As part of its new summer schedule Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has launched additional flights to Istanbul and Larnaca with 7 weekly flights to both cities, in order to meet growing passenger numbers in light of the upcoming holiday season. Gulf Air’s Acting Chief Commercial Officer, Mr. Ahmed Janahi commented on the frequency increase: “As the holidays approach, we are pleased to offer our customers increased flexibility and choice in booking their summer and Read more [...]

Manama, June. 19. (BNA) -- The Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) held today the graduation ceremony of a number of specialised sessions at the Royal Communications Unit, held as part of BDF's plan to prepare highly qualified and trained national cadres in all its units and sections, in the presence of the Commander of Royal Communications Colonel Khalid Hassan Al Kaabi. After some Holy Quran verses Read more [...]

(MENAFN Press) Capital Intelligence (CI), the international credit rating agency, announced today that it has affirmed Bahrain-based AlBaraka Islamic Bank (AIB)'s Financial Strength Rating (FSR) at 'BB', supported by its strong ownership, high liquidity and sound customer deposit funding, and moderately improved asset quality. The FSR remains constrained by risk exposure to low rated Pakistan (through the subsidiary 'AlBaraka Bank Pakistan'), sector concentration risks and small balance sheet, and Read more [...]