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Respecting Bahrain’s road rules

By Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood In a bizarre incident, people around the world heard of a news report that a 20-year old American lady was shot dead because her friend, who was driving the car she was in, turned into the wrong driveway. Apparently the homeowner...

Changing the Ramadan vibe

By CAPTAIN MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD Just like Mother’s Day and the clutch of “Inernational” days marking relationships – Valentine’s Day for lovers, Friendship Day and Father’s Day – have all been taken over by greeting card companies, ...

A milestone year for Bahrain-Turkey diplomatic relations

By TURKISH AMBASSADOR ESIN CAKIL With great pride, today we celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Bahrain. Turkey and Bahrain established a relationship guided by our shared values and mutual benefit of our two nation...

Compassion is our heartbeat

By Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood ‘Crime and Punishment’ are two ends of an evocative phrase which deals in the fallout of wrong moral judgement by people and its impact on society. Since time immemorial, communities and societies the world over have ...

How to future-proof our old age

By Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood Iam often told that I tend to focus on children’s upbringing and youth in my writings. That is possibly because they are the future generation and if we are to “future-proof ” our lives, we need to grasp every opport...

Common sense versus criminals

By CAPTAIN MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD It is routine in Bahrain for people to knowingly or unknowingly breach the Kingdom’s cybersecurity laws – many of us casually record conversations on our phones without informing the other party (parties) that we are doing so; whi...

Be Aware of the hidden opportunities!

U-TURN WITH U.K With the arrival of COVID-19 vaccinations, governments and health organisations worldwide have swiftly implemented vaccination programs. In addition, to keep track of vaccinations and facilitate easy access to vaccination certificates, numero...

Community soft power needs more perks

By Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood One of the most meaningful things that I enjoyed contributing to in my role as a government official (Undersecretary, Ministry of Information) and later as Member of Parliament, was to strengthen the community. As Ministry of Information decision...

Women MPs hold key to future reforms

By Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood  India’s 82 women MPs represent just 15% of the total of 542 members of the Lower House and the world’s most populous democracy comes 141 in the global ranking of women in national parliaments. Bahrain’s eight w...

Bahrain’s Tourism Future Must Go Green

By Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood  With the paddocks overflowing with gaiety and fans at the Bahrain F1 and the Spring of Culture offering a veritable smorgasbord of cultural happenings to broaden our horizons, there is a definite buzz in the air in Bahrain, tourist...

Khojaly- justice to be served

By Shahin Abdullayev, Azerbaijan Ambassador to Bahrain Thirty-one years ago, I, like the rest of Azerbaijan, watched in horror as our TV screens showed the aftermath of a brutal killing: dead children, women and elderly people, mutilated bodies, frozen corpses s...

Accolade to inspire us all

By Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood  What are awards for? They are a symbol of recognition, yes, but even more, they are an inspiration to us all – not just to the awardee. Such is the case with the prestigious Isa Award for Service to Humanity. ...

Refashioning our food relations

By Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood  I f you were to choose one word that defines our lifestyle in 2023, what would it be? For me, that word is “sustainable”. Everywhere we turn, this much-used word pops up, promising everything from zero carbon gr...

When Planet Earth shrugged

By Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood The scale of the tragedy unfolding in the freezing environs of Turkey and Syria where more that 23,000 people have died in the horrific earthquake, can barely be imagined by us. Sitting merely six hours away by plane and in the c...

New tech meets old traditions at BDF

By Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood For any country to thrive and prosper, peace is paramount. The work of ensuring peace rests mainly with the wise directives and foreign policy pursued by the leaders of the nation. But no freedom is without a price and the sacrif...

Cushion the impact of the pandemic

By Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood I was having an interesting conversation with a school principal last week. It seems, there has been a marked decline in student performance after schools reopened to in-person classes in the post-pandemic months. The youngsters had simpl...

India takes world centre-stage with G20 Presidency

Former Indian Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Sweden and Latvia Ashok Sajjanhar's message on India's 74th Republic Day India assumed the Presidency of G20 (the Group of 20 countries comprising 19 large economies and the European Union) for 2023 f...

Long live India-Bahrain friendship

Indian Ambassador to Bahrain H.E. Piyush Srivastava's message on India's 74th Republic Day I convey warm greetings and felicitations to the members of Indian community and friends of India in Bahrain on the occasion of 74% Republic Day of India. The...

It has been an amazing journey

Indian President Droupadi Murmu's Message on India's 74th Republic Day On the eve of the 74th Republic Day, I extend my heartiest greetings to every Indian, at home and abroad. We will now enter the 75th year as a Republic. From the day the Constituti...

Bahraini women empower sustainable development

By Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood A powerful Bahraini voice at the recently concluded World Economic Forum in Davos was that of the Minister of Sustainable Development, Noor bint Ali Al Kulaib. The ministerial post is a recent addition to the Bahrain Cabinet and ...

Bahrain Inc. Must Prioritise Environmental Sustainability

By Sriraj Kota The United Nations defines environmental sustainability as meeting the needs of today without compromising the future generations ability to meet their needs. This applies aptly for businesses and corporate entities who have a sizeable consumpt...