in the capital Abu Dhabi, was on Wednesday renamed ‘Mariam, Umm Eisa’ — Arabic for ‘Mary, the mother of Jesus’. The change was ordered by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Comman

Social clubs or organisations in Dubai cannot operate secretly and without a licence as they risk getting prosecuted, a senior official from the Community Development Authority (CDA) said. CDA in Dubai regulates all non-profit social clubs and organisations that hold social, cultural, or entertainm

Fire breaks out at under construction building in Abu Dhabi