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Manama : The Crown Prince’s International Scholarship Program (CPISP) has launched a series of informative presentations across public and private schools to detail the opportunities of its 2024 scholarship program. The CPISP representatives highlighted that the application period for its 2024 scholarship program will run from March 1 – 16, inviting students to submit their applications on the program’s website (www.cpisp.bh). Applicants who meet the program’s criteria will receive an invitation by email for a series of tests to assess their English proficiency and critical reasoning abilities. The assessments are organized by the CPISP in cooperation with the Bahrain Institute…

Manama : Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) is set to host three full days of pre-season testing this week in the FIA Formula 2 Championship and the FIA Formula 3 Championship. Formula 1’s two chief feeder series, featuring motor racing’s stars of tomorrow, will be hitting the tarmac from Tuesday, February 14 to Thursday, February 16 for the joint-sessions. They will be warming up the track at “The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East” in preparation for the start of their respective 2023 seasons, taking place as part of the stellar support programme at this year’s F1 Gulf Air Bahrain…

Manama : Hope Ventures, the investment arm of Hope Fund and producers of Beban TV show, co-invests $153,000 in Herbal Dose and L7 Chocolate alongside the private sector on the sixth episode of Beban Season 2. Herbal Dose, an organic brand for haircare and skincare products made with certified natural organic ingredients, scented with organic essential oils, founded by Ayda Mohamed, raised $100,000 from Hope Ventures and the private sector represented by Yousef Al Sultan and Mashael Fairooz. While L7 Chocolate, a bakery run by Lujain Hussain, a 15-year-old Bahraini pastry chef who bakes and creates products like cakes, ice…

Manama : National Space Science (NSSA)’s Aisha Al Haram was selected as one of the Space4Women Network Mentors, a program organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). Al Haram was selected after she passed the evaluation process based on her scientific and practical experience and her skills in scientific research, development and construction of satellites, project management, education, training and information technology. is a project that facilitates access to the benefits of space exploration, science and technology, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, and STEM careers for women and girls around the world.

Manama :  Tourism Minister Fatima bint Jaffer Al Sairafi stressed success in exceeding the goals which were set within the 2022 strategy. She stressed the imported of harnessing all efforts to achieve more tourism successes during the next stage in order to reach the goals of the economic recovery plan. The minister made the statement as she chaired today the board meeting of the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA). The 2022 tourism indicators exceeded the targeted performance results set in the tourism strategy 2022-2026. Tourism revenues topped BD1.5 billion in 2022, an increase of 50% compared to the target…

Manama : His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today inaugurated the new offices of Citi Bahrain Global Technology Hub in Manama. His Royal Highness highlighted the importance of enhancing the private sector’s role as a strategic partner to increase its contribution to the Kingdom’s development goals, led by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister emphasised that investing in Bahraini citizens and providing promising opportunities is an essential pillar of the Kingdom’s ongoing comprehensive development. His Royal Highness highlighted the role of financial…

Manama : His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Economic Development Board (EDB), today chaired an EDB board meeting at its headquarters in Bahrain Bay. The EDB’s achievements in 2022, its goals for 2023, and progress on the Kingdom’s economic competitiveness and developments, in line with the Bahrain Economic Vision 2030, were reviewed. His Royal Highness highlighted the importance of increasing efforts in further developing key priority sectors to meet the aspirations of Bahraini citizens. HRH the Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Chairman of the EDB emphasised the private…

Manama :  The first consultative workshop highlighting Bahrain’s Second National Voluntary Review for Sustainable Development Goals opened today. Sustainable Development Minister Noor bint Ali Al Khulaif opened the workshop, in the presence of Foreign Ministry Undersecretary for Political Affairs Dr. Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and UN Resident Coordinator in Bahrain Khaled El Mekwad. The second national review will be presented during the high-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, which will be held in New York City in July under the theme “Accelerating Recovery from COVID-19 Pandemic and Full Implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals”. The workshop which…

BERLIN : Hans Modrow, who served as East Germany’s last communist leader during a turbulent tenure that ended in the country’s first and only free election, has died. He was 95. Modrow died early Saturday, the Left party parliamentary group tweeted. Modrow, a reform-minded communist, took over East Germany shortly after the Berlin Wall fell and later invited opposition forces into the government, but could not slow the gathering momentum for German reunification. “The entire peaceful course of establishing German unity was precisely a special achievement of his,” the Left wrote on Twitter. “That will remain his political legacy.” During…

HAMPTON:  The Buddhist community anchored by an ornate temple complex here in the Minnesota farmland is trying a new way to ensure its faith and ancestral culture stay vibrant for future generations — an open call for the sacred dance troupe. Founded by refugees fleeing the Khmer Rouge regime, which sought to eradicate most religious institutions, Watt Munisotaram and its troupe hope that teaching young children sacred dance will strengthen their ties to both Buddhism and Cambodian traditions. Founded by refugees fleeing the Khmer Rouge regime, which sought to eradicate most religious institutions, Watt Munisotaram and its troupe hope that…