LuLu Group hosts ‘Special Sadhya’ made by celebrity chef Pazhayidom
Tribune News NetworkDoha The renowned celebrity chef and culinary expert Pazhayidom Mohanan Namboothiri from Kerala - the southern-most state of India - will be visiting Doha under the patronage of the country’s leading retailer Lulu Hypermarket...
QIIB hosts Professional Day for Qatar Academy students
Tribune News NetworkDohaQIIB welcomed two groups of students from Qatar Academy to spend a ‘Professional Day’ at the bank’s headquarters recently, where they got introduced to various aspects of Islamic banking, banking operations in general,...
HUAWEI MatePad SE: A tablet to binge your favourite shows
Tribune News NetworkDoha Smartphones have made it possible to enjoy movies and shows wherever we are. But their small screens do not do justice to movies that are meant to be watched on the big screen. A tablet like the HUAWEI MatePad SE offers a way...
Project Qatar 2023 is expected to welcome over 500 exhibitors
Tribune News NetworkDohaUnder the patronage of the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, IFP Qatar announced that the 19th edition of Project Qatar will be taking place from May 29 to June 1, 2023, at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC).The International Trade Exhibition for...
India, China likely to drive half of 2023 global growth: IMF
Tribune News NetworkDoha The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said India and China will account for half of the global economic growth in 2023, as the multilateral agency retained its growth forecast for Asia’s third-largest economy for 2023-24.“India remains a bright spot. Together with China, it will account for half of global growth...
Oil prices drop amid concerns about further interest rate hike
Agencies London Oil prices fell in afternoon trading on Tuesday as concerns about further interest rate increases and a stronger dollar offset optimism over an improving global economic outlook.Brent, the benchmark for two thirds of the world’s oil, was 1.37 per cent lower at $83.74 a barrel at 1.22pm Qatar time while West Texas Intermediate, the...
Number of visitors to Qatar surges 317.6% in December 2022: PSA
Tribune News NetworkDohaThe total number of inbound visitors to Qatar reached about 614,000 in December 2022, recording a monthly increase of 3.7 percent (compared to November 2022) and an annual increase of 317.6 percent (compared to December 2021), according to a report released by Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA).The highest number of visitors was from the Gulf Cooperation Council at 40...
Qatar takes part in GCC economic committee meet
Khalaf bin Ahmed Al Mannai, undersecretary at the Ministry of Finance, participated in the joint meeting of the Committee on Financial and Economic Cooperation and the Committee on Trade Cooperation, and the extraordinary meeting of the Committee on Financial and Economic Cooperation, which was held online.During the meeting, the committee discussed the importance of the GCC states’ continued...
QNB receives two prestigious awards from Visa
Tribune News NetworkDohaQNB Group, one of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East and Africa, has recently been recognised through two prestigious awards from Visa for ‘Best Loyalty Programs’ and Excellence in Introducing New Solutions’.The awards are in recognition of QNB for outstanding achievements within the Cards and Payments Industry in the areas of loyalty and digital...
Qatari companies urged topurchase Qatari barcode
Tribune News NetworkDohaQatar Development Bank (QDB) Export Development Department Head and Qatari Coding and Tracking Office CEO Ali Sultan Al Kuwari invited Qatari companies to purchase the Qatari barcode and use it on their products, hoping that this would bring about a qualitative leap in the local economic sectors.Al Kuwari pointed out that adopting the unified international standards system...
ME CEOs confident about regional economic growth in 2023: PwC
Tribune News NetworkDohaMiddle East CEOs are optimistic about the region’s economic growth prospects, with around two-thirds of business leaders expecting an improvement this year. Revealed today, the Middle East findings of the 26th edition of PwC’s global CEO survey, which polled 4,400 CEOs in 64 countries, find that CEOs in the Middle East are confident in regional growth and are...
QIC named ‘Insurer of The Year in Qatar’ at MENA IR Awards 2023
Tribune News NetworkDoha Qatar Insurance Company (QIC), the leading insurer in Qatar and the MENA region, was named “Insurer of The Year in Qatar” for the second consecutive year at The MENA IR Awards 2023.QIC’s recognition took place at the programme’s annual awards ceremony held last week in Dubai and attended by senior representatives of regional and global insurers, rating agencies,...
NSE world’slargest market for derivatives exchange for 4th straight year
Agencies New Delhi The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has again emerged as the world’s largest derivatives exchange in 2022, in terms of the number of contracts traded, according to the Futures IndustryAssociation (FIA).This is the fourth consecutive year when the exchange earned the top spot, the NSE said in a statement on Sunday.In addition, the exchange was ranked third in the equity...
Ezdan partners with My Book to give complimentary access to outlets for cardholders in 2023
Tribune News NetworkDoha Following the great success achieved by the most popular savings application ‘Ezdan My Book’ since its launch over the past two years, Ezdan Real Estate Company announced its continuation of the rewards programme, which provides tenants with opportunities to obtain special and free offers at more than 500 of the most famous shops, including restaurants, tourist and...
Inflation in Australia to decline in 2023: Economist
QNADoha Inflation in Australia kept pace with the rates witnessed by various countries of the world, especially the major economies, as Australian inflation jumped in the last quarter of 2022 to the highest level in 33 years, driven by the high cost of travel and electricity.The Australian Bureau of Statistics data on inflation during last December, showed a strong rise in the value of the...
Milaha, Turkey’s Hareket in deal to provide heavy lifting services in Qatar
QNADoha Qatar Navigation company (Milaha), a Qatari public shareholding company, and the global Turkish company Hareket signed an agreement to establish a strategic alliance to provide a huge and integrated range of transportation and heavy lifting services in Qatar.Milaha explained that the strategic alliance with Hareket, a provider of engineered heavy lifting and transportation services, will...
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Tribune News NetworkDohaPassenger traffic at Hamad International Airport (HIA) more than doubled in 2022 as it welcomed 35.7 million passengers throughout the year, an increase of 101.9 percent year-on-year.The airport also saw an increase in overall aircraft movements, which jumped 28.2 percent...
(From left) Minister of Municipality HE Dr Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaei, Algeria’s Ambassador to Qatar HE Dr Mestafa Boutora, Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Minister of Justice HE Masoud bin Mohammed Al Ameri, HE Ibrahim Abdullah Fakhro and HE Ali Ibrahim Ahmed at an event to...
STATS Perform/dpaLionel Messi wishes Diego Maradona had been able to hand him the World Cup trophy last month, but he has no regrets over the time it took him to lead Argentina to football’s greatest prize.Messi inspired Argentina to their fourth World Cup in Qatar last year, winning the Golden...
Tribune News NetworkDohaFor the fourth consecutive year, Commercial Bank, the most innovative digital bank in Qatar, has been named the Best Trade Finance Provider in Qatar by Global Finance, the world’s leading publication that recognises excellence in the financial industry. This award...
