KATHMANDU, MAR 21 - World football governing body Fifa has said it will continue to probe the corruption allegations on All Nepal Football Association President Read more [...]

ROTTING carcasses and construction wastes are blighting parts of Bahrain and little can be done to combat the illegal dumping, according to a municipality official. The problem comes from farms and construction companies that choose to dump their wastes rather than bring it to the landfill site at Askar, according to Northern Municipality cleaning services follow-up committee head Hussain Abdul Khaliq. 'Our inspection teams remove piles of construction waste in the Northern Governorate every day, Read more [...]

I took two dogs with me when I went to Bahrain in the mid-80s. They had a great life there, first amongst the swamps of Ras Sanad and then around A'Ali. Eventually, of course, they shuffled off this mortal coil and went to the great kennel in the sky. I have, since then, always wanted to have another dog. We had a lovely Bahraini Dilmun cat for many years. He accompanied us as we moved from Bahrain some seven years ago and he too, sadly moved on. Cats, though, in my limited experience don't quite Read more [...]

After many years of delay, initial work has begun on the medical island of Dilmunia, but with overseas investors reluctant to get involved, and oil prices falling by 60% in six months, it may be many years before the project is open, if ever.The Bahrain government has long promised to develop Dilmunia as a medical island, but little has happened. Being heavily dependent on oil money, Bahrain is yet again putting new projects on hold.The Dilmunia at Bahrain development will be a mixed-use project Read more [...]