Qatar

Bangla school holds training programme for teachers 19 Sep 2015 - 02:46 am

Bangladesh MHM School & College teachers attend one of the sessions. Doha: Bangladesh MHM School & College recently conducted a day’s training programme...

Indian Independence Day marked 19 Sep 2015 - 02:45 am

Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora (centre) with teachers and officials during India’s Independence Day celebrations at the Diplomatic Club yesterday. Arora and other officials...

Second round of Doha Youth, Junior Choir auditions today 19 Sep 2015 - 02:44 am

Children take part in one of the auditions. Doha: Doha Youth Choir (DYC) organisers are creating a younger Doha Junior Choir, opening opportunities...

Library holds Eid Al Adha event for kids 19 Sep 2015 - 02:43 am

DOHA: Qatar National Library (QNL) organised an early Eid Al Adha event for children on Thursday at Education City Recreation Centre. The event...

DFI to organise story seminar 19 Sep 2015 - 02:42 am

DOHA: Doha Film Institute (DFI) is organising a story seminar with Matthew Luhn (pictured), story supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios. Aspiring filmmakers, writers,...

10 secondary Independent schools to teach visual arts 19 Sep 2015 - 02:41 am

DOHA: Visual arts will be taught in 10 secondary Independent schools in Qatar in the next academic year, says a Supreme Education Council...

DFI to mark Qatar film successes 19 Sep 2015 - 02:41 am

Doha: To highlight Qatari film industry’s achievements over the past five years, Doha Film Institute (DFI) is hosting the inaugural ‘Focus on Qatar’...

QTA to host cruise forum 2015 on December 7-8 19 Sep 2015 - 02:41 am

DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) will host Seatrade Middle East Cruise Forum 2015 on December 7 and 8 at Kempinski Marsa Malaz. The...

Sidra joins Global Tracheostomy Collaborative 19 Sep 2015 - 02:39 am

DOHA: Sidra Medical and Research Centre (Sidra) has joined the Global Tracheostomy Collaborative (GTC), which has 40 hospitals worldwide. Sidra is leading the...

130 violations of camel grazing ban so far this year 19 Sep 2015 - 02:39 am

DOHA: Patrol teams from the Ministry of Environment and Lekhwiya have so far this year registered 130 violations of camel grazing ban in...

Leaders greet Chile president 19 Sep 2015 - 02:38 am

Doha: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on her...

High winds by noon forecast 19 Sep 2015 - 02:21 am

DOHA: The Met office has forecast high winds at places by noon today. Wind speed could reach up to 42kmph, from 10 to...

Brisk business 19 Sep 2015 - 02:20 am

Fish vendors in the renovated market on the Corniche doing brisk business as demand for fish and their prices remain high amid shortages...

Qatar industry awaits entry of more GCC banks 19 Sep 2015 - 02:18 am

DOHA: Fed up with what many say are Qatari banks’ strict lending norms, Qatar’s trade and industry is looking forward to GCC banks...

Qatar to spend $220bn on major projects 19 Sep 2015 - 02:16 am

DOHA: Qatar is prioritising existing development projects in view of falling oil prices and plans to award about $220bn worth of large-scale investment...

Five food outlets shut down for violating health regulations 18 Sep 2015 - 06:04 pm

An inspector checking some bread during inspection visit Doha: The Doha Municipality last month has conducted 2393 inspection visits and shut down five...