Qatar

12 schools removed from educational voucher system 04 Sep 2016 - 11:19 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education said yesterday that it has removed 12 schools from the educational voucher system for failure...

QTA trains tour guides for upcoming cruise season 04 Sep 2016 - 10:49 am

Tour guides attending a training course. DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) has trained a group of tour guides from various backgrounds to guide...

HBJ Foundation to construct building inside PEC 04 Sep 2016 - 10:15 am

DOHA: In a rare gesture, a local charity organisation has come forward to construct a new building inside the campus of Pakistan Education...

Sri Lankan health minister to visit Qatar in October 04 Sep 2016 - 10:10 am

Dr Rajitha Senaratne By Fazeena Saleem DOHA: Sri Lankan Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine Dr Rajitha Senaratne will visit Doha in October....

Ministry recalls Galaxy Note 7 and tells owners to seek refund 04 Sep 2016 - 09:37 am

Galaxy Note 7 (Reuters) By Sachin Kumar DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce in association with Samsung Electronics Company has announced an...

Used car prices lose steam as demand drops 04 Sep 2016 - 09:34 am

Cars put up on sale at the used car market. By Sanaullah Ataullah DOHA: The prices of used cars in the local market...

Qatari haj mission works round the clock in service of pilgrims 04 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

Makkah: The Qatari Haj Mission's various Units are working round the clock to provide all services and means to the pilgrims of the...

SIS Principal chosen for national award 04 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

Dr. Subhash B. Nair, Principal, Shantiniketan Indian School, interacting with students. DOHA: Dr. Subhash B. Nair, Principal, Shantiniketan Indian School in Doha, has...

Dubai gallery eyes Qatar’s art furniture market 04 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

Guillaume Cuiry at his La Galerie Nationale in Dubai. By Ahmed Salem Doha: Guillaume Cuiry is an art expert and connoisseur of 20th...

TAMUQ students gain engineering skills 04 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

One of the students working on a project. Doha: Engineering students at Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) are building on their classroom...

RAF distributes 760,000 copies of Holy Quran 04 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

RAF officials presenting a copy of Holy Quran to one of the beneficiaries during a ceremony. DOHA: Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for...

Qatar pilgrims arrive in Makkah 03 Sep 2016 - 10:48 am

Caption Doha: The first batch of Qatar pilgrims arrived in Makkah yesterday via land, with the rest of pilgrims set to arrive by...

QTA plans new initiatives to attract more tourists 03 Sep 2016 - 10:14 am

By Raynald C Rivera DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) is pulling out all the stops to improve the tourism industry’s performance amid slowdown...

Pakistani community attends PSY-Qatar event 03 Sep 2016 - 10:13 am

Doha: The Pak Youth Society Qatar (PYS) organised 69th Independence Day celebrations with the theme ‘Pakistan Mubarak ho’ at the Sapphire Plaza Hotel....

Amnesty: Travel agents see rise in bookings 03 Sep 2016 - 10:11 am

By Fazeena Saleem DOHA: Many expatriates seeking to benefit from the three-month amnesty for illegal residents have started booking air tickets, according to...

Emir congratulates Uzbekistan President 02 Sep 2016 - 12:44 am

Doha: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to Uzbekistan’s President Dr. Islam Karimov on...

FM in Turkmenistan 02 Sep 2016 - 12:26 am

Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani yesterday met Turkmenistan’s Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Policy Affairs and Foreign Minister...