The new transit visa scheme 'is in the process of being put into effect,' Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) told Gulf Times.

A nearly three-month diversion on the Doha-bound traffic between Al Kheesa and Al Kharaitiyat interchanges will begin tomorrow (Friday), Ashghal announced.

A 28-year-old Indian expatriate was killed when his motorbike skidded off the road on his way to work in Qatar's Umm Salal Ali area.

A temporary closure on the right lanes of Onaiza Street between the Civil Defence Intersection and Qasr Al-Marmar Roundabout will be made between 1am on Friday and 5am on Saturday for repairs.

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and HH the Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday received at Al Wajba Palace Kuwait’s Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, who offered his condolences on the death of HH the Grandfather Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani.

The Al Wakrah Municipality has ordered the closure of a restaurant and a storehouse used by the eatery for flouting regulations.

Leaders belonging to the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) states and several Arab and Islamic countries met HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and HH the Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani at Al Wajba Palace yesterday

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and HH the Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani received at Al Wajba Palace yesterday morning more mourners on the death of the late HH the Grandfather Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani.

A comprehensive study should be conducted by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment to decide the viability of allowing Qataris to build three-storey houses instead of the current two-storeyed structures,

The Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of the World Health Organisation conducted the first workshop on occupational and environmental health for the second group of practitioners and other participants.

Qatar is the highest placed Arab country in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2016, which will be published today.

HE Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, chairman of The Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development, met with Japanese ambassador Shingo Tsuda yesterday morning on the occasion of the end of his tenure in Qatar.