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