Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia government overhaul sees oil minister removed
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has removed the country's veteran oil minister as part of a broad government overhaul.
8 May 2016
Who really does Saudi Arabia's housework?
Disagreements about who should do housework blew up on Twitter in Saudi Arabia this week, and offered some insight into popular attitudes in the country.
25 April 2016
Guantanamo Bay: Nine Yemenis released to Saudi Arabia
Nine Yemeni prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba have arrived in Saudi Arabia after being transferred, US officials say.
17 April 2016
Saudi bus crash kills 19 Egyptian pilgrims
Nineteen people have been killed after a bus carrying Egyptian pilgrims crashed in Saudi Arabia, Egypt's state-run Mena news agency says.
19 March 2016
Saudi Arabia: All female Brunei crew in historic flight
Three Royal Brunei Airlines pilots have made history by being the company's first all-female flight crew, making their first journey to Saudi Arabia, where women are not allowed to drive.
16 March 2016
Saudi FM in Dhaka to discuss bilateral, global issues with PM
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir arrives in Dhaka on a brief official visit to discus ‘bilateral and global’ issues.
8 March 2016
5 Bangladeshis killed in KSA
Five Bangladeshi workers were killed and two others injured when a “trailer” hit a bus in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia yesterday morning.
5 March 2016
5 Bangladeshis killed in Riyadh road crash
Five Bangladeshi workers are killed and two others injured when a trailer hit their bus as they were going to their workplace in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia.
5 March 2016
Four oil producing nations agree to freeze output
Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar and Venezuela have agreed to freeze their oil output at January levels if other producers follow suit.
16 February 2016
Saudi Arabia offers greater role in air war on IS: US
Saudi Arabia decides to increase its military contributions to the campaign against Islamic State, including offering to expand its role in the air campaign, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter's spokesman says after bilateral talks.
12 February 2016
Nature Quest: Snake farm awaits govt nod for 3yrs
As a young man, while working in Saudi Arabia as a newspaper photographer for several years, Abdur Razzak of Nandipara village in Patuakhali Sadar
11 February 2016
Saudi Arabia shooting: Attacker 'kills six' at Jazan education office
An attacker has opened fire at an education department office in Saudi Arabia's southern Jazan province, killing six employees, officials have said.
11 February 2016
DIP sits today to decide on IRIS
The Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP) sits today with IRIS Corporation Berhad officials to decide what to do with the Malaysian company for failing to return Tk 50 crore of the government it was holding.
10 February 2016
Saudi attack: Bangladeshis ‘safe’
No Bangladesh national are either killed or injured in the deadly attack at a mosque in Al Hasa, some 350 km off Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
30 January 2016
Two killed in mosque bomb and gun attack in Saudi Arabia - SPA
Two people were killed and seven others are wounded in a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in the east of Saudi Arabia, the Interior Ministry says on Friday.
29 January 2016
Saudi gift to Najib ‘for elections’
The $681m (£479m) deposited in the bank account of Malaysian PM Najib Razak by Saudi Arabia is to help him win the 2013 elections, a Saudi source says.
27 January 2016
2 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi road crash
Two Bangladeshis have been killed and two others injured in a road accident at Wadi Al Dawasi in Saudi Arabia early Monday.
26 January 2016
Tk 3.5 lakh for pvt hajj pilgrimage
Hajj pilgrims will have to pay Tk 3.49 lakh this year for hajj pilgrimage under private management, says Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (Haab).
13 January 2016
Saudi prince to meet Khaleda this evening
Visiting Saudi Prince Turki bin Abdullah Aziz Al Saud and his brother Prince Badar bin Abdullah will meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia this evening at her Gulshan residence in Dhaka.
12 January 2016
Shias protest Pakistan's role in Saudi-led military coalition
Hundreds of people joined a Shia-led protest in Islamabad against Pakistan's decision to join Saudi Arabia's 34-country coalition against extremism, as Riyadh's foreign minister ended a two-day visit to the country.
10 January 2016