Bahrain

January 25, 2005

13:11 GMT

Plans are being worked out to build six new towns in the center of Bahrain.

09:45 GMT

Star Cement will be the new brand name for ETA Ascon Group's consolidated cement manufacturing capabilities, an official said. "Star Cement has two plants in the UAE in Abu Dhabi and Ajman and one eac

January 24, 2005

January 23, 2005

13:28 GMT

Permission to grant building licences on some of the less green areas within the Manama Munici­pality, will be on top of the agenda of the Municipal Council meeting with the new Minister of Munici­pal

January 20, 2005

January 19, 2005

12:43 GMT

MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain), the kingdom’s leading mobile operator, has announced the expansion of its 3G wireless network to cover the whole of Bahrain.

January 18, 2005

13:29 GMT

More than 10,000 live Australian sheep are expected to have been sold for Eid by Wednesday in Bahrain. A shipment of 24,000 Australian sheep was brought in by the Bahrain Livestock Company Monday, <i>

January 17, 2005

21:58 GMT

Bahrain plans to spend BD2 billion on housing over the next 10 years, according to a report submitted to the United Nationsand cited by GDN.

20:31 GMT

Batelco has successfully bid against eight leading international telecommunications companies and signed a BD9 million agreement with Telecom Italia to provide high-speed leased circuits between Bahra