The Consumer Protection Department of the Ministry of Business and Trade has issued a list of 105 food items to 10 major shopping outlets across the city, prescribing their selling price with instructions not to hike the rates during Ramadan.

About 350 A(H1N1) influenza cases have been confirmed in Qatar, according to the Supreme Council for Health. Qatar now has the third largest number of swine flu cases in the GCC, after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, as per the latest WHO reports. The ministry expects to see an increase in the number of cases in winter.

Both the Qatari and Bahraini governments were interested in buying a stake in Richard Branson’s space tourism company Virgin Galactic, industry sources have revealed.

A French documentary filmmaker is working on a film called The Other Qatar, which focuses on the country’s marine environment.

The weather in Qatar will be hot during the day with blowing dust at times.

The elite of the film industry may soon be making its way here full force to attend the launch of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) from October 29 to November 1 – one of them may include celebrated actor Robert de Niro.

The Supreme Council for Health has signed agreements with two pharmaceutical companies to ensure the highest standard of healthcare services to the people.

The residential areas in Ain Khalid have been stinking for the last several months due to the leakage in the drainage network system. The families living in the area complain that the overflowing manholes are making their lives miserable.

The upcoming Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) will showcase the best of Arab films, a DTFF official said.

Barwa Real Estate plans to invest more than 50bn Egyptian pounds ($9bn) in the coming few years in Egypt to establish an integrated mixed-use community project over more than 2,000 feddans in New Cairo.