Manama, Dec. 14 (BNA): Muharraq Club Board Chairman Shaikh Ahmed bin Ali bin Abdullah Al Khalifa extended on behalf of the board members and all affiliates heartfelt congratulations to Interior Minister Lieutenant General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa on Bahrain Police Day. He described the occasion as an opportunity to pay tribute to the brave security officers for their role in protecting the nation Read more [...]

Moscow, Dec.14 (BNA) : The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, met with the Vice-Chairman of the Russian Federation Council, Ilyas Umakhanov, as part of his official visit to the Russian Federation, where he discussed the outstanding ties between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Russian Federation and the means of bolstering relations in all fields, particularly in Read more [...]

United Tower is due to open in mid-2016. RELATED ARTICLES: Bahrain Bay adds Marriott hotel to $2.5bn project | External works complete at United Tower in Bahrain | United Tower in Bahrain to finish in Q1 2015 The architecturally-offbeat twisted United Tower, which was initially slated for completion in Q1 2015, is now set for a mid-2016 opening. The announcement comes in light of Bahrain Bay's Read more [...]

Manama, Dec. 14 (BNA): Atbahrain, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, announced today that it has partnered with ‘Shop Bahrain’, the largest nationwide festival. The partnership paves the way for Atbahrain to rollout tailor-made packages for tourists travelling to the Kingdom during the 30-day festival held between 24th December 2015 and 24th January 2016. Shop Bahrain will mirror the Kingdom’s position Read more [...]

Manama, Dec. 14 (BNA): The Riffa Views Management held a national festival marking the kingdom's celebrations of the glorious National Day and the Anniversary of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's Accession to Throne. Citizens, families and guests staying in the Riffa Views Residential Complex attended the festival, held at the Parks neighbourhood. The festival featured many events that Read more [...]

Thiruvananthapuram: Even as more details of the busted online sex racket are being unravelled, it has been found that as many as 63 women were trafficked to Bahrain as part of the flesh trade by Joyce Joshi and his gang. The women were trafficked through the Nedumbassery, Madurai, Chennai, and Mumbai airports in a duration of one-and-a-half-year. The trafficking is said to have taken place with the tacit support of immigration officials, sources in the investigation team said. The trafficking Read more [...]

The service, which officially debuted on the 5th of November, was announced to esteemed members of the press and guests at a press conference held on Sunday the 13th of December at the Gulf Hotel. The Electronic Fund Transfer System, or E.F.T.S, is a highly anticipated combination of services aimed at improving the efficiency and usability of different financial processes. The CBB, BENEFIT, and retail banks have worked tirelessly over the past months to provide a revolutionary system to individuals, Read more [...]

<!----> A new parliamentary report has said the number of expats in Bahrain should not exceed 50 percent of the kingdom’s population. Parliament will this week debate the findings of the report by the committee in charge of replying to King Hamad’s keynote speech at the opening of the second term of the fourth legislative session, according to Gulf Daily News. One of the key recommendations is that Bahrain should impose a limit on the number of foreign workers in the country so that it Read more [...]

Hassan Redha and Carol Bradley claimed the men’s and women’s singles title in the Ritz-Carlton Annual Tennis Tournament. Over 85 participants took part in this annual event in six different categories - men’s and women’s singles and doubles, mixed doubles and juniors under-12. The winners received an one night stay at Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain, inclusive of breakfast, while the runners-up bagged dinner vouchers for two persons, and the third placed claimed a two-day pass to access Read more [...]

Sri Lanka Club, Bahrain, is hosting the Seventh  Super Max8s, an eight-a-side cricket tournament, at Hunainiya Valley, Riffa , on Wednesday.  The event is being held under the patronage of Cricket Bahrain Association. Unlike a traditional Seven-a-side cricket game, a Super Max match consists of a ‘Max Zone’, which is a marked area near the boundary line that would double the score of any ball entering it.  This tweak to the game adds to the unpredictability of a traditional seven-a-side Read more [...]