The Doha Community Orchestra and the Wind Band announced it will hold auditions on September 10 for the following instruments, violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba.

A traditional Ramadan experience is made memorable by the Four Seasons Hotel’s brigade of international chefs at The Brasserie on the Beach and Arabica — transformed to create an ambience of Arabic decadence.

British Airways, the UK’s flagship carrier, yesterday announced reduction on its World Traveller (economy) airfares from Qatar to popular destinations in Europe and North America during Ramadan.

Merely five months after it successfully set two Guinness world records for the largest bowl of pasta and the longest line of sandwiches, Qatar claimed yet another feat setting the world record for the largest parade of buses yesterday.

Weather in Qatar is Sunny and hazy in the Day, Humid and Mild in the Night. Max Temp. Expected : 42°C. Real Feel 48°C. Winds: Easterly 5-8 KTs. Humidity: 66%. Dew Point: 28° C. Pressure: 100 KPA Visibility: 16 km.

Authorities in Qatar have withdrawn two brands of oatmeal from supermarket shelves here. The food monitoring body of the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning has banned the two brands as they do not comply with local food safety standards.

Vodafone Qatar announced it will be hosting an Iftar for free for 150 people in need every day during the month of Ramadan.

Virginia Common-wealth University in Qatar (VCU-Q) welcomed its Class of 2013 with 60 students to the Education City campus recently. With 85 percent, majority of the students are girls. The Class of 2013 has 37 Qatari students apart from 23 students from Bangladesh, Canada, Egypt, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Korea, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UK, and the US.