Qatar

Doha Film Institute to screen German films at MIA Auditorium from today 01 Feb 2017 - 11:51 pm

Doha Film Institute (DFI) will screen German films by master filmmakers at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) Auditorium from today until February...

Doha to host meeting of Gulf Committee for Elderly Care 01 Feb 2017 - 11:49 pm

Doha will host on Sunday a meeting of the Gulf committee for elderly care, which is chaired by the State of Qatar. The...

Company fined after workers injured 01 Feb 2017 - 11:46 pm

A criminal court has imposed a fine of QR20,000 on a company for failure to ensure safety of its workers during a work...

Butchery in Madinat Khalifa found violating food law 01 Feb 2017 - 11:45 pm

Health Monitoring Section at Doha Municipality has caught a butchery in Madinat Khalifa South storing food in unhealthy conditions, which is a violation...

Qatar denies role in Erdogan's protection during failed coup 01 Feb 2017 - 11:45 pm

A senior official at the Foreign Ministry Media Office has denied news reports claiming that Qatari special forces had participated in protecting Turkish...

Qatar Airways and AccorHotels to provide mutual benefits in loyalty programme 01 Feb 2017 - 11:40 pm

Qatar Airways and AccorHotels have partnered to provide reciprocal benefits to members across both loyalty programmes, providing more opportunity to earn and redeem...

GCC & Interpol in deal to step up cooperation 01 Feb 2017 - 11:40 pm

A new agreement between Interpol and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will see enhanced cooperation between the two organisations in combating crime and...

Meat shops in Qatar face shortage of Australian meat 01 Feb 2017 - 09:19 pm

Doha: Meat shops in Qatar are facing acute shortage of subsidized Australian meat. Each meat shop is getting only five slaughtered animals daily...

Link offering LuLu vouchers is spam, don’t click it 01 Feb 2017 - 06:31 pm

Doha: A website link promising vouchers from LuLu Hypermarket Qatar has been doing the rounds of Qatar from yesterday. This is a spam...

HMC in urgent need of blood donations 01 Feb 2017 - 05:23 pm

Doha: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is in urgent need of O positive and O negative blood. They have called for donors of these...

Municipality completes 18,000 requests for pest control 01 Feb 2017 - 04:28 pm

Doha Municipality completed 18,614 requests for pest control during 2016, of which 17,648 requests were for pest control against insects of various kinds...

Al Gannas camp introduces traditional culture to youngsters 01 Feb 2017 - 04:07 pm

Doha: Al Gannas has organized a camp for youngsters, Al Maezab Al Saghir, to get them acquainted to the old traditional way of...

Pet birds become dearer after import ban 31 Jan 2017 - 11:57 pm

Prices of pet birds have seen a sharp rise in Qatar following the recent import ban. The Ministry of Municipality and Environment has...

Yemeni President leaves Doha 31 Jan 2017 - 11:55 pm

ROTA volunteers renovate house in Al Gharafa 31 Jan 2017 - 11:55 pm

Fifty Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) youth volunteers recently renovated a house in Al Gharafa as part of its ‘Reach into Qatar’ campaign,...

Turkish theme at Al Liwan Restaurant 31 Jan 2017 - 11:52 pm

QC community centre concludes competitions on Prophet 31 Jan 2017 - 11:52 pm

QC Community Development Centre – Al Khor Branch for Women – concluded the events and activities of “Ashraqat Bi-Siratuh” competition which aimed at...

Souq Al Haraj still draws crowds despite low sales 31 Jan 2017 - 11:49 pm

Despite the downswing in business and the popularity of social networking sites providing alternative platforms for sales of secondhand goods, the 'flea market'...