The Peninsula Doha: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has extended its gesture of goodwill and appreciation to the frontline workers combating COVID-19 with the introduction of special Certificates of Deposit. The new Certificates of Deposit are offered exclusively to the frontline medical and police workforces of the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Public Health, Hamad Medical Corporation, […]
Year: 2020
Action against 84 companies for violating outdoor working hours rule
File photo for representation purpose (Kammutty VP © The Peninsula) QNA Doha: The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour & Social Affairs, represented by the Labour Inspection Department, conducted intensive inspection campaigns to ensure that companies comply with the provisions of Ministerial Resolution No. 16 of 2007 regarding working hours in outdoor workplaces or work sites […]
Free languages courses from today by Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Center
Representational image The Peninsula Doha: The Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Center in Doha is gearing up to launch free and intensive courses to teach the Turkish language for the beginners from today. The free courses will continue until July 26, (12 hours per week), through the Zoom platform for distance education. Dr. Seljuk Kuja, Director […]
Embassy lists 51 repatriation flights to India from Qatar in coming weeks
The Peninsula Online Embassy of India has published a list of 51 flights from Qatar to India this month. The embassy said on its twitter that flights will be available from July 7-23 to Lucknow, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kannur and Kozhikode. These flights are part 1 of the Phase-4 of Vande Bharat […]
Two more succumb to Covid-19 in Qatar; 530 new cases reported on July 4
The Peninsula Online Ministry of Public Health today confirmed 530 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and 1804 recoveries in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people recovered from the disease in Qatar to 90387. The Ministry also announced 2 new deaths. The total number of positive COVID-19 cases recorded in Qatar till […]
Global trade resilience, FDI discussed at QFZA webinar
“Cost-efficiency can no longer be the solitary guiding principle of supply chains,” says HE the Minister of State and QFZA chairman Ahmad bin Mohamed al-Sayed. The Qatar Free Zones Authority (QFZA) recently led a discussion on global trade resilience and foreign direct investment (FDI) during a digital roundtable co-hosted with The Business Year media group. […]
QU operating with 50% staff in sanitised environment
The Peninsula Qatar University welcomed 50 percent employees in a clean environment in line with the implementation of the decisions issued by the University administration and pursuant to the directives issued by the Supreme Committee for Crisis Management. To commence the second phase of the plan to gradually lift the restrictions imposed to reduce the […]
Online traffic transactions in Qatar witness significant increase in first half of 2020
QNA Doha: The General Directorate of Traffic’s online services, especially the Metrash2 application, witnessed a significant increase in usage during the first half of 2020. The directorate data showed that the total number of online traffic transactions that were carried out during the first half of 2020 reached 514,000 compared to about 303,000 transactions for […]
Turkish president heads to Qatar on 1st post-virus trip
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seen before his departure to Qatar from the Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey on July 02, 2020. ( Metin Akta-Anadolu Agency ) By Merve Aydogan / AA ANKARA: Turkey’s president departed for a daylong working visit to Qatar on Thursday, his first overseas trip since the start of the […]
Suspension of commercial activities and offices on weekend still effective: Ministry
The Peninsula Online Doha: Ministry of Commerce and Industry in a circular published on its social media said the suspension of commercial activities and offices on Friday and Saturday is still effective. “Circular No (16) regarding the suspension of all commercial activities in outlets and offices on Fridays and Saturdays is still effective, exclusing the […]