Fugitive pair duped firms out of BD1mFeb 09, 2013 (Menafn - Gulf Daily News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --TWO Indians suspected of conning businesses in Bahrain out of thousands of dinars left the country last month, it has emerged.The GDN reported on Wednesday that worried business owners were being urged to contact the police amid fears that firms could have been duped out of tens of thousands of dinars.However, suspected victims fear the total figure could be as high as Read more [...]

Sangakkara arrives in BahrainFeb 09, 2013 (Menafn - Gulf Daily News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --SRI Lankan cricket legend and one of the all-time greats Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara arrived in Bahrain last night on a two-day trip, his first to the kingdom.The former Sri Lanka captain was greeted by hundreds of his fans, officials from various Sri Lankan organisations in Bahrain and dignitaries from Nonoo Exchange Company at Bahrain International Airport."It's a pleasure Read more [...]

She's a princess in the royal family of one of the world's richest nations, a police officer and now, a defendant accused of torturing two doctors and a poet in a trial that has the Gulf State kingdom of Bahrain transfixed. Princess Noura Bint Ebrahim al-Khalifa was working as a police officer when the Arab Spring swept across the Middle East and threatened to topple the oil-rich nation's ruling family. Bahrain's so-called "Pearl Revolution" was put down quickly and with extreme prejudice. Prosecutors Read more [...]

MANAMA — Bahrain’s national dialogue is set to resume Sunday in an atmosphere of mutual mistrust between government and the opposition. The opposition said Wednesday that an agreement on the mechanism of its planned talks with around 27 representatives of pro-regime groups should be agreed in advance. The dialogue, aimed at ending the kingdom’s political deadlock, comes amid daily opposition protests. "The opposition groups are the Read more [...]

    JEDDAH – The SAMENA (South Asia-Middle East-North Africa) Telecommunications Council needed to achieve greater marketing efficiencies and excellence, said Andrew Hanna, CCO, VIVA Bahrain and Chairman CMO Committee, SAMENA Council, during his introduction speech on the goals and objectives of the committee at the first annual Read more [...]

Manama, February 8th (BNA) –A workshop on “Media and Political Socialization,” organized by Bahrain Institute for Political Development kicks off tomorrow morning at Diplomat Hotel. The workshop is presented by Media Professor, Adel Salah at the University of Sohaj, Egypt. Professor Adel Saleh has attained his doctorate in political communication from Friedrich Alexander University, in Federal Republic of Germany, and he is Read more [...]