With the Urban Planning Development Authority (UPDA) announcing its decision to develop Al Wakra as a model city, the heritage structures in this city is all set to get a facelift.

Qatar and France have announced the establishment of a school for training judges, and an exchange programme for judges.

Doha • United Development Company (UDC) has signed up with Cisco to set up a world-class digital infrastructure with host of next generation services and high - speed connectivity in The Pearl-Qatar, the multi-billion dollar man-made island offshore Doha.

POPULAR Indian playback singer Chitra Iyer and her orchestra enthralled a crowd of more than 18,000 workers at a cultural evening hosted by Consolidated Contractors International, a major contractor in Ras Laffan constructing gas plants, at their Ras Laffan West camp on Thursday.

CLEVERLY concealed under a lush green lawn, a modern public toilet is fast nearing completion on the Corniche, near the Orry statue.

Doha - Qatar, which is struggling to meet its growing demand for electricity and water, is all set to launch a nuclear plant. The country has decided to send experts to attend a crucial meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to be held in Vienna next month to discuss the guidelines for setting up a nuclear plant, top sources told The Peninsula.

A FURIOUS Arab woman chased a Nepali man she allegedly caught in a compromising position with her housemaid – then tied him up and waited for the police to arrest him.

ROBOTICS research progressing in Qatar could contribute significantly in making cars that drive themselves a reality for the masses in the not too distant future, ushering in unprecedented traffic safety.

THE British embassy in Doha yesterday began to recycle paper waste, to mark the annual April 22 Earth Day celebration.