Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 7 May, 2018 3:24 am

KSA’s 300kph Haramain train to start service in September

The first high-speed electric trains between Makkah and Madinah will be running by September, Saudi Transport Minister Nabil bin Mohammed Al-Amoudi said on Sunday.  The high-speed electric train is designed to travel at speeds of more than 300 kilometers per hour and is considered the...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 6 May, 2018 4:29 am

Badir Program launches new strategy to invest in startups 9 hours ago

Badir Program for Technology Incubators and Accelerators, one of the leading initiatives of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), has launched a new investment strategy seeking to invest in “high potential” technology start-ups with a focus on the program's...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:54 am

Makkah forum targets investment surge in Saudi Arabia

Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal will open the first Makkah Economic Forum on Sunday. The two-day event, under the theme “From Vision to Prosperity: Invest in Makkah,” will be held at the Jeddah Ritz-Carlton. The forum is organized by the province in cooperation with the Jeddah,...

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Government | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:51 am

Local pilgrims’ Haj registration starts in mid Ramadan

The registration process for domestic pilgrims to perform Haj will begin in mid-Ramadan on May 30 and will last till July 13 (end of Shawwal), the Ministry of Haj and Umrah announced on Saturday. Citizens and residents intending to perform Haj this year can register through...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:48 am

Saudi Aramco awards 16 local firm deals worth $7 billion

Saudi Aramco said on Saturday it awarded 16 local companies deals worth more than 26 billion riyals ($6.93 billion) as part of a drive to expand the kingdom’s industrial base and manufacture a bigger share of products domestically.   The 10-year purchase agreements, signed on May...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 May, 2018 2:57 am

Technology key economic enabler

As Saudi Arabia welcomes a series of reforms and initiatives as part of its on-going economic diversification drive, Mastercard, a leading technology company in the global payments industry, has further reiterated its commitment to bringing to the Kingdom cutting-edge payment technologies that will ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 May, 2018 1:30 pm

Saudi Arabia and Egypt seek increased trade, cooperation

Trade and coordination of joint positions in international and regional forums were highlighted during the 16th Saudi-Egyptian Joint Committee meeting that concluded in Riyadh on Thursday.  Following a series of bilateral meetings over the past two days, five working groups were formed to ...

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Government | Saturday 5 May, 2018 1:03 pm

More than 100 Saudis take part in special program Umrah trip

The first trip of the Umrah and visit program for the children of martyrs, people with special needs and orphans, organized by the Department of Public Relations in Makkah Governorate, departed from Jeddah to Makkah and Madinah on Friday.   The purpose of the trip was to enable...

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Business & Money | Friday 4 May, 2018 5:05 am

SAGIA aims to get Kingdom in top 20 for ease of doing business by 2020

Saudi Arabia wants to be in the top 20 countries measured by “ease of doing business” by 2020, the head of the Kingdom’s investment promotion agency, the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) said on Thursday. Ibrahim Al-Omar, SAGIA governor, said that there were a ...

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Government | Friday 4 May, 2018 2:58 am

The Council of Economic and Development Affairs Launched the Quality of Life Program 2020

The Council of Economic and Development Affairs (CEDA) has launched the Quality of Life Program 2020, one of the Vision Realization Programs 2030 approved by the Council of Ministers. The implementation plan for the program reflects the vision of the government of King Salman and Crown Prince...

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