Saudi Arabia

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

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

Bangladeshi killed in Saudi road crash

A Bangladesh national dies in a road accident in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia.
17 February 2019

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

PM leaves Jeddah for home

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Jeddah for home concluding her four-day bilateral visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of King and Custodian of two Holy Mosques Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
19 October 2018

Khashoggi's disappearance challenges fragile Middle Eastern pragmatism

Saudi Arabia and Turkey, despite being on opposite sides of Middle Eastern divides, are cooperating in Syria to enable youth and women to acquire skills that would either allow them to compete in the job market or turn them into entrepreneurs.
11 October 2018

Saudi Arabia declares online satire punishable offence

Saudi Arabia will punish online satire that "disrupts public order" with up to five years in prison, the public prosecutor says, as the kingdom cracks down on dissent.
5 September 2018

Saudi-Canada row ramps up

Saudi Arabia and Canada showed no signs of backing down in an escalating row over human rights, after Riyadh abruptly cut ties over Ottawa's vigorous calls for the release of activists jailed in the kingdom.
7 August 2018

Saudi Arabia executes 7

Saudi Arabia yesterday executed seven death row inmates who had been convicted of murder and drug trafficking, state media reported.
17 July 2018

Saudi Arabia sink Egypt

Saudi Arabia winger Salem Al-Dawsari scores a last-gasp winner as Mohamed Salah's Egypt suffer a 2-1 loss in their Group A dead rubber in Volgograd on Monday.
25 June 2018

Suarez sends Uruguay, Russia through

Luis Suarez scores in the 23rd minute as Uruguay beat Saudi Arabia 1-0 in their A fixture at the Rostov Arena today to seal their place in the last 16.
20 June 2018

Plane carrying Saudi team caught fire midair!

Saudi Arabia's official team plane caught fire in mid air as they travelled to their World Cup match on Wednesday.
18 June 2018

Vogue Arabia cover featuring princes sparks backlash

An image on the cover of Vogue Arabia of a Saudi princess behind the wheel of a red convertible sparks anger in the conservative kingdom following the jailing of activists who campaigned for women to be allowed to drive.
1 June 2018

Saudi Cabinet approves measure criminalising sexual harassment

Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a measure criminalising sexual harassment, the state news agency SPA reports, weeks before a decades-old ban on women driving is set to expire.
30 May 2018

Saudi issues drone restrictions following palace incident

Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry instructs drone enthusiasts to obtain permission to fly the devices until regulations were finalised, a day after security forces shot down a recreational drone near the king's palace in Riyadh.
22 April 2018

PM joins Saudi-led military drill's concluding ceremony

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joins the concluding ceremony of a Saudi-led joint grand military exercise named "Gulf Shield-1" in the kingdom's eastern province of Al- Jubail.
16 April 2018

Fashionably late: Saudi Arabia hosts first-ever fashion week

Fashionable women, dark-haired Saudis and blonde Eastern Europeans alike, fill the gold-trimmed halls of Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel, marking the start of Saudi Arabia’s first-ever fashion week.
12 April 2018

Saudi Arabia's Perilous Pivot

The most dangerous moment for a bad government,” the nineteenth-century French statesman and historian Alexis de Tocqueville observed, “is usually when it begins to reform itself.” Reform, after all, implies that traditional norms and institutions may have already been discredited, but that alternative structures have yet to be firmly established.
9 April 2018

Bangladesh denounces Houthi missile attacks in Riyadh

Bangladesh conveys its deep concern at the recent multiple ballistic missile attacks by the Houthi rebels aimed at Riyadh and other bordering cities of South Western parts of Saudi Arabia.
27 March 2018

Long robes not necessary attire for Saudi women: Senior Cleric

Saudi women need not wear the abaya - the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of religious faith - a senior member of the top Muslim clerical body said, another indication of the Kingdom's efforts towards modernisation.
11 February 2018