BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Qatar earn fi rst points against INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2-6, 27 COMMENT 26 Bahrain REGION 8, 9 BUSINESS 1-7, 14-16 19,83200 10,742.03 52.37 ARAB WORLD 8- 10 CLASSIFIED 8-13 QNB posts 10% jump +29.00 +32.56 -0.64 INTERNATIONAL 12-25 SPORTS SECTION 1-11 +0.15% +0.30% -1.21% in profi t to QR12.4bn Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10335 January 16, 2017 Rabia II 18, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir meets CMC members In brief QATAR | Aid QR43.8mn for solving Gaza’s power problem HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani directed an urgent payment of QR43.8mn to solve the Gaza Strip’s electricity problem. The Emir also directed that an international co- operation should be undertaken to study the problem and make proposals to swiftly solve it. This came as HH the Emir met at the Emiri Diwan yesterday with deputy chairman of Hamas’ political bureau in Palestine Dr Ismail HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani meeting with chairman, vice chairman and members of the Central Municipal Council at Emiri Diwan yesterday. The meeting was attended by HE the Prime Minister and Haniyeh. The Chairman of the National Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani. Page 2 Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza ambassador Mohamed al-Emadi, during a telephone conversation, informed acting Minister of Energy Authority in Ramallah Zafer Melhem that Qatar will pay QR14.6mn a month for three months to solve Gaza’s Bangladesh to ink electricity problem. QATAR | Education Qatar calls for 120 private schools seek tuition fee hike deal with RasGas As many as 120 private schools in Qatar have sought permission to hike tuition fees for the academic year 2017- pushing Israel to 18, sources at the Ministry of Education for LNG imports and Higher Education told Arabic daily Arrayah. The ministry’s decision is By Mizan Rahman It later inked an MoU on December expected to be announced in February. Dhaka 29, 2016 with India’s Petronet to build The schools are classified into three another LNG import terminal at Ku- categories according to the quality of tubdia island having a capacity to han- their educational services. The ministry halt settlements high-level government team is dle around 1,000 mmcfd of imported had notified the schools in December set to leave for Qatar this month LNG. to apply for fee hike if they wished to, QNA gitimacy resolutions and the Arab peace A to initiate a deal with RasGas Petrobangla again initiated a deal through a circular from the department Paris initiative for 2002, which includes the to import LNG six years after inking a with Summit LNG Terminal Company concerned. The application forms establishment of a Palestinian state memorandum of understanding, said a Pvt Ltd on January 4, 2017 to build an- were submitted online through based on the 4 June 1967 borders, with senior offi cial in Dhaka. other FSRU at Moheshkhali island hav- the ministry’s website. In addition, E the Foreign Minister of Qatar its capital in East Jerusalem, and resolv- The team will discuss issues regard- ing the capacity to handle around 500 applicants should support their claims Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdul- ing the Palestinian refugee issue on the ing the quantity of liquefi ed natural gas mmcfd of gas. with valid reasons and documentation Hrahman al-Thani called on the basis of the provisions of international (LNG) to be imported from Qatar and It has now moved to sign another in detail to justify the requested fee international community to compel Is- law and international legitimacy resolu- its pricing, LNG Cell chief of state-run deal with Indian Reliance to build an- hike, the daily added. rael to implement the international le- tions, especially resolution 194.” Petrobangla Mohamed Quamruzzaman other LNG terminal at Moheshkhali gitimacy and the Arab peace initiative, He warned that the absence of peace told newsmen. island, said the senior Petrobangla of- ARAB WORLD | Confl ict which includes the establishment of a or delay to achieve it will only further Petrobangla earlier had inked an fi cial. Palestinian state with its capital in East complicates the crisis, will bring unde- MoU with Qatar in January 2011 to im- State-run Power Cell has also Clashes grip fl ashpoint Jerusalem. sired consequences that are unpredict- port around 4mn tonnes of LNG annu- planned separately to build a LNG ter- area near Syria capital HE the Foreign Minister also stressed able, and will have implications for all ally. minal in the same area at Moheshkhali, Heavy fighting gripped a flashpoint on the need to solve the Palestinian the peoples of the region and the world. It later extended the deadline of the said offi cials. region near Syria’s capital yesterday, refugee issue, and also called on the UN “It is unrealistic to continue the oc- MoU twice due to delay in works to Under the deals, Petrobangla would leaving nine civilians dead and Security Council to compel Israel to im- cupation and the denial of the rights of build LNG import terminal. have to pay charges and fees to the LNG threatening a nationwide truce mediately stop the construction of colo- HE the Foreign Minister of Qatar Sheikh the Palestinian people and the building Petrobangla inked a “confi dential- terminal builders even if it does not im- designed to pave the way towards nial settlements in the occupied Pales- Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani is of settlements on the lands of others,” ity” deal with RasGas in Doha in Octo- port LNG through the terminals, said peace talks. Further east, Syrian tinian territories. welcomed by his French counterpart HE the Foreign Minister said. ber 2015 to facilitate import of LNG. Petrobangla sources. government troops lost ground to In a speech before the international Jean-Marc Ayrault as he arrives for He called on the UN Security Coun- Inking the initial agreement would Excelerate would charge around the Islamic State group near the ministerial conference on the Middle the Mideast peace conference in Paris cil to compel Israel to implement reso- be a follow-up deal after signing of US$0.59 per unit (1,000 cu ft) of natu- key Deir Ezzor military airport. The East peace process in Paris, the Foreign yesterday. lution 2334 which demanded the im- the “confi dentiality deal”, said the ral gas as service charge and costs for escalating violence augurs ill for peace Minister expressed his regret over Is- mediate cessation of the construction Petrobangla offi cial. tugboat operation, port facility, etc. negotiations in Kazakhstan later this rael’s unwillingness to meet the require- prehensive and lasting settlement, of colonial settlements in the occupied Offi cials said Petrobangla has now Costs for Petronet, Summit and Re- month. Page 9 ments of peace process, noting that which requires more than ever before Palestinian territories, as well as issue a been “liberal” to award deals to private liance are almost similar to that of Ex- Israel made one obstacle after another the international community to take decision demanding Israel to dismantle sector for building LNG terminals un- celerate. AMERICA | Politics through its continued aggression on the practical measures to ensure Israel’s hundreds of illegal settlements that vio- der Quick Enhancement of Electricity Petrobangla has estimated that Palestinian people. compliance with the will of the inter- late the provisions of the Fourth Geneva and Energy Supply (Special Provision) the government would have to spend CIA director to Trump: He also saluted the steadfastness of national community in the implemen- Convention and international law, and Act, 2010 bypassing competitive ten- around $1.57bn annually to import LNG be careful on Russia the Palestinian people in light of the tation of the international legitimacy, threaten the essence of the rule of the dering process. only through the terminal to be built by CIA Director John Brennan yesterday continued failure of the UN, especially the principles of international law, and Palestinian state on their national terri- Petrobangla, also known as Bang- Excelerate at an estimated cost for LNG had a stern parting message for the Security Council, to protect and re- relevant UN resolutions, as well as Ma- tory. “If we do not create a mechanism ladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corpora- at US$8 per Mcf. Republican Donald Trump days store their legitimate rights, adding that drid decisions, Oslo agreements, the for the implementation of the recent tion, inked the fi rst fi nal deal with US- Bangladesh is now reeling under before he assumes the US presidency, Israel has turned the occupation into Arab peace initiative and the principle of Security Council resolution, then it will based Excelerate Energy Bangladesh acute natural gas crisis with daily aver- cautioning him against loosening a permanent racial separation system two-state solution. be added to a series of UN resolutions Ltd for construction of the South Asian age output of around 2,700 mmcfd of sanctions on Russia and warning that is rejected in the 21st century, and He stressed that all these documents which Israel continued to defy.” country’s fi rst LNG terminal — a FSRU gas against the demand for over 3,300 him to watch what he says. Brennan warned of the risks of its promotion and are the basic references for the peace He stressed on the need to fi nd a new (fl oating, storage and re-gasifi cation mmcfd, according to Petrobangla.