Bahrain Stock Exchange (BSE) has took over as the official host of TradeQuest from start of the 2010 programme. TradeQuest is a simulated business-education partnership programme that focuses on investment trading in world financial markets, which operated for the first time in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 1996 in cooperation with financial institutions and educational [...]
Banks and financial institutions, being the prime source of credit, play a major role in the economic development of the country, a senior official at the StanChart bank said. “The banks and financial institutions businesses generate income that gets cycled back into the economy. It is lenders that can help individuals and organisations through difficult [...]
With the global cargo chain to be switched over to e-Freight platform, the cargo operators will be able to save $4.9 billion a year by using electronic airway billing system, according to IATA’s projections. In this regard, Calogi, the first of its kind in the air cargo community worldwide, is providing cutting-edge, cost reducing, eco-friendly [...]
Fujitsu has announced the launch of its LIFEBOOK T580 Tablet PC with 3-way input and a 10.1-inch Superfine HD Display. Weighing only 1.4kg, the LIFEBOOK T580 increases productivity by keeping users mobile and connected to their business wherever they are, while a host of security features keeps data safe at all times. The LIFEBOOK T580’s [...]
Around 505 students successfully completed their professional qualifications and were honoured during the BIBF’s 24th Annual Graduation ceremony held at Gulf Hotel under the patronage of Rasheed Almaraj, Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB). Among them 71 graduates were recognised for the advanced banking studies diploma programme, 41 for the advanced insurance studies [...]
Adopting a national strategy to upgrade the health care system is a sine qua non to guarantee best health services for citizens, His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and Economic Development Board (EDB) Chairman said.
His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa’s visit to Bait Al Tajjar along with His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and Chairman of the Economic Development Board (EDB) lauded the role of the BCCI during a historic visit organized by the Bahrain Contractors [...]
Mahmood Rafique Members of the experts’ group meeting representing member countries of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) have called on the current Chairman of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) to continue with efforts urging the international body’s member states to further speed up fulfilling their pledges to the capital of the $10 billion Islamic [...]
