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Manama: Lulu Hypermarket conducted the second E Raffle draw of its Win Big this Ramadan Campaign and 175 lucky shoppers walked away with valuable LuLu shopping vouchers worth BD 7,500. The draw was held at the LuLu Hypermarket in Riffa. All winners can contact the Customer Service counter at Lulu Hypermarket Riffa and collect their prizes. 100 shoppers were rewarded BD 25 and 50 shoppers won vouchers worth BD 50. The big prize of vouchers worth BD 100 went to 25 shoppers. LuLu is offering upto BD 100,000 in popular LuLu Gift Card prizes through an e-raffle draw to shoppers who…

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Manama: Bahrain Victorious cyclist Pello Bilbao won the third stage of the Tour Itzulia Basque which was held in the Basque province in Spain as part of the World Championship series. His Majesty the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa expressed his delight at the achievement. He praised the Bahrain Victorious’ victories which, he said, reflect the teams standing, potential and steady progress in its external cycling competitions. He said that the team includes talented cyclists with great potential, hailed…

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Manama: The annual Heritage Festival returns this year in its 28th edition, as it will be held under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.  It will be inaugurated by the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) on Thursday, near Arad Castle. The festival continues to present its activities during  April 7-9, and 14-16, from 9pm until 12am. The activities will highlight gold as a non-material Bahraini heritage, under the title “Our Golden Heritage”. This year’s festival presents a program that celebrates the non-material heritage of Bahrain, including traditional crafts, folk arts, and other events that are suitable…

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Manama:  Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, visited today the National Centre for Cybersecurity. He was received by Chief of Public Security, Lt-General Tariq Al Hassan, the CEO of the Centre Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa and some officials. At the beginning of the visit, the Interior Minister was briefed on the workflow and procedures to provide the best security services by monitoring and controlling systems for tracking cyber hackings to respond to them and limit their effects. He was also briefed on the government and private networks protection system. During the visit, the Centre’s CEO…

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Athens: A fire Wednesday in the COVID-19 ward of a hospital in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, left one patient dead and two seriously injured, firefighters said. The fire department said it evacuated 34 patients from the COVID-19 ward of the Papanikolaou hospital. The blaze was quickly extinguished, reports AP. Four of the uninjured patients who were evacuated had already been in serious condition due to the coronavirus, and were under increased monitoring, authorities said. The body of one patient was found on the second floor, the fire department said. Several fatal fires in COVID-19 hospital wards in…

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Manama: His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received today at Al Sakhir Palace – in the presence of in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, HM the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa amd Supreme Council for Youth and Sports First Deputy Chairman, General Sports Authority Chairman and BOC President HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa and– well wishes from the Governorate of Muharraq marking the Holy Month of Ramadan, The wellwishers greeted HM the…

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More than 40 local domain names have been reserved in the first three days of the launch of the service. The number reflects the extent of the cooperation’s contribution to boost the local domain (.bh) and the contribution to increase its use by the eCommerce practitioners. The reservation of the local domain name for eCommerce platforms through mall.bh is a new service added to the current services provided by mall.bh. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism said that the eCommerce practitioners might reserve the local domain name (.bh) by visiting Mall.bh via https://www.mall.bh to complete the reservation process.

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More than 60% of Putin’s war chest has been frozen by sanctions but more needs to be done, Liz Truss has said. The foreign secretary said “crippling” sanctions are pushing the Russian economy back “into the Soviet era”. More than $350bn (£266bn) of Russia’s $604bn foreign currency reserves are unavailable to the regime, she added. Her call for more to be done comes amid condemnation after images of bodies in the streets of Bucha, near Kyiv, emerged after Russian troops withdrew. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned he believes the worst atrocities committed by Russian forces are yet to be discovered, but…

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