Bahrain national team swimmer Farhan Saleh (3,402 points) finished first in the men’s 15-30 years category of the Fifth National Day International Swimming Championship organised by Bahrain Swimming Association at the Khalifa Sports City Swimming Pool. A total of 308 participants representing 14 teams took part in the two-day event. Nooh Al Khulaifa (3,338 points) from Qatar Swimming Association was second and Omar Al Malki (3,163 points) from Bahrain Swimming Association third. Other Read more [...]

KUWAIT: CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, has launched the results of its first CFA Institute GCC Societies Survey, based on feedback from more than 200 GCC-based CFA charterholders and members from Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. The survey highlights economic, investment and employment trends and challenges in the GCC region. Elaborating on these findings, Rafik Hafez, President of CFA Society Kuwait, stated: “The CFA Institute GCC Read more [...]

MANAMA: An oil pump at sunset in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain, yesterday. Gasoline prices remain low in the United States and are expected to soon drop below $2 a gallon. —AP KUWAIT: Share prices in the energy-rich Gulf states tumbled to multi-year lows yesterday after oil prices closed the week below $38 a barrel, the lowest in seven years. The slide was led by markets in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, which plunged below key resistance points amid a sell-off Read more [...]

Manama, Dec.13 (BNA): A project to construct a wastewater treatment plant has today been given the go-ahead in the Northern Town. Deputy Premier, Head of the Ministerial Committee for Construction and Infrastructure Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa launched the development scheme in the presence of senior officials and guests. The ten-hectare sewage plant will have a daily output of 85 ,000 cubic metres Read more [...]

The Awards were received by Mr. Mohamed Isa Al Mutaweh Member Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of Al Baraka Islamic Bank in the official awards ceremony held in Dubai on 10th December 2015, in conjunction with the tenth anniversary of the launch of these awards. The awards ceremony became an annual even bringing together more than 300 senior Islamic financiers and rewards the most innovative and successful Islamic institutions. A panel of judges nominate organisations across 40 categories, Read more [...]

Manama, Dec. 13 (BNA): SMS Group, part of German SMS Holding GmbH, today announced its decision to increase its presence in Bahrain. The company is upgrading its office formerly known as SMS Meer to SMS Technical Service Gulf SPC office to cover technical service support for its large Middle East customer base. The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) has been instrumental in the establishment Read more [...]

Manama, Dec. 13 (BNA): The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), in cooperation with the BENEFIT Company, has officially launched the Electronic Fund Transfer System in Bahrain. 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, December 13. The Electronic Fund Transfer System, or E.F.T.S, is Read more [...]

Home News Article Dec 13 2015 more articles from In This Article Dubai Municipality The new centre was opened on behalf of His Royal Highness the Prime Minister by Cabinet Affairs Minister Dubai: Dubai-based healthcare provider Aster DM Healthcare has expanded its reach as it inaugurated the Aster DM Medical Centre in Gudaibiya, Bahrain providing affordable and world-class healthcare services to the Kingdom. The centre was Read more [...]

Detained Bahraini opposition figures called on Wednesday (December 9, 2015) for the release of Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr who was sentenced to death by a Saudi court because of his opposition to the Saudi regime. "In these exceptional conditions the region is going through, the states and peoples are in urgent need of strengthening their unity, and so we call for the release of Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr and all detained activists and prisoners of opinion," they said in a statement from prison. Detained Read more [...]

The Palm Association, a top not-for-profit charity, held its festive lunch to celebrate 15 years in Bahrain at the Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay. Al Rashed Group chairwoman Shaikha Hind bint Salman Al Khalifa, who helped establish the association in 2000 in association with the Labour and Social Development Ministry, was the event’s guest speaker, reported the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication. To read further, please visit GDNonline. Read more [...]