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Ministry of Education Opens Nominations for Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education announced the opening of nominations for the 25th edition of Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Distinguished Academic Performance. The Ministry sent circulars to all government schools urging the..

Net Profit of Baladna Declines by 41% in Q1 of 2022

Net profit of Baladna declined by 41% in the first quarter of 2022, reaching QR 25,896 million, in comparison to a net profit of QR 44,011 million for the same period of the previous year. The Earnings per Share (EPS) amounted to QR 0.014 as of Ma..

Profits of Doha Bank Jump by 5.6% in First Quarter of 2022

The net profit of Doha Bank (a public Qatari shareholding company) jumped by 5.6 percent to reach the level of QR 401.445 million at the end of the first quarter of 2022, compared to a net profit for the same period last year, which amounted to QR 38..

Gulf International Services Reports Net Profit of 83,3 Million in 2022 Q1

Gulf International Services reported a net profit of QR 83,3 million in the first quarter of 2022, in comparison to a net loss of QR 5,5 million for the same period of the previous year. The Earnings per Share (EPS) amounted to QR 0.045 as of Marc..

Profits of QAMCO Rise by 93.5% in Frist Quarter of 2022

QCB announces Eid Al Fitr holidays for all financial institutions in Qatar

Qatar Central Bank announced today that Eid Al Fitr holidays for all financial institutions in the country, including banks, exchange stores, insurance companies, finance, investment and financial advisories, will start on Sunday, May 1, 2022, until ..

Employee in Dubai gets life in jail for killing boss who rejected leave request

A worker in Dubai has been sentenced to life in jail for killing his employer who rejected his leave request to travel back home. According to the Dubai Court of First Instance, the 23-year-old defendant, who worked at a garage in Al Quoz Industri..

Saudi Arabia: 'Restaurant' shut for preparing samosas in toilets for more than 30 years

Saudi Arabia has shut down an eatery in Jeddah after discovering that it had been preparing samosas and other snacks in toilets for more than 30 years, local media reported. Acting on a tip-off, Jeddah Municipality raided the 'restaurant&..

China Reports 1st Human Case Of H3N8 Bird Flu, 4-Year-Old Found Infected

China has recorded its first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, but the risk of its spread among people is low, the health authority said. The variant was found in a four-year-old boy from the central province of Henan province who ..