Barwa Bank, Qatar’s newest Shariah compliant banking service provider, has designed and built the first ATM specifically for people confined to wheelchairs at Al Bidda Park. This service aims to bring 24/7 banking services to those currently unable to use ATMs, simply because none of the existing machines in the country are accessible by an individual confined to a wheelchair.
A specialised temporary de-addiction centre is set to open here in the next few months as part of Qatar’s public health care programmes, according to an expert. Bringing in some 120 international experts, the Fourth Annual Middle East Health Care Expansion Summit opened here yesterday. The two-day event offers an effective platform for sharing health care experiences and networking opportunities with the key decision makers within the health care industry.
A collaboration between Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQatar) and German IT giant SAP will make Qatar at par with more technologically advanced countries on bringing innovative IT solutions to the private and government sectors.
5 Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel within the framework of the prisoner exchange deal between the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" and the Israeli government arrived in Doha early today on board a private Qatari plane.
Qatar will award a management contract next month to oversee construction projects for the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament, an industry source said.
A training course on food safety management kicked off yesterday under the patronage of H E Minister of Environment Abdullah bin Mubarak bin Aboud Al Madadi.
Qatar will award a management contract next month to oversee construction projects for the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament, an industry source said.
President of the Republic of Macedonia Dr Gjorge Ivanov conferred on the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the 8th of September Medal, the highest medal in the Republic in appreciation to his efforts for enhancing ties of cooperation between the two countries.
The 2nd World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes, recently held in New York and supported by Qatar Foundation (QF) and the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), has recommended weight-loss surgery as an effective treatment option.
A Qatari criminal court has asked the defence counsel of a prominent Indian school to produce a former principal during whose tenure a four-and-a-half-year-old Kindergarten student died last year in a school mini-bus due to heat and suffocation as she was left locked inside for hours.