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Manama : Amna bint Ahmed Al Romaihi, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, has praised the great role played by the affiliates of the engineering sector in supporting the kingdom’s comprehensive development process. She expressed pride in the contributions of the national engineering competencies to the kingdom’s urban progress. In a statement marking the Bahrain Engineer’s Day, which is observed on October 15, Al Romaihi expressed the Housing and Urban Planning Ministry’s pride in all its affiliate engineers who are working in the kingdom’s housing cities, within Team Bahrain. She indicated that the Housing and Urban Planning Ministry is keen…

Manama : The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) conducted two joint inspection campaigns in the Muharraq and Southern Governorates on a number of shops and work sites. The campaigns resulted in reporting violations related to the Labour Market and Residency laws. The cases were referred for legal action. LMRA noted that two joint inspection campaigns were conducted in coordination with the Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA) and the Governorate’s respective Police Directorate. The Labour Market Regulatory Authority renewed its call on all members of society to support the efforts of government agencies in addressing illegal labour practices, by reporting…

The actress took to her official X account, and shared that she lost her “24 carat real gold iPhone” at the stadium.The match concluded on Saturday with Team India comfortably beating its neighbours, but the actress spent after hours of the match in distress and registered an official complaint with the police at 1 a.m. on Sunday.On Sunday afternoon, she finally took to her X and put up a tweet asking for help from the netizens. She also attached a picture of the official document about the complaint of her lost phone.Explaining the unfortunate event, she wrote on X, “Lost…

The main purpose of the visit is to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation which is scheduled to be held of October 17 and 18. However during his first ever visit to Beijing after assuming duties as the head of state, President Wickremesinghe is to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and several political and business leaders.On Thursday Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry announced that Sri Lanka and the Exim Bank of China has agreed on key principles to restructure $4.2 billion loans.Having lent around $7 billion, China is Sri Lanka’s largest bilateral creditor ahead of Japan and…

The arrested accused were identified as Amit a.k.a Jolly, Rohit alias Ashwin, both residents of Haryana’s Gohana, and Manish, a resident of Delhi’s Bawana in Delhi. According to police, complainant Ravi, who resides in Gopal Nagar, told at around 8 p.m. on Friday, he was standing on the main road near his home when a white car suddenly pulled up. “Three unidentified individuals emerged from the car and forcibly placed Ravi in the vehicle, claiming to be from the Enforcement Directorate, effectively kidnapping him,” said a senior police official.Two other persons arrived in another car and brandished a pistol at…

The Indonesian Grand Prix at Mandalika turned into a grueling affair as a third of the grid suffered falls and experienced issues. Both Repsol Honda Team riders would be unfortunate victims of the former, Marc Marquez the first to fall on lap seven and Joan Mir coming off a few laps later on lap 12. Neither rider sustained any injuries in their falls.“The weekend started in a good way but then day by day, it became more complicated. Today in the race I kept calm, I was losing a little bit of ground, but I was not panicking. The aim…

The central agency sleuths have secured some definite clues of this link following the arrest of a man, identified as Varun Singh Rathor, from Naxalbari under Siliguri sub-division in Darjeeling district of West Bengal on Saturday night. Sources said that the central agency sleuths have secured crucial information about Rathor’s links with an agent network in Nepal, who were mainly responsible in trafficking Indian women, mainly from West Bengal and Sikkim, through the neighbouring country. The suspicion of the CBI on this count deepened as majority of the fake passports recovered from Rathor were that of women mainly hailing from…

Manama : Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister, has stressed the importance of encouraging Bahraini investors to continue investing in food industries, especially in the field of aquaculture, to raise levels of food security and diversify supply chains, through effective partnership with the private sector. This would contribute to fulfilling the visions and aspirations of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and implementing the policies of the government, led by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, he said. The deputy premier indicated that based on its…

Manama : His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will arrive in the Italian Republic tomorrow on a visit during which he will meet with His Holiness Pope Francis. HM King Hamad will hold talks with Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic, and Giorgia Meloni, Italian Prime Minister, to discuss the Bahraini-Italian ties and topics of common interests. The meeting will review the Israeli military escalation in the Gaza Strip and pushing forward efforts toward a comprehensive and just peace in the Middle East region. HM the King had met in the United Kingdom with His Majesty King…

Manama : In implementation of the royal directives on organising a national campaign to provide relief aid to the Palestinians who have been affected by the ongoing war and the dire humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Representative of His Majesty for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, directed forming a national committee comprising government entities and charity and professional associations. His Highness said that His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has always been supportive of countries undergoing various circumstances. His Highness extended his thanks and appreciation to His Majesty…