Banks here are bound to relax personal and other lending norms to let the economy move, say banking industry sources.

The government’s announcement to buy another five percent of local banks’ capital in December will boost their confidence level, say banking industry sources.

The Japanese mission held a ‘Sumi-e’ art demonstration-workshop yesterday, providing foreign diplomats and Qatari dignitaries vista into the richness of traditional Japanese art.

Museum of Islamic Art in Doha was awarded “Overall Project of the Year” at the 2nd Annual Middle East Architect Awards.

Divorce in Gulf societies is one of the issues being discussed at the Doha Colloquium on “strengthening marriage and family,” which begins in Malta today.

Qatar has chalked out a master plan for the development of tourism in the country, which is expected to become a major destination in three to five years, Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) chairman Ahmed Abdullah M al-Nuaimi said.

The weather in Qatar will be relatively hot and humid with slight haze.

After six years of searching, the Friends of the Environment Center Qatar has discovered 16 kinds of insects previously unknown to the world. Confirmed by a group of French scientists, two of the newly-identified insects have been named after Qatar and Mesaieed, names they will be referred to with wherever they are sighted in the world.

Doha Enterprise Company, in association with the US Commercial Service at the US embassy here, will be organising the first “Made in the USA Qatar 2009” exhibition from October 21 to 23.