The Bahrain News Agency (BNA) is the
state
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news agency
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of
Bahrain
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.
History and profile
The BNA was established in 1976 with the name of the Gulf News Agency. In 2001 it was renamed as the Bahrain News Agency.
The agency is run under the
Ministry of Information Affairs. It is a member of the
Federation of Arab News Agencies
The Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA), a branch of the Arab League, is a membership organization for Arabic-language, national news agencies, currently of 18 or 19 members
and established in 1975 in Beirut, Lebanon.
Mission
FANA's missi ...
(FANA). The BNA has both
Arabic
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and
English
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publications and is based in
Manama
Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is h ...
.
[
In July 2013, the agency launched ''BNA Zaman'', a service which documents Bahrain's landmark development achievements via pictures.]
See also
* Federation of Arab News Agencies
The Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA), a branch of the Arab League, is a membership organization for Arabic-language, national news agencies, currently of 18 or 19 members
and established in 1975 in Beirut, Lebanon.
Mission
FANA's missi ...
(FANA)
References
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1976 establishments in Bahrain
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