Bahrain thrashes Qatar
Bahrain capped their Preliminary Round campaign this evening with a dazzling victory while Korea followed suit with their first win to highlight an action-packed second day in the 19th Asian Men’s U20 Volleyball Championship. The host Bahrainis were once again fuelled by a massive h
Revamp work on track at Muharraq Central Market
The revamping of the Muharraq Central Market is nearing completion, said Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Minister Essam Khalaf. He announced the progress of work on the project as he paid a field visit to the development site, accompanied by Undersecretary Dr Nabil Mohammed
Big tech firms agree on ‘data portability’
San Francisco : Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter unveiled plans Friday to make it easier for users to take their personal data and leave one online service for another. The “Data Transfer Project” revealed by the c
Six Bahrainis face trial over attempt to murder officers
Six men burned tyres in a bid to lure police officers into an area in Nuwaidrat in order to kill them, court files revealed. Aged between 16 and 26, the Bahrainis are said to have planted an explosive device before the police officers arrived, purposely to kill maximum police officers. “We
Gaining the whole world while losing one’s soul
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative government in Britain is in turmoil. But the resignations that have rocked it in recent days — even that of Boris Johnson, who was until recently her obsessively ambitious foreign secretary — risk blinding us to a simple truth: The big r
195 worksite accidents in first six months this year
Labour inspection authorities have recorded 195 worksite incidents in the first six months of the year 2018. According to the Ministry of Labour and Social Development, the number of worksite accidents reported last year stood at 388, which was an increase, compared to 2016 statistics whe
Man sentenced for scratching on cars
A man who had made scratching car bonnets and doors his habit was sentenced to two months behind bars. The Bahraini, in his fifties, first scratched a woman’s car and also wrote some insulting phrases in English on it, the court files say. Though he initially escaped from ge
Drug seller attacks cops in bid to escape arrest
A 30-year-old drug lord attacked anti- drug squad members in his attempt to resist arrest and flee the scene, it was learnt. After receiving a tip-off, a special team from the police decided to arrest the accused who was allegedly possessing drugs with an intention to sell and use.
