Business / Qatar Business

Qatar’s CPI edges up in December 14 Jan 2021 - 09:36 am

Qatar’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) witnessed a marginal increase of 0.02 percent in December compared to previous month (November 2020), reaching at 95.93...

GTA signs partnership agreement with QFBA 14 Jan 2021 - 09:36 am

The General Tax Authority (GTA) has signed a partnership agreement with the Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA) to provide high quality and...

Dukhan Bank names winner of its QR1m Thara’a grand prize 14 Jan 2021 - 09:34 am

Dukhan Bank yesterday announced Ameera Al Saadi as the winner of its QR1m Thara’a grand prize. The draw was conducted under the supervision...

Mazaya acquires four residential buildings in Al Sadd for QR150m 14 Jan 2021 - 09:25 am

Mazaya Real Estate Development has announced its acquisition of four residential buildings in the Al Sadd area for a total value of QR150m....

Hamad Port’s cargo handling soars with start of Container Terminal 2 14 Jan 2021 - 08:54 am

Within days after inauguration of its initial operations, Container Terminal 2 (CT2) at Hamad Port has started receiving container ships. Yesterday both Container...

Qatar Petroleum launches landmark Sustainability Strategy 13 Jan 2021 - 08:28 pm

Doha: Qatar Petroleum launched its new Sustainability Strategy, which sets a roadmap for a sustainable and more prosperous future for Qatar and the...

Qatar’s first IPO since 2019 sees shares in QLM soar 24% 13 Jan 2021 - 03:24 pm

The shares of QLM Life & Medical Insurance Co jumped as they debuted on Qatar’s stock exchange, as the restoration of ties between...

Building sales dominate weekly property deals: Ezdan Report 13 Jan 2021 - 09:48 am

Doha: Buildings of all types including residences, residential buildings and complexes have formed the chunk of the weekly property sales market generating up...

Ahlibank names winner of Al Rabeh Savings Scheme 13 Jan 2021 - 09:44 am

Doha: Following much anticipation, Mona M Al Khayyat was named as winner of December 2020 Mega cash prize Al Rabeh Savings Scheme QR2,022,000...

BFQ to empower Bangladesh entrepreneurs in Qatar 13 Jan 2021 - 09:41 am

Doha: The Bangladesh Forum Qatar (BFQ), a Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) registered business forum formed by Bangladeshi professionals and business people from diverse...

Wave 2 of QFTH to cover more sectors: Official 13 Jan 2021 - 09:33 am

The Wave 2 of Qatar FinTech Hub’s (QFTH) incubation and accelerator programmes, which are set to begin in March, will cover more financial...

HSBC launches Voice ID 13 Jan 2021 - 09:31 am

Doha: HSBC has announced the launch of Voice ID in Qatar enabling retail customers to access their accounts by using their own voice....

QNB’s total assets reach QR1 trillion 13 Jan 2021 - 09:29 am

Doha: For the first time in history of the region, QNB became the first banking institution to record total assets of QR1 trillion...

Qatargas completes first commercial ship-to-ship LNG cargo transfer at Subic Bay 12 Jan 2021 - 03:28 pm

Doha: Qatargas Operating Company Limited (Qatargas) announced today the completion of the first-ever commercial ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of a liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

Bangladesh Forum Qatar plans global garments fair 12 Jan 2021 - 09:11 am

The Bangladesh Forum Qatar (BFQ) is planning to hold a large-scale international garments fair in Doha which seeks to attract between 10,000 and...

QE Index surges to multi-month high 12 Jan 2021 - 09:09 am

Continuing upward momentum on the third straight session, the Qatar Stock Exchange (QE) index jumped 117.26 points or 1.09 percent to close at...

QIB launches fully integrated postal delivery PoS 12 Jan 2021 - 09:07 am

Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has launched the first fully-integrated postal delivery Point of Sale (PoS), in partnership with Qatar Post and with QPay,...

Vodafone services now available via QIB PoS devices 12 Jan 2021 - 09:05 am

Vodafone Qatar has partnered with Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) and QPAY International LLC, one of Qatar’s largest financial technology (FinTech) service providers, to...