An Asian man has been sentenced to three-year imprisonment following his conviction of sexually abusing his Filipina secretary.

Four Lebanese men have been sentenced to five-year imprisonment and subsequent deportation for forging credit cards and using them to purchase items worth QR24.7mn from different Doha stores. The gang was busted on June 30 last year, after the members went on a shopping spree for three days.

Turkish Ambassador Mithat Rende has described his country’s relations with Qatar as “historic and very distinctive” as HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani begins a two-day Turkey visit today.

A top civil defence official has cautioned against neglecting safety at wedding tents in Qatar, saying that a lapse could cause disasters similar to the Kuwaiti wedding fire which killed more than 40 people yesterday.

The Ministry of Business and Trade yesterday made it binding on all retail outlets in the country to sell basic food items to consumers at fixed rates during Ramadan.

n collaboration with the official sponsors of its Ramadan Tent such as Al Fardan Group, Commercial Bank, Qatari Diar, Qatar Insurance Company, and Qtel, La Cigale Hotel is celebrating in style the spirit of thirty nights of Holy Ramadan.

Tomorrow will be a significant day for Doha Marriott’s Pearl Lounge Club, with the return of the Night Club Manager, Joe Cota.