Qatar

Sustainable GCC healthcare funding model urged 13 Jan 2016 - 02:20 am

DOHA: A recent report ‘Challenges Resulting from the introduction of Mandatory Healthcare Insurance in the GCC Region’ talks about the need for a...

CMC recommends strict monitoring of imported construction materials 13 Jan 2016 - 02:20 am

A construction site in Qatar. (file photo) By Mohamed Osman DOHA: The Central Municipal Council (CMC) yesterday recommended that strict monitoring system be...

Al Majlis and Arabic coffee on Unesco’s Representative List 13 Jan 2016 - 02:18 am

Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari (fourth left, back row) with officials and honourees at...

Ooredoo offers discount on top Dubai restaurants 13 Jan 2016 - 02:18 am

Doha: Ooredoo has launched a new promotion, giving customers who buy the Ooredoo Passport Card a discount on 10 popular restaurants in Dubai,...

QNB diamond sponsor of emergency medicine forum 13 Jan 2016 - 02:17 am

Doha: QNB, the leading financial institution in the Middle East and North Africa, has announced its diamond sponsorship of the International Conference in...

Ensure return of abducted Qataris, Iraq told 13 Jan 2016 - 02:16 am

The Peninsula DOHA: The fourth session of the joint high-level cooperation committee between Qatar and Kuwait held here on Monday called on the...

Woqod opens more mobile fuel stations 13 Jan 2016 - 02:09 am

A long queue is seen outside one of the petrol stations in Al Wakrah. Pic: Salim / The Peninsula DOHA: To help meet...

Emir pays visit to Hamad Port 13 Jan 2016 - 02:07 am

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is briefed during his visit to Hamad Port yesterday. Prime Minister and Interior Minister...

RAF raised QR611 million last year 13 Jan 2016 - 02:06 am

RAF Chairman Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani Al Thani with other officials at an event to release the annual report at the Ezdan...

Weather forecast for tonight 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Doha: The Department of Meteorology said Tuesday in its daily weather report that weather inshore tonight until 6.00 am Wednesday will be partly...

Real estate trading volume hits QR1 billion in a week 12 Jan 2016 - 06:12 pm

Doha: The total value of trading in real estate sales contracts registered with the Real Estate Registration Department at the Ministry of Justice...

Qatar strongly condemns Istanbul blast 12 Jan 2016 - 03:33 pm

A bird flies past a helicopter hovering over the Blue Mosque after a blast in Istanbul's tourist hub of Sultanahmet on January 12,...

MoI services available on Saturday at some centres 12 Jan 2016 - 11:30 am

Source: MoI / Facebook Doha: Now people can access Ministry of Interior (MoI) services on a Saturday. MoI services is available on Saturday...

NIGHTINGALES OF QATAR: Nursing becomes popular among Qatari students 12 Jan 2016 - 10:53 am

By Fazeena Saleem Doha: Nursing is growing as a new career interest among young Qataris as many of them have begun to study...

HBKU unveils PG course in public health 12 Jan 2016 - 02:37 am

Dr Khaled Ben Letaief, Provost, HBKU, and Dr Walid Alali, Coordinator, MPH Programme within HBKU’s College of Public Health, with other officials during...

QC spent QR118m on aid in 26 countries last year 12 Jan 2016 - 02:36 am

Qatar Charity officials distribute humanitarian aid to some of the beneficiaries. DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) spent more than QR118m to provide humanitarian aid...

Students express their links to 2022 through art 12 Jan 2016 - 02:35 am

Students taking part in the workshop. Doha: In cooperation with the Supreme Education Council, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) organised...

100-mile runner charity champion Finn Froud donates gifts to young cancer patients at HGH 12 Jan 2016 - 02:34 am

DOHA: Child cancer patients in the Paediatric Oncology Ward at Hamad General Hospital (HGH), of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), have received toys and...