Shaden Wohdan, who will represent Qatar at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore next month, trains at Aspire Academy yesterday. The Peninsula

Qatar has the highest mobile phone and broadband penetration rates in the Middle East, according to a recent study.

Some 101 people died in road accidents in the country in the first six months of this year, with two of them perishing after jumping traffic lights.

The construction of the 35 hectare downtown development Musheireb is proceeding on schedule and raft concrete pouring for phase 1A of the project is under progress. The first phase of Musheireb is scheduled for completion in 2012, Dohaland announced here yesterday.

If you grew up in the Middle East, whatever your age, you probably know Majid magazine, the most circulated Arab children magazine. Kaslan Jidan, Amouna Al Mazyouna, Mickey the Monkey, Moza and Rashoud were likely your childhood friends on paper. Well, Majid is still thriving and attracting new readers – and bringing back the old ones - in creative ways, including the use of augmented reality.

It's in arabic but it's in Al Raya newspaper.

A mechanism to control the prices of goods and services in Qatar will be in place soon, according to reports in local dailies. The Ministry of Business and Trade will set up a committee to work out a method to control prices. Representatives from the ministries of municipality and health besides experts in pricing policy will be members of the committee. The director of the Consumer Protection Department (CPD) at the ministry, Sheikh Jassim bin Jabor bin Hasan al-Thani, said on Tuesday the

The number of companies in Qatar deploying ADSL and Broadband Internet solutions has risen in year-on-year figures for the first six months of 2010, Qtel has said.

Tenants in many residential accommodations are being forced to pay maintenance costs that should be the responsibility of landlords, Gulf Times has learned.