Doha • Qatar requires an estimated 5,000 qualified teachers at various levels in the next five years, said Professor Hissa Mohd Sadiq, Dean, College of Education, Qatar University, yesterday.

Preparations on for battery-powered buses

DOHA • The Public Transport Company (Mowasalat) has installed an accurate automated system to detect any violations or cheating committed by its drivers, Eng Ahmed Bou Sherback, Mowasalat Executive Manager told Al Sharq, while urging passengers' cooperation in informing whenever there is a case of neglect or non-operation of vehicle meters.

United Development Company (“UDC”), one of the leading public shareholding companies in Qatar has completed the fundraising for the first fully Shari’a compliant closed-ended real estate development fund (the “Fund”) in the state of Qatar.

Taekowndo competitions of the first Gulf women's championship began on Friday 7 March 2008 at the hall of Kuwaiti Association Of Judo and Taekowndo. Hadeel won the gold medal after beating the Bahraini Mariam owagy 7-0 and the Kuwaiti Layal Najm 5-3. The Kuwaiti player won the silver medal while the Bahraini player had the bronze medal.

The Emir of the State of Qatar His Highness the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani attended on Wednesday 5 March 2008 the dinner banquet hosted in his honour and the accompanying delegation at the Presidential Palace by Romanian President Traian Basescu.

Qatar Airways announced on Wednesday 5 March 2008 it has plans to add Houston, Texas, to its current US destinations of Washington and New York, starting November 10.