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The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority calling for enhanced cooperation & partnership between the two entities in designing and constructing the Etihad Museum Project...
Gulf countries are channelling billions of dollars into airport expansions, betting on a sharp rise in passenger traffic and competing to strengthen their positions as regional hubs for global travel. "We are trying to catch up with demand. We are not overspending," said Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, the chairman of Dubai Airports and the emirate's fast-growing carrier Emirates Airlines, to justify the vast amounts being poured into the sector.
Khaleej Times is launching a campaign to spread awareness of the dangers of texting while driving, and call for tougher sanctions for those caught in the act of using their mobile phone while driving.
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Scared out of their wits, many drivers refuse to get behind the wheel despite spending thousands on a UAE driving licence. They tell XPRESS why their phobia is not misplaced. Dangerous driving is scaring new drivers off the roads.
RTA needs your suggestions for new bus routes in Dubai
Do you have suggestions for new bus routes? Then try to catch Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority's (RTA) "Innovation in Motion" bus and give...
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Khaleej Times is launching a campaign to spread awareness of the dangers of texting while driving, and call for tougher sanctions for those caught...
Dubai Police meet bus accident survivors
Thirteen people – nine from India and four from Bangladesh – were killed when a bus carrying 28 passengers crashed into the back of a stationary lorry. The bus was transporting labourers from their camp in Umm Al Quwain to Jebel Ali.
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