MANAMA: Bahraini retail and commercial banking institution BMI Bank yesterday announced the signing of a strategic agreement with Gulf Air, offering the bank's customers preferential pricing on the airline's tickets and discounted lounge access when they pay using their BMI Bank credit or debit cards. Customers who purchase tickets using their BMI Bank card will receive a discount on both Gulf Air's Economy class tickets as well as on its Falcon Gold class tickets. The agreement also enables BMI Read more [...]

NICO Rosberg registered the fastest lap yesterday as Mercedes continued to up the pace in Formula One pre-season testing at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir. Rosberg set the best time of the entire week at one minute 33.283 seconds as the teams wrapped things up after the first four days of running. He was nearly a full second quicker than the previous top lap set by teammate Lewis Hamilton on day three. Rosberg also came close to matching his pole-winning time from last year's Formula Read more [...]

MANAMA: News of arrival of a UN technical expert team from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to Bahrain has struck a chord of loyalty in citizens. This was evident from social networking sites like Twitter, on which they started a campaign in English language, addressed to the accounts of the delegation. It is aimed at illustrating the reality of acts of sabotage and terrorism that are being committed. The perpetrators are being supported intellectually and physically by specific Read more [...]