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Bahrain council approves major Penal Code changesMajor amendments to Bahrain's 40-year-old Penal Code, including harsher punishments for manslaughter and defaming government employees, have been approved by the Shura Council. The amendments, originally suggested by parliamen More… |
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Dubai Design and Fashion Council unveils purposeThe Dubai Design and Fashion Council brought together a wealth of design and fashion industry experts and top tier journalists for its inaugural community event in Dubai, UAE. Nez Gebreel, chief executive officer of the council, w More… |
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Bahrain council approves BIBF expansion plansBahrain Institute of Banking and Finance’s (BIBF) budget for next year has been approved by the Specific Council for Vocational Training (Banking Sector), a statement said yesterday, without providing details of the budget. More… |
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UAE wins ITU, Radio Regulations Board membershipThe UAE has has won the membership of the International Telecommunication Union Council for the third time in a row. The elections witnessed strong competition from 18 countries on 13 memberships reserved for the Asia region out o More… |
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UN rights chief rebukes Security Council for failures to actOutgoing UN rights chief Navi Pillay rebuked the UN Security Council on Thursday for putting short-term geopolitical concerns and narrowly-defined national interests ahead of intolerable human suffering and grave breaches of global peace and sec More… |
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DBWC backs women leadership summitThe Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC), the official representative organisation for business women in Dubai, will support The Arab Women in Leadership & Business Summit. Conceptualised and organised by MICE Quotient, the summit wi More… |
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Gulf Air official to represent Mena in councilGulf Air's director of information technology (IT) Dr Jassim Haji has assumed the role of the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) representative on the SITA Council. This follows a nomination by the Arab Air Carriers Organisation in More… |
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New agency to manage Dubai power demandsThe Dubai Supreme Council of Energy is to set up an egency under the name ‘efficiency,’ to reduce energy demand by 30 per cent under the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030, said a report. More… |
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Bahrain upholds religious council closure verdictBahrain's Execution Court has passed a resolution to implement an order dissolving an unlicensed religious council for getting involved in politics. The Ulama Islamic Council was dissolved by the High Admin More… |
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Bahrain Shura Council clears 50 bills in a monthBahrain's Shura Council has completed more than 50 items of business in the past month, its chairman Ali Saleh Al Saleh said yesterday (June 23) in a statement that ended the chamber's four-year term. & More… |
