PHASE One of the D-Ring Road Development project opens today.

The Arabian Gulf Adventure Tour, the first extensive tour of classic cars to be organised in the region, is to kick off tomorrow at The Pearl-Qatar.

Al Wa’ab City Management and Spinneys Qatar have signed an agreement to open the first Spinneys store in Qatar at the flagship multi-billion dollar project, Al Wa’ab City.

Qatar Business Women Award (QBWA) has announced its gala award ceremony will feature the famed performance group, Cirque du Soleil who have conceived an exclusive performance tailored to this prestigious event. This ceremony revealing the 2008 award winners will be held on February 25 at the Ritz Carlton.

The Carnegie Mellon University—Qatar (CMU-Q) will formally open its new building at the Education City tonight. Qatar Foundation also announced its plan for expansion.

The Public Works Authorities (Ashghal), in association with the Traffic and Patrols Department, will partially open the Al Asiri underpass and the bridges on the D-Ring Road for traffic today.

The Third Line Doha launched its first Arab film series yesterday with screening of the French language film Le Grand Voyage. Directed by Ismael Ferroukhi, Le Grand Voyage is a French-Moroccan co-production and winner of the Venice Film Festival. It tells the story of a father and son and their journey back to the sources of Islam. It is a tale of generation cultural divide and clashing identities.

Is that authentic basmati rice ethnic biriyani you are eating? It seems not. Consumers of basmati rice in Qatar are apparently taken for a ride. People in Qatar are spending over $9m on fake basmati of the so called basmati –labels. A recent study done by The Peninsula shows that at least 50 percent of the so called basmati rice sold in Qatar retail market is adulterated with inferior quality grains.