Monthly Archives: December 2025

Real Estate

Harbor Real Estate Becomes the First Private-Sector Company to Join National Bonds’ End-of-Service Savings Scheme

  • Employees enrolled in the fund can make voluntary contributions of up to 25% of their annual salary.

[Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 04 December 2025] – National Bonds, the UAE’s Sharia-compliant savings and investment company, announced that Harbour Real Estate has become the first private-sector company to adopt the voluntary alternative to end-of-service benefits system, supervised by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation in collaboration with the Securities and Commodities Authority. This milestone reflects a growing trend among companies to provide safe and innovative investment benefits that support employees’ savings and enhance the competitiveness of the UAE labour market.

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Real Estate

ORA Developers Breaks Ground on Bayn and Opens Two New Sales Centers in Abu Dhabi and Dubai

United Arab Emirates – 3 December 2025 – ORA Developers has marked noteworthy progress on Bayn, its flagship coastal community in Ghantoot, by starting enabling works on the 4.8-million-square-metre development and opening new sales centers in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

ORA Developers awarded an AED 142 million enabling works contract to NMDC. This marks the construction commencement and enables ORA to progress toward vertical construction for Phase 1 scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2026. At peak activity, more than 5,000 professionals and workers are expected to be on site, reflecting the scale of the project.

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Real Estate

Waterfront Properties in Abu Dhabi Outperform Market, MERED Analysis Shows 69% Price Surge

Abu Dhabi, UAE – 04 December 2025 – Waterfront real estate in Abu Dhabi continues to deliver exceptional capital growth, significantly outpacing non-waterfront developments, according to new analysis by MERED, the award-winning international real estate developer. Data covering Q4 2021 to Q3 2025 shows that off-plan projects across the emirate grew by a weighted average of 47%, driven by an extraordinary 429% increase in sales volume.

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Sports & Recreations

Dubai Jewellery Group (DJG) Unveils Golden Opportunity for Shoppers at the 31ˢᵗ Dubai Shopping Festival

– Shoppers Stand a Chance to Win From 5 Kilos of Gold This DSF
– Discover Exclusive Deals at 250+ Participating Jewellery Stores


Dubai (December 4, 2025): The Dubai Jewellery Group (DJG) today announced its headline promotion for the 31ˢᵗ edition of the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), bringing an exciting opportunity for customers shopping jewellery across the city. This year’s promotion reinforces Dubai’s position as the global “City of Gold” and continues the festival’s legacy as one of the region’s most vibrant retail celebrations.

DJG – Tawhid Abdullah

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Education, Sports & Recreations

BITS Pilani Sports Festival Closes in Triumph, Dominating as the UAE’s Biggest University Sports Fest

  • 22nd Edition Draws Record Participation Across Universities and Schools
  • Padma Bhushan Awardee Sunil Gavaskar Graces Closing Ceremony
  • BPDC Emerges Overall Champion

Dr. Souri Banerjee and Dr. M. Rafiuddin felicitating the Chief Guest Sunil Gavaskar at the BSF 2025 closing ceremony

Dubai, UAE: BITS Pilani Dubai Campus (BPDC) successfully concluded the 22nd edition of the BITS Pilani Sports Festival (BSF) 2025 recently , reinforcing its position as the UAE’s largest university sports festival. Over five days, the event hosted more than 5,500 student athletes from 39 universities, along with 1,200 students from 20 schools, marking one of the most diverse and vibrant editions in BSF’s history.

Sunil Gavaskar and the dignitaries Awarding the Badminton Boys Winners from BPDC at the BSF 2025 closing ceremony

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