Manama, Jan 23 (BNA): Bahrain Airport Services (BAS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on ground handling services with German company AeroGround Flughafen München GmbH. The accord signed on the sidelines of the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS2016) covers providing services and consultancy on training Bahraini BAS staff. BAS was founded in 1977 to provide fully integrated airport Read more [...]

Jan 23, 2016- Nepali football team on Friday gave the country something to cheer about in the times of crisis by winning the Bangabandhu Gold Cup in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which also marks the end of their 23-year title drought.In a pulsating final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Nepal defeated Bahrain U-23 team 3-0 to savour the title glory. The last time they had won the gold was in 1993 South Asian Games—at the same venue.It was Nepal’s third international title since they won the first Saff Read more [...]

MANAMA (Sputnik) — Earlier in the week, Russian Special Presidential Representative for Cooperation with the Gas Exporting Countries Forum Viktor Zubkov arrived in Bahrain to attend the Bahrain International Airshow and to meet country's leadership on its sidelines. "The negotiations have passed very fruitfully. Bahrain represented by country's top leadership expresses serious interest to the multifaceted cooperation with Russia, especially in the gas industry," Garaev told RIA Novosti Read more [...]

Description This beautiful, natural-colour image from Sentinel-2A on 18 September 2015 features the small nation of Bahrain and parts of eastern Saudi Arabia. Located on the southwestern coast of the Persian Gulf, Bahrain is a small Arab state, made up of an archipelago consisting of Bahrain Island and some 30 smaller islands. Owing to the high-resolution multISPectral instrument on Sentinel-2A, the colour difference of the various types of surfaces is striking. In the middle of the image, Read more [...]

<!----> Cityview, a Bahrain real estate development company, has announced that it is to resume construction work on its Landmark Cityview building project and plans to deliver all units in December. The announcement by Cityview chairman Abdulhakeem Al Mutawa underscores the commitment of the company to complete the 23 storey residential apartment building as soon as possible, a statement said. The Landmark Cityview project was put on hold in 2011 due to circumstances beyond the developer's Read more [...]

 Beat Bahrain 3-0 in Bangabandhu Gold Cup finalThe victorious Nepali team celebrating with the trophy in Bangabandhu National Stadium, in Dhaka, on Friday. Photo: THTKathmandu, January 22 Nepal defeated Bahrain U-23 team 3-0 in the Bangabandhu Gold Cup Football Tournament final today to win the first title in 23 years.Bimal Gharti Magar, Bishal Rai and Nawayug Shrestha scored a goal each as 10-man Nepal registered a thumping victory over Bahrain, who were reduced to nine players at the end of the Read more [...]

Fifa’s top sponsors will hope that next month’s presidential election could mark a turning point for the tarnished image of the organisation however pro-democracy campaigners have flagged up presidential hopeful Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa over reports of alleged torture. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) have written to Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Visa, Adidas, Budweiser, Gazprom and Kia insisting that Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa has questions to answer over his alleged involved in Read more [...]

Gulf Air flight from Bahrain landed at Heathrow on Wednesday morning Pilot was' repeatedly calling out for a passenger with an Arabic name' Authorities waited on the aircraft bridge in order to question a passengerBy Amie Gordon For Mailonline Published: 16:38 GMT, 22 January 2016 | Updated: 17:59 GMT, 22 January 2016 3 View comments Armed police waited Read more [...]

The British military is training hundreds of officers from regimes with appalling human rights records, figures reveal. Recruits from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE have received officer training at the elite Sandhurst military school. All these countries have been criticised for their human rights records with some using the military to suppress opposition and dissent. Read more: Britain training Saudi Police Parliamentary figures released to the Lib Dems show that since 2006, Sandhurst has Read more [...]

Doha, Jan. 22 (BNA): Qatari Minister of Transport, Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti, attended the opening of Bahrain International Air Show (BIAS 2016) at the Sakhir Airbase. It was opened by HH Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Personal Representative of HM the King, Chairman of the Supreme Organizing Committee of the Bahrain International Air Show (BIAS 2016), with participation of 139 companies and 75 delegations. High-level delegations Read more [...]