Qatar Entertainment City, a mega US$3bn project of Abu Dhabi Investment House (ADIH), has been adjudged the best development in Qatar in the recently concluded CNBC Arabian Awards 2008. The prestigious award was presented at a glittering gala dinner held at The Madinat in Dubai on Sunday.

Mowasalat is investigating into a complaint about a Karwa taxi driver who allegedly tried to cheat a passenger by manipulating the fare.

Qatar Foundation, in collaboration with Bloomsbury Publishing, will establish a new publishing house for English and Arabic books in the Middle East.

GCC transport ministers have approved a $11 billion railway project that will link the six Gulf states.

As part of its fifth anniversary celebrations, Air Arabia is offering its passengers a day of free flights. Passengers travelling to any destination on October 28 on the airlines' network will be entitled to a full credit of the fare and surcharges paid. The offer excludes government and airport taxes, which are to be borne by the passengers. The Pen

A resident was caught by the police on Saturday, as he was trying to run away after stealing jewellery worth about QR9,000 from a shop in the Gold Souq. The incident occurred when a firefighting operation was going on near the souq that helped the culprit divert attention of the shopkeepers. The area was, however, surrounded by the police who was assisting the firefighting team.

There is a possibility of West-based professionals flooding the talent pool in the Gulf region, threatening the influx of their counterparts from Asia .

Pearl GTL, the world’s largest gas-to-liquids (GTL) project, located at Ras Laffan in Qatar, is 50 percent complete and will start production on time at the end of 2010, Qatar daily the Gulf Times reported on Tuesday.