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BCCI and Sfax Tunisia ink co-operation agreement

Dr Esam Fakhro BCCI Chairman with board members and visiting Tunisian team at the agreement signing ceremony

The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with its counterpart from the Tunisian city of Sfax, Tunisia. The Chairman of the BCCI Dr. Esam Fakhro expressed his appreciation for the brotherly relations between [...]

January 31st, 2012 | Posted in Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry | Read More »

Bahraini sailing team to compete in GCC race

Shaikh Mohammed bin Dail Al Khalifa

For the very first time Bahrain sailing team is set to participate in the Sailing Arabia -The Tour (SATT) competition kicks off on February 12th. There are total nine teams this year with Oman will have the women sailor team [...]

January 30th, 2012 | Posted in Bahrain News,Headline,Sports | Read More »

Bahrain becomes the 55th nation to implement IBAN

Central Bank of Bahrain

The Kingdom of Bahrain has become the 55th country in the world to implement the International Bank Account Number (IBAN) for all electronic fund transfers effective January 31st 2012, a senior official at the Central Bank of Bahrain, said. Shaikh [...]

January 30th, 2012 | Posted in Banking & Finance | Read More »

Mobile telephony penetration tops 1.7m in Bahrain

Mohammed Bubshait, General Director TRA Bahrain

With 3.7 billion minutes generated from domestic mobile calls in 2010, an increase of 86%, the total number of mobile subscribers reached 1.7 million, according to TRA report. The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the Kingdom of Bahrain (TRA), which released [...]

January 30th, 2012 | Posted in Headline,Telecom,TRA | Read More »

BBK’s yearly net profit slips BD7.3m to BD31.8m

Murad Ali Murad Chairman BBK Board

BBK on Sunday announced that the bank had achieved BD31.8 million net profits for the year 2011, a decrease of BD7.3 million from BD39.1 million in 2010. The bank in a statement said that its board of directors approved the [...]

January 29th, 2012 | Posted in Banking & Finance | Read More »

Cabinet voices concern over illegal protests, violence

His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa during the Weekly Cabinet Meeting on Sunday

The cabinet on Sunday expressed its deep concerns over increasingly growing violence during unlawful sit-ins, rallies, demonstrations specially recently carried out by outlaws which resulted in wounding tens of security men and damage to public and private properties which is [...]

January 29th, 2012 | Posted in Bahrain News,Headline | Read More »

GCC move to Union will usher in new era

HRH Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa during a meeting on Sunday

The GCC move from Cooperation to Union will usher in a new era for the entire region, His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman, said. HRH the Premier said that the Saudi Monarch the Custodian of the Two [...]

January 29th, 2012 | Posted in Bahrain News,Headline | Read More »

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