Saudi Arabia
Immigration of hajj pilgrims to be completed at Dhaka airport: Religious affairs ministry
Immigration of all aspirant hajj pilgrims will be completed at Dhaka airport this year, waiving the need to wait in long lines in Saudi Arabia.
25 April 2022, 15:46 PM
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10 January 2022, 11:17 AM
Tortured in Saudi Arabia, another domestic worker returns with baby
In yet another incident of extreme torture, a 32-year-old Bangladeshi female worker has returned home from Saudi Arabia with her 6-month-old.
9 June 2021, 09:51 AM
Saudi Arabia endorses Bangladesh’s Covid-19 response and recovery plan
Saudi Arabia has endorsed Bangladesh’s proposal to form a Covid-19 Response and Recovery Plan to save lives and livelihood in the member countries of the Organizaton of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
15 June 2020, 14:14 PM
Saudi halts prayer in mosques, exempts Makkah, Madinah sites
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday suspended prayers inside all its mosques except the holiest two sites in Islam as it steps up efforts to contain the new coronavirus, state media reported.
18 March 2020, 05:13 AM
406 Bangladeshi pilgrims stuck in Saudi Arabia brought back today
A Biman flight carrying 406 Bangladeshis who went to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport today.
17 March 2020, 10:55 AM
KSA deports 217 more Bangladeshi workers
A total of 217 more Bangladeshi workers are deported by Saudi Arabia, raising the number to over 2,500 in last three weeks.
23 January 2020, 10:58 AM
Recruiting agencies to bear all responsibilities of female workers in KSA
The recruiting agencies of Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia will shoulder all responsibilities of female workers as long as they remain in the kingdom.
2 December 2019, 06:56 AM
Saudi Arabia again deported 215 more Bangladeshi workers
Some 215 more workers are deported from Saudi Arabia despite having valid work papers.
14 November 2019, 14:15 PM
153 more Bangladeshis return from Saudi Arabia
A total of 153 Bangladeshi workers return home from Saudi Arabia in the face of crackdown on undocumented workers there.
31 October 2019, 08:23 AM
Saudi Arabia deports 200 Bangladeshi workers
Many of the 200 Bangladeshi workers forcibly who were sent back from Saudi Arabia have said they were deported despite having legal documents.
26 October 2019, 07:34 AM
93 more migrant workers return from Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian authorities send back 93 more migrant workers to Bangladesh -- as part of a crackdown on undocumented workers in the kingdom.
10 October 2019, 07:38 AM
Saudi Arabia allows foreign men, women to share hotel rooms
Saudi Arabia is allowing foreign men and women to rent hotel rooms together without proving they are related, after the conservative Muslim kingdom launched a new tourist visa regime to attract holidaymakers.
5 October 2019, 04:44 AM
175 Bangladeshi workers return home from Saudi Arabia
Some 175 Bangladeshi workers return home from Saudi Arabia amid a crackdown on undocumented workers there.
16 September 2019, 05:40 AM
Hounded out of Saudi Arabia
Kabirun Nahar sat on a luggage trolley as she got out of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka yesterday. She had nothing with her bearing signs of her life overseas, apart from her right leg bandaged from above the ankle to her toes, the doing of her Saudi employer.
12 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Protect the rights of migrant workers
According to a report in this daily on March 18, around 300 to 400 Bangladeshi migrant workers are being deported every week from Saudi Arabia.
19 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Saudi Arabia keen to boost economic ties with Bangladesh
The Saudi government is working to explore the huge business potentials between Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia and also keen to enhance commerce and investment relations with Bangladesh.
7 March 2019, 15:38 PM
2 deals, 4 MoUs signed with Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh has signed two agreements and four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Saudi Arabia.
7 March 2019, 09:47 AM
Bangladeshi killed in Saudi road crash
A Bangladesh national dies in a road accident in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia.
17 February 2019, 10:02 AM
Rohingya Detainees in KSA: Riyadh moves to deport them to Bangladesh
Saudi Arabia is going to deport scores of Rohingyas, held indefinitely by the kingdom, to Bangladesh, reports Middle East Eye (MEE), a London-based news portal covering events in the Middle East.
7 January 2019, 18:00 PM