QIIB’s $15.5mn funding helps IBB narrow loss

REUTERS MUMBAI/LONDON UNILEVER plans to pay up to $5.4 billion to raise its stake in its Indian subsidiary, making its biggest deal in 13 years a huge bet on the strength of demand for personal care…

Unilever places $5bn bet on Indian growth

REUTERS SYDNEY ISLAMIC Bank of Britain (IBB) narrowed its losses in 2012, Britain’s only shariacompliant retail lender said, a week after it raised 10 million pounds ($15.5 million) from majority sh…

Milaha to buy back 5% share, Q1 profit up at QR345 million

ASIF IQBAL DOHA MILAHA, the first public shareholding company registered in Qatar, has approved a share re-purchase programme of up to 5 percent of the outstanding shares of the company, a top compa…

NHRC launches campaign to promote workers’ rights

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA THE National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) has launched its annual campaign to raise awareness of workers’ rights under the slogan ‘Heal Your Rights’. The campaign will run…

QC’s $2mn aid for Myanmar Rohingyas

DENISE YAMMINE DOHA QATAR Charity (QC) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) signed a cooperation agreement to provide aid to Rohingya, Muslims, in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Tue…

Mowasalat launches first CNG taxi

SANTHOSH CHANDRAN DOHA het openbaar vervoerbedrijf Mowasalat lanceerde de eerste taxi waarop gecomprimeerd aardgas (CNG) in Doha op dinsdag. De nieuwe technologie gebruik van CNG voor brandstof taxi…

A POET OF SUBSTANCE AND A MAN OF MANY PARTS

L N MALLICK DOHA TALK of a self-taught poet, or look at Abdul Razzaq Saddaf, it’s all the same. With three collections of his poems already published, this man, who arrived in Doha in 1976 in quest …
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