Author: News Desk

Barcelona will choose a new coach in the coming days, and it may have a new president next year. The club is also promising “wide-ranging” and “profound” structural changes after one of its most humiliating defeats ever — the 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Friday. The one big question that remains is whether it will be able to keep Lionel Messi. The team’s biggest star for more than a decade has a contract with Barcelona until 2021, but he hasn’t been hiding his dissatisfaction with the club. Messi has been more outspoken…

Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Minister, Essam Khalaf, has made a field tour to inspect the work flow at the road construction project leading to Al-Lawzi housing project located in Hamad town. Work at the project started in June 2020. The Minister was accompanied by Undersecretary for Works Affairs Ahmed Al-Khayyat, Assistant Undersecretary for Roads Huda Fakhro, Road Projects and Maintenance Director Sayyed Badr Alawi, and Roads Planning and Design Director, Eng.  Maha Khalifa Hamada. The minister announced that the road construction project leading to Al-Lawzi housing project is an important development project on the main road network, which aims…

The Indian Community Relief Fund (ICRF) has organised a farewell meeting through online google meet for Mr. P K Chowdhury, Second Secretary at the Indian Embassy, who is preparing to leave Bahrain by next week. He will be joining the External Affairs Ministry in New Delhi. ICRF team and its regional team members joined the meeting today and thanked him for his support extended to ICRF’s activities. “He has been very active in the Indian community and is easily accessible to the people who come to the embassy with grievances and very passionate about helping people,” stated ICRF. ICRF thanked…

Apple Music is launching several new radio shows hosted by A-list musical acts, including Snoop Dogg, Shania Twain and Carrie Underwood. The streaming service announced that it will debut two new radio stations Tuesday: Apple Music Hits, focused on popular songs of the ’80s, ’90s and 2000s, as well as Apple Music Country, dedicated to the country music genre. Both channels will have daily on-air hosts but will also include several shows hosted by well-known musicians. Apple Music Hits will include shows hosted by Snoop Dogg, Twain, Alanis Morissette, Backstreet Boys, Meghan Trainor, Ciara, blink-182’s Mark Hoppus and Huey Lewis.…

CLYMB Abu Dhabi, the new sports and leisure attraction on Yas Island, is awarded with two Guinness World Records titles for the world’s largest indoor skydiving wind tunnel at 10 metre in diameter and 54.6 metre high, and the world’s tallest indoor artificial climbing wall reaching 42.16 metre. Launched on 29th November, 2019, CLYMB Abu Dhabi provides guests with experience, taking them to record-breaking heights. The two attractions are suitable for visitors of all ages and skills, with highly trained instructors taking visitors through safety tips and techniques before introducing flying and climbing techniques. “We are delighted that our adrenaline-fuelled…

Education Minister, Dr. Majid bin Ali Al-Nuaimi, has revealed that the Ministry’s training plan for the coming academic year includes 160 programmes for 12,000 trainees from different sectors. 69 programmes will be held virtually during the first semester, he said. ♦ Bahrain to start schools from September: Education Ministry ♦ Bahrain Education Ministry announces scholarships plan ♦ Bahrain to allow parents to choose learning options Dr. Al-Nuaimi noted that the Education Ministry has succeeded in implementing 157 programmes that benefited 10561 trainees. He affirmed that the Ministry is keen on providing training programmes that contribute to developing its employees in all sectors, and…

Etihad Airways has announced the expansion of its partnership with AccesRail, the world’s leading provider of air-rail intermodal solutions. The partnership allows Etihad to use AccesRail’s expertise to enable its customers to book train and coach tickets in Europe in conjunction with their air fare using the airline’s online booking platform, or through their travel agency, the airline said in a statement on Tuesday. Etihad’s guests can connect to and from their international flights to rail routes operated by major European railway companies using the airline’s ‘EY’ code. It includes an expanded network of seven rail routes on Germany’s Deutsche…

National Security Advisor, Royal Guard commander Major-General His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa has received an elite of Royal Guard servicemen who were assigned to attempt the challenge of climbing Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, in the Republic of Nepal. HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa gave them directives and urged them to exert all efforts to honour Bahrain’s flag under the wise leadership of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, the Supreme Commander, wishing them success in their challenge to reach the pinnacle of the Earth. “I bade farewell today to an elite of Royal…

Capital Governor Shaikh Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al-Khalifa has launched a campaign aims at enhancing public awareness as the country continues to grapple with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Themed “Because You Are Important”, the drive is in support of the Team Bahrain’s efforts, led by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister to combat the pandemic and protect psychological and economic stability in Bahrain. The Governor gave the go-ahead for the campaign remotely, in the presence of the Bahrain Islamic Bank (BiB) Chief Executive Officer Hassan Jarrar and other…

US President Donald Trump is eyeing a White House funeral service later this week for his younger brother, Robert, who died over the weekend in a New York hospital. “We’re looking at Friday. And we may do just a small service right here at the White House,” Trump told reporters Monday as he departed Washington on a trip to the Midwest. The president said such a service would be a “great honor” for his sibling. “I think he’d be greatly honored. He loves our country. He loved our country so much. He was so proud of what we were doing and what…