Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa issued decree (No. 49/ 2018) transferring the directors and heads of financial resource departments across ministries to the Ministry of Finance, with immediate effect.

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa issued Decree No. 47/2018 reorganizing the Ministry of Finance, with immediate effect.

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa issued decree (No. 48/2018) appointing Mrs. Nada Ahmed Mahmoud Mustafa as Assistant Undersecretary for Joint Financial Services at the Ministry of Finance, with immediate effect.

Head of the Capital Governorate Prosecution Office, Nawaf Al-Awadhi, said that the Public Prosecution received a report regarding the collapse of a building located in the Salmaniya area.

The deputy secretary-general of Al-Wefaq Society, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, said that the decision to impose the value added tax (VAT) is considered a “heinous crime”.

Turkish media began publishing photos of the Saudi security team, which the Turkish authorities suspect of being responsible for the abduction of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The follow-up team of the treatment of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim said that he will undergo surgery on his second eye on Thursday, October 11, 2018, in a hospital in the British capital, London.

The First High Criminal Court in Bahrain adjourned the trial of 171 defendants, accused of involvement in an open sit-in outside the home of the spiritual leader of the Shiite majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, in what has become known as the "Diraz Raid."

The authorities renewed on Tuesday (October 9, 2018) detention of number of citizens for 15 days pending investigation over charge of performing prayers on the tenth night of Muharram in downtown Manama.

Bahrain's main opposition group called Tuesday for a boycott of November parliamentary elections after its members were banned from running.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society described the day in which the Parliament approved the value added tax (VAT) as a “black day in the history of Bahrain”

The National Islamic Al-Wefaq Society organized on Tuesday (October 9, 2018) its first press conference since a final ruling was issued by the policitized Bahraini judiciary to dissolve it.

The Bahraini First High Criminal Court decided to adjourn the case of misappropriation of funds from the Ministry of the Interior.

Bahrain’s appointed Shura Council approved the VAT bill. The council also approved during its first session of the extraordinary session of the fourth legislative session, held on (Sunday) morning, the recommendation of the Parliament's financial and economic affairs in the Shura Council, ratifying decree 47/2018 by approving the GCC States unified agreement of VAT.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights issued a new report entitled "Death Courts". The report was issued in Arabic and English to highlight violations of military justice and to try civilians before and after the amendment of the Military Justice Act.

Rasd news network specialized in monitoring night raids and arrests issued a report about August 2018. It said that 28 Bahrainis of different ages were arrested in August.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, largest opposition society in the country, will hold an important press conference today (Tuesday) at 3 PM (Bahrain time).

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Decree 46/2018 reappointing Dr. Mariam Athbi Al-Jalahma as Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) for three years.

The Bahraini High Court of Appeal decided to appoint 26 lawyers for the same number of defendants in the Zulfiqar Brigades case, with the case adjourned to October 26, 2018.

Bahraini House of Representatives approved a draft law on Sunday (October 7, 2018) imposing value-added tax (VAT) for the very first time in Bahrain.