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Qatari World Cup organizers say an investigation into the death of a worker on a stadium construction site has led to "extended over-sight" of health and safety procedures. The man, who organizers have said was the first to die in a work-related accident, was named Wednesday as Anil Kumar Pasman from Nepal. He was 29 when he was killed while...

Five men from Karnataka were recently arrested by the Sahar police for trying to travel to Qatar on alleged forged visas. The immigration officials at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport detained them. Last week, they were handed over to the local police for further probe. They are undergraduates and were offered flooring work by a private company in Qatar. The work...

  An Indian expatriate who had not travelled home for more than 30 years was killed in a road accident in Doha's Al Hilal area early this week. Sources said the deceased has been identified as 74-yer old Shaik Mohamed Rowther Dawood Sahib Haja Mohideen (pictured) , who had been working at a Qatari home in Al Hilal for more than...

The close economic ties between Qatar and the UK were highlighted yesterday at the Sport is Great Conference by the UK Secretary of State for International Trade, Greg Hands, who extended Britain’s support to Qatar ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. Run by the UK Department for International Trade in conjunction with the British embassy in Doha, the...

Organisation criticises trade minister Greg Hands for failing to highlight abuse of migrant workers during trip to trade event Human rights groups have criticised a UK trade minister for travelling to Qatar to seek contracts for British companies before the 2022 World Cup without apparently highlighting the abuses faced by migrant workers building venues for the event. Greg Hands, junior minister...

Hamad International Airport, Doha, was ranked the third best international airport in the world by Conde Nast Traveler following the results of its 29th annual Readers' Choice Awards. Badr Mohammed Al Meer, Chief Operating Officer of Hamad International Airport, said, "It is a great pleasure to be acknowledged among the best 3 airports in the world, especially as we were...

A drug trafficker was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined QR200,000, in addition to paying a fine of QR1000. The Criminal Court in Doha also ordered his immediate deportation from Qatar on serving his jail term. He was caught trying to smuggle 2.9 kg of marijuana worth QR750,000 in his briefcase, at Hamad International Airport.

A delegation of 10 French businesses visited the Al Wakrah Stadium, one of the venues that will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The delegation praised the work being done on the stadium, set to have a capacity of 40,000.  The 29-member delegation comprised of different sectors such as sports equipment, sustainability, media technology and pyrotechnics. They...

Shock turned to dismay turned to horror this morning for many people in Qatar as they learned Donald Trump will be the next American president. Trump, who ran partly on an anti-Muslim, anti-immigration platform, appears to have defeated former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by a narrow margin. She had been a favorite to win by pollsters, but proved unpopular with...

As the results of the U.S. presidential election pour in, Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s website appeared to be inaccessible to some users. Clicking on the site around 11 p.m. ET resulted in an error that stated “there is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.” Two hours later, it still wasn’t working. CIC has...

Sheikh Khalifa, al-Derham and al-Ansari: Supporting family businesses. Family businesses create 65% of job opportunities in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and hence efficient solutions have become imperative for them to overcome the challenges to ensure continuity and stability in the economies, according to a top official of Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC). “A family business plays a core...

Ezdan Holding Group launched Ezdan World Company, which will specialise in the tourism and recreation sector. Acquiring the majority stake in Magical Festival Village supports Ezdan Holding's strategy aimed at reinforcing its investments in the retail and entertainment sector. The group said it has set the new company's strategy to own modern projects in tourism and recreation with the...

With the Fifa 2022 World Cup just a few years away, Qatar is recruiting league leaders to ensure its preparedness for hosting the world’s biggest football tournement. As part of getting ready to welcome fans and teams from around the globe, GE Energy Connections has been signed up on a contract to support the power supply of Qatar’s future smart...

Qatar's hosting of the 2022 World Cup should encourage other countries near the equator to bid for major sporting events in the future, says an official in the country's Supreme Committee planning group. Among the many concerns the tiny nation in the Arabian peninsula has faced since FIFA awarded the rights to the tournament has been how Qatar can host...