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Bahrain orders nine Airbus H145 helicopters

Bahrain orders nine Airbus H145 helicopters

Airbus Helicopters has secured a significant contract with the Kingdom of Bahrain for the purchase of nine H145 helicopters. The agreement was signed by His Excellency Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Bahrain's Minister of Interior, and...

Bahrain EDB Hosts an Event on Manufacturing and Logistics in Collaboration with Financial Times in the UK

Bahrain EDB Hosts an Event on Manufacturing and Logistics in Collaboration with Financial Times in the UK

The Bahrain Economic Development Board (Bahrain EDB), in partnership with the Financial Times Live, hosted two insightful panel discussions in the United Kingdom on manufacturing and logistics that tackled value-adding strategies to build...

Bahrain Fort’s 20 years as heritage site marked

Bahrain Fort’s 20 years as heritage site marked

Bahrain Fort’s role as a cultural and economic hub in the region came under the spotlight at a special seminar organised to mark the 20th anniversary of the site being designated as a Unesco World Heritage Site. The event was held in Paris on the...

Woman held for misusing social media

Woman held for misusing social media

A woman has been arrested for allegedly misusing social media during her visit to Bahrain and publishing content that contravened public morals, the Interior Ministry said yesterday. The anti-cyber crimes directorate said in a statement that the...

Bahrain, Syria Strengthen Ties on Emergency and Disaster Response

TDT | Manama Email: mail@newsofbahrain.com Bahrain’s Interior Minister and Chairman of the Civil Defence Council, General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, welcomed Dr. Ahmed Qazziz, Syria’s Assistant Minister of Emergency Affairs and...

Bahrain draws $250mln in investments from UK-based companies

Bahrain draws $250mln in investments from UK-based companies

Bahrain has attracted more than $250 million in investment from UK-based companies in the past three years (2022-2024) spanning key sectors, including financial services, ICT, education and tourism. According to the Bahrain Economic Development...

Bahrain Builds Surf Culture

Mahir Haneef TDT | Manama Email: mail@newsofbahrain.com A new generation of residents of Bahrain may soon find their rhythm not on asphalt or sand, but on rolling waves. Construction has officially begun on the Kingdom’s first surf park, a...

Bahrain outpaces GCC with 48% Fintech cost advantage

TDT| Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com Bahrain has emerged as the Gulf’s most cost-effective base for financial services firms operating tech hubs, with a commanding 48 percent cost advantage over its regional peers, according to a new Ernst...

Beyon Money Business, EazyPay to launch co-branded POS device in Bahrain 

Beyon Money Business, EazyPay to launch co-branded POS device in Bahrain 

Beyon Money Business has partnered with Eazy Financial Services (EazyPay) to roll out a co-branded point-of-sale (POS) terminal for merchants in Bahrain. The partnership establishes a closed-loop payment system, linking EazyPay, its merchants, and...

Bahrain tops GCC in financial services cost competitiveness: EY

Bahrain has been ranked as the most cost-competitive location to operate a financial services firm with a tech hub within the GCC countries, with a 48% cost advantage, in the ‘Cost of Doing Business in the GCC’ financial services sector report...

Bahrain ‘most cost-competitive in GCC for financial tech hubs’

Bahrain ‘most cost-competitive in GCC for financial tech hubs’

Bahrain has been ranked the most cost-competitive location in the GCC for operating financial services firms with tech hubs, boasting a 48 per cent cost advantage. The finding comes from the ‘Cost of Doing Business in the GCC’ report for the...

National Bank of Bahrain opens tier 3 certified data centre

National Bank of Bahrain opens tier 3 certified data centre

Bahrain - The National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) has officially opened its newly revamped data centre, solidifying the bank’s digital infrastructure. NBB is now the first and only bank in Bahrain to have designed, built and operated its own Uptime...

Rajasthanis in Bahrain Hosts Heartfelt Farewell for Shri Ravi Jain

TDT | Manama Email: mail@newsofbahrain.com Rajasthanis in Bahrain (RIB) organized a warm and memorable farewell dinner in honour of Shri Ravi Jain, senior official at the Embassy of India and a respected member of the RIB community, as he prepares...

Where to Watch Bahrain National Cricket Team vs Tanzania National Cricket Team Live Streaming Online? Get BRN vs TAN Malawi Quadrangular T20I Series 2025 Free Live Telecast on TV Details

Where to Watch Bahrain National Cricket Team vs Tanzania National Cricket Team Live Streaming Online? Get BRN vs TAN Malawi Quadrangular T20I Series 2025 Free Live Telecast on TV Details

The ninth match of the ongoing Malawi Quadrangular T20I Series 2025 will see the Bahrain National Cricket Team take on the Tanzania National Cricket Team. The BRN vs TAN T20I match will be played at the TCA Oval in Blantyre, Malawi, and will start...

EditorialGaza crisis demands a return to political reality

EditorialGaza crisis demands a return to political reality

As efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza war continue, the latest pronouncement from Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz that the country’s military work on a proposal to “concentrate” thousands of the enclave’s remaining Palestinians in a...

Bahrain Emerges as Most Cost-Competitive GCC Hub for FinTech Services, Says Global Report

TDT | Manama Email : ashen@newsofbahrain.com Bahrain has been named the most cost-efficient destination in the Gulf for running financial services firms with tech hubs, according to a new report by Ernst & Young (EY). The report, titled "Cost of...

Bahrain Secures British Investment

TDT | Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com Carbon-linked deal drives momentum • USD 250m in three years • New £2bn sustainability pact • Growth in trade, logistics, tech Bahrain has quietly become one of the UK’s fastest-growing economic...

EDB: Financial services firms operating in Bahrain enjoy up to 48% cost advantage

EDB: Financial services firms operating in Bahrain enjoy up to 48% cost advantage

Bahrain has been ranked as the most cost-competitive location to operate a financial services firm with a tech hub within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, with a 48% cost advantage, in the ‘Cost of Doing Business in the GCC’ financial...

Efforts to preserve cultural heritage sites ‘vital’

Efforts to preserve cultural heritage sites ‘vital’

Bahrain is taking part in a key meeting that is considering the inscription of 32 new sites on the World Heritage List. The Unesco, the United Nation’s cultural organisation, will announce its choice of sites for inclusion, with pre-historic...

Gulf Air Group launches ‘FLY’ summer internship programme to inspire Bahrain’s future aviation leaders

Gulf Air Group launches ‘FLY’ summer internship programme to inspire Bahrain’s future aviation leaders

Gulf Air Group announced the launch of its summer training programme, FLY an initiative designed to inspire and prepare future leaders in aviation. The programme offers Bahraini school students an interactive, hands-on experience across various...

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