Doha,April,12: Sotheby’s is organising an evening auction of contemporary art in Doha featuring 40 modern and contemporary works of Middle Eastern origin and seven international contemporary pieces, expected to raise over $11m.
Doha,April,12: Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) has launched a ‘survey for the demand of primary building materials’, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Business and Trade, the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, and the Central Planning Office.
Doha,April,11: Women’s Hospital successfully conducted its first two surgeries last week using robotic techniques.
Doha,April,11:Resolution Productions received a Gold World Medal at the prestigious New York Film and Television Awards tonight, the first time such an honour has gone to a Qatar company.
Doha,April,11:Ezdan Mall will open its doors to visitors at 10am on April 15. A three-level facility featuring a mix of 140 outlets, including six anchor tenants, it is the first mall to be launched by Ezdan Holding Group.
Doha,April,11: Several private schools have made it compulsory for their students to buy textbooks for the newly introduced subject — Qatar History, but many expatriate parents are upset because the books are expensive.
Doha,April,11:Engineering consultancy Hyder has won a $70m contract from Ashghal to design and supervise construction of a new section of the Doha Expressway project.
Doha,April,11:In what is said to be a “major technology development” for the mobile industry, Ooredoo has collaborated with CommScope to develop a new approach for building wireless networks, which will improve installation quality and on-going network performance and reduce deployment times.
Doha,April,10:Qatar’s carefully selected portfolio of prime assets, spreading across asset classes and geographies, contributes to economic diversification, financial resources, and reduces risk, HE the Minister of Finance and Economy Yousef Hussein Kamal has said.
Pyongyang,April,10:North Korea has warned that the Korean peninsula was headed for “thermo-nuclear” war and advised foreigners in South Korea to consider evacuation.