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Qatar-Germany bilateral relations hailed In Berlin, Qatar’s ambassador to Germany Mohamed Jaham al-Kuwari hosted a reception on the occasion of Qatar National Day. The function was attended by chairman of the Munich Security Conference Wolfgang Ischinger, chairwoman of the sports committee at the Bundestag Dagmar Freitag, in addition to prominent political and personalities in Germany. In his speech during the...

Qatar celebrated the World Arabic Language Day on Wednesday (December 18), joining many countries which organised special events on the occasion to highlight the treasures and history of the Arabic language. Arabic Language and Artificial Intelligence (AI) was the theme of World Arabic Language Day celebration in 2019, held at Unesco Headquarters in Paris. In the context of the interest of...

The second and final staging of Mughal-E-Azam: The Grand Musical, the multi-award-winning Broadway-style extravaganza from India at the Qatar National Convention Centre, will take place today. The musical is directed by Feroz Abbas Khan. A total of 125 Indian talents are showcasing live singing and dancing performances and promising acts on lavish stage sets for the musical, presented by...

UK-based start-up B-North, which plans to create an SME-only bank, has selected a deposit-taking solution from Newcastle Strategic Solutions. B-North plans a 2020 launch According to B-North, it will be offering a range of fixed-term retail savings products when it launches in 2020, and will be using Newcastle Strategic Solutions for account opening and account management. It will be deploying the new...

Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple (GAFA) pose a risk to the stability of the financial system, according to a report from the Financial Stability Board (FSB). FSB report warns of bigtech market entry The FSB report, ‘bigtech in finance: Market development and potential financial stability implications’, acknowledges that the entry of technology companies into the financial services industry does have its...

Metro Bank announced the official departure of its founding chairman Vernon Hill this week. After quitting as chairman in October, Hill is now also stepping down as non-executive director ahead of the 31 December 2019 date put in place by the bank for the end of his tenure. Just two months after Hill left his position as chairman, the bank’s CEO...

The Qatar embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, celebrated the Qatar National Day (QND) at Crown Plaza Solti hotel. Qatar ambassador Yusouf bin Mohamed al-Hail received the guest of honour, Nepal Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun. The event was attended also by a number of dignitaries from government, political, parliamentary, and economic institutions and heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Nepal. The...

QIB celebrated Qatar National Day by hosting an internal event on Tuesday. To mark the occasion, QIB invited all employees to come together and celebrate at QIB’s headquarters in Grand Hamad Street. The event was attended by the executive management of the bank. In the run up to this year’s QND event, QIB held a bank-wide photography contest to celebrate...

The chairman of the Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza (QCRG), ambassador Mohamed al-Emadi, signed yesterday an agreement to begin the implementation of the project to establish and equip the Noora Rashid Al Kaabi Center for Dialysis in the northern Gaza Strip. The signing ceremony of the agreement was held between ambassador Mohamed al-Emadi and Al Ahram Al Zahabia...

The chairman of Qatar Committee for Reconstruction of Gaza (QCRG), ambassador Mohamed al-Emadi, delivered a number of special and equipped firefighting vehicles and equipment, for the benefit of the Civil Defence Authority in the Gaza Strip, as a generous donation from Qatar, yesterday, at Mashtal Hotel in Gaza. The QCRG held a ceremony for the delivery of 22 firefighting vehicles...

Qari Suhaib Meer Muhammadi, a well-known Islamic caller and preacher from Pakistan, will deliver a series of lectures in Urdu in Qatar on topics ranging from ‘A Happy Family’ to ‘Upbringing of Children!’ This evening he will speak at Fanar in Doha from 5pm-9.30pm on the topic ‘A Happy Family.’ Tomorrow after Isha prayer Qari Suhaib will deliver a talk on...

Qatar Foundation (QF) is making learning fun at its Qatar National Day tent at Darb Al Saai with people of all ages participating in an array of exciting and educational activities that truly celebrate the spirit of Qatar. This year, QF’s activities, which kicked off on December 12 and concluding tomorrow,  have centred around the theme of ‘Our Unity...Our Pride’. Sarah...

The Bedaya Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development, a joint initiative by Qatar Development Bank (QDB) and Silatech, is celebrating Qatar National Day through  four entrepreneurial projects that are part of the “Young Entrepreneur – Al Tajer Al Saghir” programme at the specially designed Souq Waqif area in Darb Al Saai. This is the second consecutive year that Bedaya Centre...

A desi jugaad is helping India’s e-commerce boom cross over to neighbouring countries. People in Bangladesh and Nepal are shopping on Indian e-commerce websites and leveraging migrant workers to get deliveries of their orders, according to a new World Bank paper. “In many cases, networks of families and friends browse Indian websites and instruct a member of their social circle visiting India to make...