Bahrain

Travel, Tourism & Hospitality

Gulf Air expands Dammam ops, starts bookings for international flights

Sun, 15 Mar 2026

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has announced the expansion of its temporary operations via King Fahad International Airport in Dammam (DMM), with flights now available for commercial booking to passengers travelling to London Heathrow, Mumbai and Bangkok.

Industry, Logistics & Shipping IT & Telecommunications

Northstar Telecom partners with HFCL for broadband infrastructure upgrade

Sun, 15 Mar 2026

Northstar Telecom, a leading ICT and telecom solutions provider, has signed an agreement with HFCL, a telecom infrastructure leader, for the strategic standardisation of its Wi-Fi Access Point and Switching infrastructure on the IO by HFCL portfolio across its business and residential broadband services.

Education, HR & Training

CBSE cancels all Class 12 board exams in the Gulf countries

Sun, 15 Mar 2026

India's Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday cancelled remaining Class 12 board examinations (scheduled between March 16 and April 10), including papers earlier postponed in several West Asian countries including Bahrain and other GCC countries and Iran amid the ongoing regional conflict.

Travel, Tourism & Hospitality

Gulf Air extends temporary operations via Dammam until March 22

Sun, 15 Mar 2026

Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air has announced the extension of its temporary operations via King Fahad International Airport in Dammam (DMM), with flights for booking now available to all passengers for travel until March 22 to key destinations London Heathrow (UK); Mumbai (India) and Bangkok (Thailand).

Finance & Capital Market

StanChart says Bahrain operations fully functional

Fri, 13 Mar 2026

Standard Chartered Bahrain has confirmed that its operations across the Kingdom remain fully functional and continue to run at full capacity.

Miscellaneous Travel, Tourism & Hospitality

Bahrain visit visa holders exempted from overstay penalties

Fri, 13 Mar 2026

Bahrain's Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA) has announced that all visit visa holders currently residing in the kingdom whose permitted stay expired on or after February 28, will be exempted from overstay fines for an additional period of one month.

Construction & Real Estate

Bahrain launches international tender for Bilaj Al Jazayer Solar IPP

Thu, 12 Mar 2026

Bahrain's Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) has announced the launch of an international tender for the development of Bilaj Al Jazayer Solar IPP with a planned capacity of up to 100 MWac. The key solar farm is set for commercial operations in September next year.

Energy, Oil & Gas

Iranian attacks target fuel tanks in Bahrain

Thu, 12 Mar 2026

Bahrain's Ministry of Interior has said that the Iranian aggression targeted fuel tanks at a facility in the Muharraq Governorate. Authorities concerned are taking the required steps, it said.

Industry, Logistics & Shipping

Alba AGM approves $202.6m dividend

Thu, 12 Mar 2026

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the world’s largest aluminium smelter on one site, has approved the distribution of cash dividends to shareholders at Fils 54.06 per share, equivalent to 54.06% of the paid up capital, amounting to BD76.5 million ($202.62 million).

Finance & Capital Market

Bahrain’s banks demonstrate strong resilience, continuity of services

Thu, 12 Mar 2026

Financial institutions in Bahrain continue to demonstrate a high level of readiness and adaptability amid recent regional developments with the financial sector remaining fully operational, maintaining its essential role in serving customers and supporting economic activity.