Unscrupulous agents are creating difficulties for both tenants and landlords in the Qatari real estate market according to businesses, who are doing their best to warn prospective tenants to be careful about who they deal with.

In view of Qatar’s rapid economic development and urban expansion besides a steady increase in population, more than half the quantum of water required for the country will have to be from desalination plants, says an investigative report published in a local Arabic daily.

One more place of worship of the Indian Christian community started functioning as St Thomas CSI church was consecrated at a Holy Mass at the Inter-Denominational Church Complex, Mesaimeer, yesterday.

Residents in localities around Dar Al Kutub roundabout in the city are worried as they say a group of African nationals are a permanent sight in a public park nearby.

Vodafone Qatar announced a tie-up with Doha Bank allowing customers to join the exciting new world of Vodafone at Doha bank’s eight branches from today.

People here want Vodafone Qatar to live up to its international reputation by introducing the kind of services it is known for in several countries across the globe, the findings of a survey conducted by Al Sharq reveal.

Mowasalat, in collaboration with a private media company, is establishing the first air-conditioned bus shelter in the country in Lusail. The facility will function on a trial basis, a senior Mowasalat official said.

An expatriate woman who had to face the firing squad for stabbing her housemaid to death had a lucky escape as the family of the deceased has agreed to accept blood money and pardon her.

Finally after over three decades of serenading people with their love songs, Air Supply will be performing here in Doha this October.

The weather in Qatar will be hot and blowing dust with some high clouds.