Author: News Desk

Manila : At least 11 people died on Friday in a fire in a five-storey residential and commercial building in the Chinatown precinct of the Philippine capital, a community official said. The blaze in Manila’s Binondo district was doused about three hours after fire responders were alerted around 7.30 a.m. (2300 GMT), fire officials said, but there was no immediate word on the cause. “The wife of the building owner was among those that died,” Nelson Ty, an elected official for the community where the fire broke out, told radio station DZRH, adding that vendors had used the structure to…

Paris : His Highness Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, the Vice President of the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) and head of the Kingdom of Bahrain’s delegation to the 2024 Paris Olympics, visited the delegations of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, on the sidelines of the 2024 Paris Olympics. HH Shaikh Isa bin Ali visited the Saudi Olympic House, where he was received by His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud, the Minister of Sports and Chairman of the Saudi Arabian Olympic and Paralympic Committee, and His Highness Prince Fahd bin Jalawi Al Saud, Deputy…

Manama : Intelligence Lens, a leading data analytics services provider and affiliate of Analytix Now, announced the launch of its new headquarters in Bahrain as part of a strategic move that was facilitated by the Bahrain Economic Development Board (Bahrain EDB). The company’s digital platform will be the first of its kind in the island nation, leveraging Bahrain as a hub to achieve its expansion plans to serve clients in regional and global markets. AnalytixNow, which was first established in Bahrain in 2020, currently has strategic partnerships in several markets including the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and India.…

Mumbai : The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), India’s largest hospitality company, announced the signing of a luxury hotel and boutique resort in the Kingdom of Bahrain, both under its iconic Taj brand. These greenfield projects mark a significant milestone as IHCL becomes the first Indian hospitality company to establish a presence in the Kingdom of Bahrain, further cementing its footprint in the Middle East. Mr. Puneet Chhatwal, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, IHCL, stated, “We are pleased to announce two hotels in the island nation of Bahrain in line with our strategy of growing Taj’s presence in key gateway cities…

Paris : Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz powered into the Olympic singles final with a brutal 6-1 6-1 thrashing of overwhelmed Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime at Roland Garros on Friday. The 21-year-old second seed is bidding to add the Olympic gold to the French Open and Wimbledon titles he won recently and was in devastating form on Court Philippe Chatrier. From the moment Auger-Aliassime double-faulted to hand over an early service break it was one-way traffic a ruthless Alcaraz wrapped up the victory in little more than an hour. Alcaraz will face either top seed Novak Djokovic or Italian Lorenzo Musetti in Sunday’s…

Mundakkai: Four people were rescued from a house in India’s Kerala state on Friday, three days after devastating landslides, as search operations accelerated with the construction of a key bridge that helped transport heavy equipment to the affected area. Heavy rain in the southern coastal state of Kerala, one of India’s most popular tourist destinations, caused landslides in the hills of Wayanad district early on Tuesday, sending torrents of mud, water and tumbling boulders downhill and burying or sweeping people to their deaths as they slept. The disaster, the worst in Kerala since deadly floods in 2018, has led to…

Manama : Abdulla bin Khalid Al Khalifa College of Islamic Studies has announced the opening of admissions for students wishing to enrol in the Bachelor’s programme in Islamic Studies for the 2024/2025 academic year. Applications will be accepted from Tuesday, August 6 until Thursday, August 8, 2024. The college said that applicants must be Bahraini citizens with a high school diploma or equivalent, achieving a cumulative grade point average of at least 70%. Eligible applicants include graduates from the 2023/2024 academic year from religious institutes, both Sunni and Jaafari, as well as from public and private schools. Prospective students who…

Manama : The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the issue of the 3-year Government Development Bond has been oversubscribed by 280%. Subscriptions worth BD 419.294 million were received for the BD 150 million issue, which carries a maturity of 3 years. The fixed annual coupon rate on the issue, which begins on August 5 and matures on August 5, 2027, is 5.875%. The Government Development Bonds are issued by the CBB on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain. This is Government Development Bond issue No.36 (ISIN BH000X4976W9).

Kuwait : Kuwaiti Minister of Information and Culture, Abdulrahman Bedah Al Mutairi, met with Salah Ali Hasan Hilal Al Malki, the Bahraini Ambassador to Kuwait. During the meeting, the ambassador presented the minister with a book detailing Bahrain’s role in the events of the invasion and liberation of Kuwait from August 1990 to February 1991. The meeting highlighted the deep rooted relations between Bahrain and Kuwait, emphasising their shared destiny, close kinship, and the strong, enduring partnership between their leaderships and peoples. They also discussed various topics of common interest.

Manama : His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain sent a cable of condolences to His Excellency Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the former Prime Minister and head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). His Majesty expressed his sincere condolences to HE President Abbas and the Palestinian people, stressing the importance of Palestinian unity and solidarity to achieve their legitimate rights and establish an independent state based on the two-state solution.