Qatar

Police move in for workers’ safety 21 Jan 2016 - 02:00 am

As a thick layer of fog engulfed parts of the country yesterday, police intervened and stopped a group of workers from moving in...

QTA hosts Marketing Summit 21 Jan 2016 - 01:59 am

DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) hosted its Quarterly Framework Marketing Summit for the first quarter of 2016, where heads of QTA representative offices...

Josoor begins another block of programmes 21 Jan 2016 - 01:58 am

Officials at the event. Doha: Josoor Institute, a centre of excellence for sports and events industries, inspired and developed by the Supreme Committee...

Ezdan customer service centre dealt with 300,000 calls last year 21 Jan 2016 - 01:57 am

Ezdan Customer Service Call Centre works in three shifts round the clock. Doha: Ezdan Customer Service Call Centre, which operates under the umbrella...

CMU-Q to host regional 24-hour hackathon 21 Jan 2016 - 01:56 am

Officials outlining the upcoming event. DOHA: Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) will host its first regional 24-hour hackathon from Friday at the...

Saudi-Iran flare-up won’t escalate into war: Expert 21 Jan 2016 - 01:55 am

By Mohamed Osman DOHA: A foreign policy analyst at the coveted Brookings Doha Centre sees no possibility of open hostilities between Saudi Arabia...

Sheikha Moza laments poor Arabic standards 21 Jan 2016 - 01:34 am

H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser inaugurating the second edition of the Forum for the Renaissance of Arabic language, which is entitled ‘Linguistic...

Huge demand for land development 21 Jan 2016 - 01:32 am

Fahad Rashid Al Kaabi, CEO, Manateq By Mohammad Shoeb DOHA: Qatar’s Economic Zones Company (Manateq), which is responsible for overseeing the development of...

Shop rents frozen for a year 21 Jan 2016 - 01:22 am

DOHA: Shopowners cannot increase the rent for a year as the government has extended the validity of tenancy contracts of all kinds of...

Met warns of low visibility in Al Wakra; foggy Thursday morning predicted 21 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Doha: The Department of Meteorology issued a warnin now (7pm January 20) that fog is forming along the southeastern coast with visibility dropping...

HMC's Homecare Services starts work on new plan 20 Jan 2016 - 02:41 pm

Doha: Hamad Medical Corporation's (HMC) Homecare Service Department has started work on a new plan to enhance home care services for patients. HMC...

Ministry of Economy recalls several Honda models 20 Jan 2016 - 11:59 am

Honda CRV 2007 Doha: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has announced the recall of Honda vehicles models: 2007 CR-V , 2006-2007 Civic...

Don’t use hazard lights in fog or rain 20 Jan 2016 - 08:58 am

Dont use hazard lights, use low beam or fog lights. (photo: Mohamad Bwary) Doha: Many people tend to switch on their hazard lights...

QRCS completes West Darfur project 20 Jan 2016 - 02:18 am

Some of the beneficiaries in Arara. DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has completed its Social Harmony initiative launched about three years ago...

New law for sports clubs ‘promotes transparency’ 20 Jan 2016 - 02:17 am

Minister of Youth and Sports H E Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser Al Ali Doha: Minister of Youth and Sports H E Salah...

2022 panel recruiting members 20 Jan 2016 - 02:16 am

Last year panel members visited the site of Al Wakrah Stadium, one of the proposed host venues for 2022. Doha: Young residents of...

WISE Learners’ Voice Programme begins 20 Jan 2016 - 02:15 am

The 2015-2016 WISE Learners’ Voice batch with WISE CEO Stavros Yiannouka, WISE team and session facilitators during the first residential session at Qatar...

Foggy weather likely again this morning 20 Jan 2016 - 02:14 am

Notwithstanding foggy conditions, fitness freaks doing their morning exercises at Aspire Zone early yesterday. Several parts of the country were engulfed in a...