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Saudi lifts hiring ban on Bangladeshi workers – report

A ban on workers has partly been in force since 2008

Saudi aims to employ 100,000 nationals in the healthcare sector

The ministry expects to achieve the target by 2030

Saudi’s stock market to further ease restrictions on foreign investment

Ownership limits and minimum qualifications for overseas institutions will be eased next month

Saudi’s first women-only telecoms complex fails to attract vendors

The lack of activity at the complex comes despite wide media attention

US approves $1.15bn sale of tanks, military equipment to Saudi

General Dynamics will be the principal contractor for the sale

Saudi to nationalise health, automobile sectors

Plans come after the kingdom announced the complete Saudisation of the mobile sector

Saudi Oger owes $800m to workers, banks – reports

The troubled firm has been the subject of thousands of complaints by workers

Saudi increases visa fees, traffic fines to boost revenues

A multiple exit and re-entry visa costing SAR500 will only be valid for three months, compared to six months earlier.

Saudi confirms cooperating with Germany to investigate attacks

The investigation will track Islamist militants behind bomb and axe attacks in July

Saudi’s petrochem firms beat profit forecasts, but will soon face slump

Combined net profits of Saudi’s 14 listed petrochemical firms fell by a fifth from a year earlier

Saudi’s King Salman issues new directives on unpaid salaries for foreign workers

In recent months, local construction firms Saudi Oger and Saudi Binladin Group have made headlines following thousands of complaints from workers over unpaid wages

Saudi soldier dies in cross border fire with Yemen

The soldier faced the attack on Saturday morning at Jalah in the Jazan region

Private sector must employ 4m Saudis by 2030, says study

Saudis make up just 16 per cent of private sector, according to report by the Oxford Consulting Group

Saudi royal reports theft of $1.1m watch in Paris

The woman said she had been violently assaulted by two men who grabbed her watch

Women launch civil case following Twitter comments insulting Emiratis

Are Saudi’s Prince Alwaleed and Steve Ballmer mulling Twitter buy?

Rumours this week boosted Twitter’s share prices

Saudi govt discussing rescue of construction company Oger

Oger has been hit hard by a slowdown in the Saudi construction sector

Saudi coalition will stay off UN blacklist, says secretary general

Saudi ambassador to the UN claimed safety of children in Yemen is at the top of its priorities

Dubai billionaire offers to hire 3,000 laid-off Indian workers in Saudi

Ravi Pillai made the offer following reports that thousands of workers in Saudi are facing a ‘food crisis’

Indian minister visits Saudi to repatriate 10,000 stranded workers

Indian officials said employers had not paid the workers’ wages and that they now faced a food crisis

Saudi princess to lead new women’s sports initiative

Appointment of Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan comes days ahead of the Rio Olympic Games, where four Saudi women will compete

Saudi prepares rules for real estate funds amid housing push

Saudi Arabia aims to build 1.5 million homes over the next seven or eight years

Heritage hotel planned for Saudi UNESCO site Ad’Diriyah

The property will aim to imitate the design of the site’s mud buildings

Calls for return to Hijri calendar in Saudi over lost pay

Workers lose 15 days of pay each year under the current system, an analyst has claimed

Saudi appoints first female commercial judge

No woman has previously been appointed in any ministry judicial role

Saudi plans $1.1bn fund for smaller companies

The fund will invest in venture capital operations

Qatar’s Barwa Real Estate buys land for $175.8m in Saudi

The deal is part of Barwa’s plan to explore potential real estate investment opportunities in the kingdom

Saudi approves $336m of projects in Jubail and Yanbu

The projects include commercial centres, hotels and residential buildings

Seven Saudi troops, many Houthis killed near Yemen border

The UN-sponsored negotiations had been on the verge of collapse after a new row erupted last week

India to bring back workers facing ‘food crisis’ in Saudi

The workers are unable to afford meals after being laid off from their jobs

Saudi to compare expat remittances to earnings

The new mechanism could potentially impact millions of expats who live and work in the kingdom