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Deputy PM meets outgoing Indonesian envoy 25 Jan 2016 - 03:09 am

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud yesterday met outgoing Indonesian...

Briefing on Indian Coast Guard ship ICGS Sankalp 25 Jan 2016 - 03:08 am

From left: Mukesh Sharma, Executive Officer, Captain Ravikumar, Defence Attaché at the Indian embassy, Sanjiv Arora, Ambassador of India, DIG Mukul Garg, Commanding...

Information on 4,800 medicines online 25 Jan 2016 - 03:03 am

DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has launched the Qatar National Formulary (QNF), an online platform that allows physicians, clinical staff and...

UK eyes strong defence and security ties with Qatar 25 Jan 2016 - 03:01 am

Ambassador Ajay Sharma By Fazeena Saleem DOHA: Defence and security are among a range of areas the UK is seeking to develop with...

Qatari products to hit global market 25 Jan 2016 - 03:00 am

FROM LEFT, Hamad Khamis Al Kubaisi, Excutive Director of Advisory of QDB, Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Khalifa, CEO of QDB and Muhannad Abdullah...

Prime Minister meets US Congress delegation 25 Jan 2016 - 02:54 am

Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with a delegation from the US Congress. They ...

Chinese performers enthral audience 25 Jan 2016 - 02:46 am

Chinese dancers perform at Katara Cultural Village to mark the opening of Qatar China 2016 Year of Culture, yesterday. Pic: Abdul Basit/The Peninsula ...

Mowasalat launches Karwa taxi app; plans to increase number of taxis to 7,000 24 Jan 2016 - 05:17 pm

Doha: Mowasalat has launched a Karwa taxi app, which is free to download for both IOS and Android devices. You can request a...

Katara Announces the Prophet’s Poet Festival 24 Jan 2016 - 05:12 pm

Doha: Cultural Village Foundation-Katara has announced the launch of the Prophet’s Poet festival, to be held 10-14 April 2016. Bearing the slogan "Poetry’s...

Ministry of Economy recalls 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class cars 24 Jan 2016 - 11:49 am

Doha: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce, in collaboration with Nasser Bin Khaled Automobiles, Mercedes-Benz dealer, has announced the recall of 2014 Mercedes-Benz...

Law on water and power waste in force 24 Jan 2016 - 12:28 am

DOHA: Utility distributor Kahramaa has begun implementing a law which prescribes deterring fines for wasting electricity and water. The penalty for wasting water...

Return visa applications via Metrash 2 24 Jan 2016 - 12:23 am

DOHA: Expatriates seeking a “return visa” for people under personal sponsorship who have stayed out of the country for more than six months...

UK-based union offers help on labour rights 24 Jan 2016 - 12:22 am

Len McCluskey, General Secretary, UNITE, British and Ireland’s largest union, speaking to The Peninsula. Pic: Qassim / The Peninsula By Fazeena Saleem DOHA:...

RAF helps 1,000 Qatari youth to get married 24 Jan 2016 - 12:20 am

Officials at the concluding event. DOHA: In the past seven years, Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has financed the...

Lulu Mercedes-Benz car winners 24 Jan 2016 - 12:18 am

Moosa Sooppy and Ronalyn Sangalang Soniega, winners of Lulu Mercedes-Benz Car Promotion held at Lulu Hypermarket, Barwa City Branch, receive symbolic keys of...

HBKU professor awarded research grant 24 Jan 2016 - 12:16 am

Dr Omar El Agnaf (right), Professor of Life Science, HBKU, working in his laboratory. Doha: Important research into Parkinson’s disease being led by...

More features on Ooredoo Money App 24 Jan 2016 - 12:16 am

Doha: Ooredoo’s popular Mobile Money App ‘Ooredoo Money’ has undergone a massive upgrade this week, enabling customers to now create and change their...