Manama, Mar. 29. (BNA) -- Bahrain ranked second with regards to the percentage of women in civil service top management among countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and first with regards to the presence of women in middle management in the public sector, at the level of Arab countries which took part in the report, published by the MENA programme at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD-MENA) for 2013 in Read more [...]

I URGE the relevant government agency's help to save those poor circus animals left behind by the traveling circus. This is not the first time this same traveling circus left behind animals in Bahrain. They did it back in 2011 and again recently. Travelling circus is an appalling, outdated form of entertainment; it is in fact animal cruelty. As another GDN reader mentioned in his letter on March 26, might Bahrain find a place for those animals in the zoo? Please help save them! Additionally, I urge Read more [...]

MANAMA: The US has harshly criticised Ambassador Thomas Krajeski for damaging relations with Bahrain. In a hard-hitting report, the State Department says Ambassador Krajeski's "seat of the pants" leadership style has damaged Washington's reputation in the kingdom. Mr Krajeski has done little to plan for the future of the diplomatic mission, is providing poor leadership to staff members and has earned the ire of the local population, possibly to the detriment of US diplomatic interests, the Office Read more [...]

BAHRAIN International Circuit (BIC) continued its countdown to the long-awaited global debut of its state-of-the-art lighting system during the 2014 Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. The much-hyped weekend of motorsport and entertainment takes place on April 4, 5 and 6 in Sakhir. The event marks BIC's landmark 10th anniversary as well as the 10th hosting of the Bahrain Grand Prix, which will be enjoyed by tens of thousands of race-goers in Bahrain and by millions around the world on TV. Following Read more [...]