Qatar

Over 70 busloads of students visit 32nd GCC Traffic Week 17 Mar 2016 - 02:39 am

DOHA: School students are showing so much interest in the ongoing 32nd GCC Traffic Week that since it opened on March 13 over...

Premier welcomes Kuwait Deputy PM 17 Mar 2016 - 02:38 am

Kuwait’s Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah last evening arrived on a two-day visit to Qatar. Prime...

Workers held for tampering with expiry dates of meat products 17 Mar 2016 - 02:37 am

DOHA: Municipal inspectors have caught a group of workers for tempering with expiry dates of large quantities of meat products which were meant...

Southbound lane of Jassim Bin Hamad Street closed from tomorrow 17 Mar 2016 - 02:35 am

Doha: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has announced that the southbound lane of Jassim Bin Hamad Street will be temporarily closed from Jassim...

QTA hosts associations for familiarisation trip to Qatar 17 Mar 2016 - 02:35 am

DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA), in conjunction with the US-based Global Industry Development Network (GIDN), hosted this week a group of international associations...

Arc’16 to announce QF award winners 17 Mar 2016 - 02:35 am

Doha: This year’s Annual Research Conference 2016 (ARC’16) will announce the winners of Qatar Foundation Research & Development’s (QF R&D) Best Research Project...

IBQ hosts MEED Qatar Projects gala dinner and Qatar Leadership Award 17 Mar 2016 - 02:34 am

Officials at the award ceremony. Doha: International Bank of Qatar (ibq) hosted Qatar Leadership Award and gala dinner at MEED Qatar Projects 2016...

Qatar ‘committed to women’s empowerment’ 17 Mar 2016 - 02:33 am

New York: Minister of Administrative Development and Labour and Social Affairs H E Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jaffali Al Nuaimi has underlined...

Hamad International Airport among 10 best in the world 17 Mar 2016 - 02:32 am

DOHA: Hamad International Airport (HIA) has been acknowledged as the ‘Best Airport in the Middle East’ by the 2016 Skytrax World Airport Awards...

Customs displays seized items 17 Mar 2016 - 02:26 am

DOHA: The General Authority of Customs’ pavilion at the 32nd GCC Traffic Week is drawing visitors in large numbers to the display of...

Oil producers to meet in Doha on April 17 17 Mar 2016 - 02:21 am

DOHA: Minister of Energy & Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, (pictured) who is also the current President of the...

NHRC’s 2015 report to be out soon 17 Mar 2016 - 02:18 am

DOHA: Qatar’s human rights watchdog plans to urge the government to take steps to ensure further promotion of human rights. The National Human...

Emir chairs 2022 World Cup panel meet 17 Mar 2016 - 02:09 am

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday chaired at the Emiri Diwan the first meeting in 2016 of the Board...

Rights panel honours three winners of martyr Ali Hassan Al Jabir awards 16 Mar 2016 - 06:00 pm

Doha: The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) yesterday honoured three winners of the Fifth Edition of the martyr Ali Hassan Al Jabir awards. ...

Keeping up the linguistic heritage of Qatar 16 Mar 2016 - 12:47 pm

At the end of the two-day forum, participants presented a series of achievable recommendations designed to address some of the challenges facing the...

OPEC, non-OPEC producers to meet in Doha on April 17: Qatari minister 16 Mar 2016 - 12:13 pm

File photo of the Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada Doha, March: OPEC members and key...

Weather forecast for the day: Rain with strong wind 16 Mar 2016 - 09:54 am

Raining at Salwa road in the morning. (Photo: Abdul Basit) Doha: The weather forecast for Qatar valid until 6pm Wednesday: Inshore will be...

The Peninsula Editor-in-Chief meets US Press Attache 16 Mar 2016 - 02:08 am

Dr Khalid Al-Shafi, Editor-in-Chief, The Peninsula, yesterday met Sacha Fraiture, Press Attache, US embassy, at the newspaper’s office and discussed cooperation. Fraiture praised...