Saudi Arabia
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
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, 14:36 PM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 10:01 AM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 15:56 PM
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, 16:41 PM
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, 21:21 PM