At a meeting on Sunday evening of the recently founded Qatar Bird Club, held at the Friends of the Environment Centre, member Brian Hunter outlined plans to try and get areas of wetlands preserved as important refuges for birds, both resident and migratory. Wetlands? In Qatar?
Reporting from Cairo and Doha, Qatar -- Qatar, a glittering peninsula of skyscrapers and sand, reminds one of a well-dressed, ambitious little guy playing all the angles in a rough neighborhood. Its pushy rise to prominence is creating suspicion and hardening the Middle East split between moderate U.S. allies and more militant nations.
Prices of several food items in the local market that had started falling on the back of the global economic recession have shot up again, triggering concern among residents.
Laws for ensuring equality for people with special needs have not been able to provide adequate employment opportunities to them, according to experts at the fourth Annual International Shafallah Forum. The three-day forum, with the theme ‘Achieving Independence’, aims to help overcome factors that perpetuate marginalisation of the disabled, including widespread poverty due to lack of access to education, opportunities, and unfair labour practices.
The services and public utilities committee at the Advisory Council held a meeting at its 37th session at the White Palace yesterday under its rapporteur Saqr Fahd Al Mirikhi.
The two-day UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) summit being hosted by Qatar Tourism and Exhibition Authority will focus on the challenges facing the global tourism industry.
The Qatari bourse has been witnessing a bullish run on robust first quarter (Q1) financials of listed entities.
Subscribers to the Vodafone IPO will have the opportunity to choose the service provider’s mobile number free of charge and avail of two call packages during a promotion period.
The Qatar Science & Technology Park does not necessarily need more tenants, but will focus on execution and outcomes and how to connect the existing tenants to the local economy, executive chairman Dr Tidu Maini said.
