Consolidated Gulf Co. (CGC) has unveiled an exciting Nokia bundle offer where purchases of selected Nokia mobile phones come with free QR 50 gift voucher of Centrepoint mall. Some of the most popular Nokia phones are available with QR 50 voucher under the offer, including Nokia X2-01 and Nokia 5130 XpressMusic each at QR 349, Nokia 2330 at QR 199, Nokia C1 double SIM, Nokia 1800 and Nokia 1616 each priced at only QR 119 and Nokia 2700 classic at QR 289. This offer is valid till 24 April 2011 or

International experts, scientists and stakeholders from Qatar in the fields of water, energy and food security will meet on March 23 for a workshop on ‘Water-Energy-Food Nexus’ at Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ).

Fifty One East, the leading retail chain in Qatar, and Sony commemorated a record-breaking local market share of 40% turning the country into Sony’s top market worldwide.

Asian nations yesterday vowed to crack down on hoax messages warning about radiation spreading beyond Japan, which have helped stoke growing unease over the unfolding nuclear crisis.

Qatar International Islamic Bank agreed to buy out the part of Islamic Bank of Britain it doesn’t already own for about £4.8mn ($7.7mn) as it tries to create an international Shariah-compliant lender.

Qatar will bid for the 2017 world athletics championships, the country’s Olympic Committee said yesterday.

A law imposing fines of up to QR30,000 on airline passengers who smoked or damaged smoke-detectors onboard was issued in Qatar yesterday. The same punishment may be given to airline passengers caught operating electronic devices during their journey. The fine will be doubled in case of repeating the offence.

Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCUQatar) has announced the participation of renowned Qatari architect Ibrahim Jaidah and international designer Anab Jain as presenters for the Tasmeem Doha 2011 – ‘Synapse: Designer as Link’ conference.