Bahrain: The Premier has urged concerted efforts to overcome current economic challenges.  This came as His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa yesterday received parliament chairman Ahmed Al Mulla, Shura Council chairman Ali Saleh Al Saleh, Shura Council members, MPs and senior officials. Former parliament speaker Dr Khalifa Al Dhahrani was present. The Premier said Bahrain, like other countries in the region, has taken exceptional decisions to Read more [...]

MANAMA —  Bahrain’s non-oil growth in Q3 2015 reached 3.3% according to the latest Bahrain Economic Quarterly (BEQ) issued by the Economic Development Board (EDB), with growth in the first three quarters as a whole reaching 4.2% in the non-oil sector. Overall growth in the economy reached 2.4% in the third quarter and 3% over the first three quarters as a whole. Growth was driven by the continued resilience of the non-oil sector. This performance was underpinned by robust Read more [...]

Manama, Jan. 18 (BNA): Personal Representative of His Majesty the King Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Head of the Supreme Organising Committee of Bahrain International Air Show (BIAS), paid an inspection visit to Sakhir Air Base to get informed about the latest preparations for BIAS. He was accompanied by Sakhir Air Base Commander Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Bahussain Al-Musallam, Civil Aviation Read more [...]

Manama, Jan. 18 (BNA): His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa received at Gudaibiya Palace today Representatives Council Speaker Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al-Mulla, Shura Council Chairman Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh, members of the Shura and Representatives Councils and senior officials, in the presence of former Representatives Council Speaker Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Dhahrani. HRH the Premier Read more [...]

Manama, Jan.19 (BNA): Royal Court Affairs Minister His Highness Shaikh Ali bin Isa Al-Khalifa received Al-Madinah Province Governor His Royal Highness Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud and discussed deep-rooted fraternal relations bonding the two countries and peoples in all fields. He lauded steadily-growing relations in all fields, hailing the directives of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Read more [...]

Manama, Jan. 18 (BNA): Four of Bahrain’s sports associations will soon receive health insurance policies for their national teams’ athletes, the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) announced yesterday. The committee has recently signed a one-year agreement with insurance company T’azur to provide health insurance facilities for all the sports associations across the kingdom. BOC, represented by its sports affairs directorate, has just finalized Read more [...]

Manama, Jan 18 (BNA): Interior Minister Lt-Gen Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa today received Commander of the US Naval Forces Central Command and Commander of the Fifth Fleet Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan. Chief of Public Security Maj-Gen Tariq Al-Hassan and Deputy Chief of Mission to the Embassy of the USA in Bahrain Timothy Pounds were present. Bilateral relations and security cooperation were discussed, as well as topics of Read more [...]

Manama, Jan. 18 (BNA): Khaleeji Commercial Bank (KHCB), Bahrain’s rapidly growing Islamic retail bank, is prepared to set into motion its Al Waffer Scheme for 2016. This comes in line with the constant commitment to offer customers in the Kingdom of Bahrain the best in Shari’a compliant packages both in products and services. Following the success of Al Waffer scheme in 2015, Khaleeji Commercial Bank Read more [...]