The Bahrain International Circuit hosted today (May 21) the first annual FIA Drag Racing Commission meeting in the Middle East. The 11 member meeting discussed the rules and regulations of the FIA European Drag Championship and other issues on the table including modification of drag racing rules. “It was a fruitful meeting. The meeting was …
Year: 2005
A ‘RIGHT to know’ charter is being drafted in the hope of getting it made into law. A workshop to prepare the proposed law on freedom of information was held at the Diplomat Radisson SAS Hotel, Manama, yesterday. More than 30 representatives from parliament, the Shura Council, societies, municipal councils, ministries, newspapers and law firms …
Bahrain was the venue for a major conference on Islamic banking this week, with some startling figures on the sector’s growth on the agenda, along with news of the establishment of a giant new lender. The two-day event, the first International Islamic Financial Markets Conference (IIFMC), was held under the patronage of the governor of …
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