REPUBLICA KATHMADNU, Aug 18: Nepali national football team registered victory in the first match of its Kuwait tour on Saturday. Nepal defeated Kuwait U-20 team 2-0 at the Al Kazma SC ground with goals from forwards Jumanu Rai and Anil Gurung. The Nepali team arrived in Kuwait after playing two friendly matches in Bahrain as part of preparations for the Eighth SAFF Championship to be held in Kathmandu Read more [...]

Home / Bahrain Security forces used batons, tear gas, pepper spray and stun grenades against inmates protesting over their conditions. At least 40 Bahraini prisoners were hurt on Friday when security forces used batons, tear gas, pepper spray and stun grenades against inmates protesting over their conditions, an activist said. The Interior Ministry said security forces had restored order after a number of detainees rioted. “They tried to break the doors, the police interfered and Read more [...]

WATER shortages in some villages are allegdly killing Bahrain's crops as authorities attempt to tackle the potentially "disastrous" problem. Farmers in the Northern Governorate have been complaining about reduced water supplies being pumped into their facilities from the Tubli Waste Water Treatment Plant. They say they have been forced to pay for tanks to manually water their plants to save some crops from withering, They also predict that yields could be drastically reduced due to the dry spell, Read more [...]

Home / Dubai / Sport / United Kingdom GFH Capital offloaded a 10 per cent stake to Bahrain-based International Investment Bank earlier this year. It has now sold a total of more than half the shares. The Dubai-based investment firm that bought English soccer club Leeds United in December after lengthy negotiations sold more than half of its 100 per cent holding less than six months later, financial statements show. GFH Capital, a subsidiary of Bahraini Gulf Finance House, offloaded Read more [...]

Home / Bahrain / Politics Activists in the Kingdom have been demanding more democratic reform for two and a half years. Five Bahraini security officers were injured, two seriously, when a bomb exploded in a village in the north of the Gulf island kingdom that is grappling with renewed pro-democracy protests and attacks on police and the military. Security officers had confronted a “terrorist group” in the village of Dair, north of the capital Manama, when the homemade device exploded, Read more [...]