The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday evening attended the groundbreaking ceremony of Dohaland’s signature project, renaming ‘Heart of Doha’ as ‘Musheireb’, given the historical significance and importance of the area.

Qatar International Beauty Academy Tajmeel is all set to begin its International Beauty Courses and the academy is now open for student registrations.

Sumptuous dishes from the ‘Land Down Under’ will feature at The Grill for Grand Hyatt Doha’s ‘Taste of Australia’ from January 21 to 29, celebrating Australia’s National Day.

Workers gave the finishing touches to the Corniche-Ras Abu Aboud underground tunnel, which opens to traffic today. The tunnel, part of the last stage of the Ras Abu Aboud Road project launched by the New Doha International Airport Steering Committee, is a two-lane link that facilitates traffic in one direction – from the Corniche to Ras Abu Aboud http://gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=336463&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

Property market experts in Doha expect it would take yet another year to stabilise the land prices that took a nose dive during the last two years in the aftermath of global credit crunch.

A majority of the participants in an online survey conducted by Al Sharq daily said that they were not happy with the rentals for the commercial and residential properties in the Barwa Village in Al Wakra that is under construction.

Qatar has signed an exclusive sponsorship deal for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Congress, in which the continent’s football movers and shakers will be gathered on the eve of the African Cup of Nations in Angola.

The Al Rayyan Municipality is all set to develop the Kharaij beach in Umbab. The beach will have facilities for overnight stay for families.

Five brand new Toyota cars waiting to be delivered to the public transport company, Mowasalat, were gutted when a fire broke out in the huge car park behind the Toyota Tower, near Al Mana traffic intersection, yesterday.