The global economic crisis is affecting a number of local construction and real estate companies, hindering their operations and even causing them to freeze their work.

A bank took a citizen to court for loan default but the man was so scared of facing the court that he did not attend a single hearing and was consequently sentenced to six months in jail.

The weather in Qatar will be hot and blowing dust at times.

Dubai has dropped from the top of a list of the fastest rising financial centres in the world, it was announced on Wednesday.

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The emergency unit at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) treated more than 1,300 people on the first day of Eid Al Fitr, twice the number of cases received at the unit on the festival day over the last few years.

Elderly people have visited the Cultural Village at Rumailah Park as part of a three-day Eid programme. They took part in competitions, tasted the best traditional dishes made specially for them and listened to songs sung by traditional bands.

The volume of trade between China and Qatar has increased, and the cultural and political relations between the two sides have greatly improved, a Chinese diplomat said.

The newly developed underpass and a roundabout on the under construction Ras Abu Aboud road project have been thrown open to traffic.