The interior ministry did not name the detainees, say when they were held or elaborate on the nature of the planned attacks.
The country’s hydrocarbon sector also grew stronger than expected, up three per cent.
Kirdar will replace Abdul-Rahman Salim al-Ateeqi, who will retire as chairman at the end of the current fiscal year on June 30.
The total value of projects awarded in the GCC climbed to above $40 billion in Q1 2015.
The perpetual, non-call five deal at present has commitments from lead arrangers worth $600 million, documents showed.
The lender set price guidance for the bond, which will boost its Tier 1 (core) capital, in the low 7 per cent area.
The investment firm had said last week that it would study whether to continue its stock market listings in London and Kuwait.
The Mercedes driver lapped the Sakhir circuit with a best time of one minute 34.599 seconds.
The lender chose Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Morgan Stanley to arrange investor meetings for the bonds.
The group is the franchise operator of clothing brand Mango and restaurant chains Papa Johns and Burger King in the Gulf.
GFH did not give details of what its review would involve or say when it might be completed.
The fund is seeking targets in Europe and the U.S., and select markets in the Far East, across multiple sectors including logistics and industrials.
Bahrain is walking a fine line as it tries to balance social spending and a growing fiscal deficit during a period of cheap oil.
Rajab, founder of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, is appealing after being convicted in January of publicly insulting two state institutions.
BKIC bought 6.7 million shares of Takaful International valued at $1.52 million from Kuwait’s Osoul Investment Co, a statement said.
The move is expected to increase flexibility among visitors and ease access to the country, officials said.
The one-week wakala contracts will allow the banks to deposit excess funds with the central bank.
Hamad al-Humaidhi has been appointed the new chairman of Ahli United Bank.
Nobel Learning, which operates 176 schools across 18 states, was acquired from Leeds Equity Partners for an undisclosed sum.
The project is expected to provide 2,000 megawatts of solar energy to Egypt.
The transaction will have a spread of 200 basis points over midswaps, a document showed.
BBK has returned to the market in its first debt issue since 2010 to refinance an existing $500 million bond maturing in October.
The deals, made through its U.S. based property arm, bring the fund’s total purchases of properties in the country in the last 12 months to over $850 million, it said in a statement.
Authorities found 140 detonators, 41 electrical circuits, a remote control device and some cellular telephones hidden inside electrical appliances on the bus.
The firm plans to reduce the number of shares by 40 per cent instead of cutting their nominal value.
Footage allegedly showing the student reciting Koranic verses while a teacher played an instrument to accompany him were posted on social media.
The rights group said that the disturbance at the prison was sparked by an assault by security guards on family members trying to visit relatives held at the remote facility.
The increase in refinery’s capacity according to the current plan is from 260,000 barrels per day to 360,000, the minister said.
A report by a state audit body alleged BD400 million of public funds had been wasted by government departments and state-linked firms.