Guinean Religious Affairs Minister Signs KSA Hajj Agreement
The minister of Hajj and Umrah, Mohammed Saleh Benten, on Sunday received the Minister of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Guinea Ali Banjura at his office in Makkah.
The meeting took place to ...
December 17, 2019345Category: Information
Startup Of The Week- New Saudi App To Formalize Citizens’ Saving Groups
A rotating savings and credit association (ROSCA) is a financial management and saving tool that is popular in Saudi society and usually operated among friends and family. However, ROSCAs can fail due...
December 17, 2019319Category: Information
Initiative Launched To Reduce Food Waste In Saudi
The Eastern Province municipal council has agreed to impose a new regulation on hotels, private enclosures of more than 400 meters and wedding halls in an effort to reduce food waste.
The regulatio...
December 17, 2019457Category: Information
OIC Calls For Combating Counterfeit Drugs, Promoting Fair Pricing
Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef Al-Othaimeen says that the general secretariat in cooperation with its partners has focused on capacity-building for manufactu...
December 17, 2019322Category: Information
‘Wusool’ Program Benefits About 55,000 Saudi Women Employees
The Human Resources Development Fund (Hadaf) has claimed that 55,000 Saudi women employees have benefited from the Female Transportation Program (Wusool) till now, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) quoted it a...
December 17, 2019476Category: Information
Saudi Export Bank Is In Its Final Phase Of Launch- Minister
Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Al-Khorayef said that the export bank is in the final phase of its launch with a capital of SR30 billion.
He said that the bank has virtually start...
December 17, 2019381Category: Information
NCB And Riyadh Bank Agreed To End Their Merger Negotiations
The board of directors of National Commercial Bank (NCB) and Riyadh Bank agreed to end their merger negotiations.
Riyad Bank said in a bourse filing that its strategic vision will enable it to cont...
December 17, 2019814Category: Information
Syrian Documentary 'For Sama' Shortlisted For Oscar
Waad Al-Khateab just got one step closer to winning an Oscar.
On Tuesday, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the shortlists of semi-finalists in nine separate categories all ...
December 17, 2019603Category: Information
KSrelief To Spend $2m On Yemen Rehab Units
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) will spend more than $2 million equipping and operating two centers providing patients with limb prosthetics in Yemen’s Taiz and Ma&...
December 18, 2019256Category: Information
Yassin Bin Khaled Khayyat, Chairman Of The Saudi Center For Commercial Arbitration
Saudi Arabia recently introduced a new law concerning government tenders and procurement procedures that granted the contracting government authorities the right to recourse to arbitration to settle t...
December 18, 2019335Category: Information
Minister Launches New Services On Saudi Absher Online Platform
Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz inaugurated 13 electronic services on the Absher platform at his office on Dec. 16.
The services were for a number of Mini...
December 18, 2019322Category: Information
Saudi Health Insurance Officials Issue Warning On Patients’ Rights
Treatment requests from health care providers are deemed to have been approved if insurance companies fail to appropriately respond to them within an hour of receipt, officials have warned.
The Sau...
December 18, 2019393Category: Information
Govt Examining Study On All Expat Fees, Says Qasabi
Minister of Commerce and Investment Majed Al-Qasabi Tuesday said a comprehensive study to review all expatriate labor fees has been carried out and presented it to the highest authorities. “The ...
December 18, 2019477Category: Information
Arab Coalition Investigators Refute Claims Of Deadly Mistakes In Military
The Arab Coalition’s Joint Incident Assessment Team in Yemen has refuted several allegations made by UN agencies, international organizations and media outlets of fatal mistakes made by coalitio...
December 18, 2019335Category: Information
There Were 284 Public Hospitals At End Of Last Year
There were 284 government hospitals distributed all over the country at the end of 2018, local daily Al-Watan reported on Tuesday quoting a statistical report by the ministry of health.
The ministr...
December 18, 2019427Category: Information
Unemployment Will Decline To Reach 5.4 % By End Of The Current Year
Unemployment in Saudi Arabia will decline to reach 5.4 percent by the end of the current year, a report in Al Arabiya English said on Tuesday quoting Beltone Financial. The achievement will be support...
December 18, 2019387Category: Information
Tourists Take Interest In Visiting Kingdom’s Heritage Sites
The journey of pilgrims visiting Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah is no longer confined to the two holy cities of Makkah and Madinah. They can now visit different cities and experience the ancient and mo...
December 18, 2019352Category: Information
Makkah To Madinah Train Back In Service
The Haramain High Speed Train on Wednesday resumed its service between Makkah and Madinah after a gap of over two and a half months.
The train had started operation from the railway station of the ...
December 19, 20191714Category: Information
New Cameras To Detect Mobile Using While Driving
New traffic cameras in Saudi Arabia will now detect drivers who are using mobile phones while driving a vehicle and those who are not wearing seat belts.
Traffic Directorate of Saudi Arabia said they...
December 19, 20192021Category: Information