Cairo: Bahrain plans to launch its first satellite in the third quarter of this year, a Bahraini official has said.
“The satellite is expected to be launched to the International Space Station during the third quarter of 2021,” Chief Executive Officer of the National Space Science Agency (NSSA) Mohammed Ebrahim Al Asseri added.
The official praised efforts of the Bahraini space science team in making “this achievement” come true.
“They have overcome all challenges and aimed at turning the royal vision into a reality according to the NSSA strategy featuring specific objectives, mainly developing national potential to create a national base boasting top-calibre and distinguished space standards,” Al Asseri told Bahraini newspaper Akhbar Al Khaleej.
Dubai: The Bahraini Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism has shut down 23 trading outlets which flouted the mandatory precautionary measures for combating the coronavirus (COVID -19), Bahrain News Agency reported.
A lawbreaker was sentenced to one year in prison for repeated violations, while others found in breach of the mandatory measures were fined BD1000 to BD5000.
The clampdown was in accordance with Article No. (121) of Law No. (34) of 2018 issuing the Public Health Law, whereby all judicial decisions referred from the Public Prosecution to the judiciary were issued within a period not exceeding 24 hours.
The ministry said that 74 commercial establishments were visited on the night of the New Year holiday to ensure their compliance with the mandatory precautionary measures. A total of 298 of commercial establishments were visited as of January 5.
The bank officials were sentenced to five years in prison and fined 1 million dinars each.
The other involved banks were fined 1 million dinars each and the financial sums at the heart of the case were seized. They are estimated at around 43 million dollars.
Earlier this year, the Public Prosecution said that the Future Bank, which operated under the supervision of Bank Melli Iran and Bank Saderat Iran, carried out thousands of international financial transactions while providing cover for Iranian entities by concealing and deliberately removing basic information when transferring funds via the SWIFT network.
Bahraini authorities suspended activities of the bank in 2012 due to UN sanctions on Iran. Manama has been accusing the bank of being a terrorism financing channel since Feb. 14, 2011.