Qatar

Rain in Qatar, winter to set in soon 26 Oct 2016 - 12:48 pm

Doha: Rains were reported from different parts of Qatar. A reader send us a video of rain from Doha-Dukhan road. Latest satellite image...

Flag lowered during mourning 26 Oct 2016 - 01:45 am

Condolences pour in as nation mourns 26 Oct 2016 - 01:39 am

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday received...

Ministry of Municipality to construct 2,000 houses 26 Oct 2016 - 01:37 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Environment is working on implementation of the Emiri initiative to build 2,000 residential units out of which...

Qatar tops the Arab region in gender equality 26 Oct 2016 - 01:36 am

DOHA: Qatar has been ranked top in the Arab world for making progress to remove gender gap at work in the World Economic...

Study shows salivary protein may be key to metabolic disorders 26 Oct 2016 - 01:35 am

DOHA: A group of scientists from the Diabetes Research Center at the Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), a research institute of Hamad bin...

Food on wheels 26 Oct 2016 - 01:33 am

A Burgeri food truck parked near the Qatar Stock Exchange building in West Bay yesterday. The first food truck in Doha, Burgeri is...

Eatery shut over poor hygiene 26 Oct 2016 - 01:32 am

DOHA: Al Wakra Municipality yesterday shut down a restaurant for sixty days for preparing and storing food inside a store at a labour...

Indian shrimp safe to eat 26 Oct 2016 - 01:31 am

DOHA: Indian shrimp sold in the local market is safe for human consumption, the Joint Food Control Committee at the Ministry of Public...

RAF lecture to schoolchildren 26 Oct 2016 - 01:30 am

DOHA: The Center for New Life at Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has organised a programme to educate students...

Japan Embassy donates books 26 Oct 2016 - 01:29 am

Doha: The Embassy of Japan in Qatar, in cooperation with the Japan Foundation, donated a variety of books to Qatar Public Library (Dar...

50 doctors trained by WHO on occupational health 26 Oct 2016 - 01:25 am

DOHA: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in collaboration with the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) began a...

US and Canadian firms to vie for deals at Milipol 26 Oct 2016 - 01:07 am

DOHA: With solutions ranging from large-scale homeland security strategies to risk-specific equipment, products and services, leading suppliers from the United States and Canada...

Hamad Medical Corporation in biggest recruitment drive; Admin posts only for Qataris 26 Oct 2016 - 12:59 am

DOHA: The Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has launched the biggest recruitment drive in its history to fill as many as 2,690 existing vacancies...

Falconers gear up as hunting season looms 26 Oct 2016 - 12:44 am

DOHA: Al Gannas Society marks the beginning of the hunting season with the third edition of the annual Isfiri Qatar Falconry Championships next...

Ooredoo to display security muscle at conference 26 Oct 2016 - 12:42 am

Doha: Ooredoo will promote its next generation Security Operations Centre (SOC) services at the upcoming Information Security Conference for the Financial Sector, set...

Building a modern state: An outline of Grandfather Emir's legacy 25 Oct 2016 - 08:51 pm

Doha: For nearly a quarter century, HH the Grandfather Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al-Thani managed to place Qatar among powerful nations characterized...