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RAIL LINK WORK TO START SOON
Bahrain’s first rail line, connecting Bahrain Mall with Bahrain’s International Airport, could be underway by the end of next year. To read more click here.
Bahrain to remain a key center of Islamic finance
Dr. Ahmed Al Mutawa, Chairman of Gulf Finance House (GFH), told Euromoney on Wednesday, “……Bahrain hosts over 30 Islamic Institutions, who continue to reside here
Bahrain refinery expansion project ‘to cost $5 billion’
Bahrain’s Sitra crude oil refinery expansion is expected to cost around $5 billion with the completion by 2019, the energy minister said yesterday. He went
BBK keen on buying Islamic banks
MANAMA: BBK bank’s chairman Murad Ali Murad has said that the bank will consider the acquisition of any Islamic bank provided they offer a feasible
Designs for mega medical city in Bahrain by December
The King Abdullah Medical City project, will be built on a 1-million-sq-m plot of land and will be run by the Arabian Gulf University (AGU)
$22bn of Bahraini projects in pipeline, gov’t announces
It has been announced by the Bahrain Government that there is an estimated $22 billion worth of new projects commencing or already underway in the
Increased confidence levels and heightened investor interest expected
The decision by Bahrain’s Government to oversee the completion of stalled residential projects is set to be a major confidence booster. To read more click
