Grand Mosque Ready to Receive Visitors, Worshippers during Ramadan
Spokesman of the General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque Maher Al-Zahrani said that the authority is ready to receive visitors and Umrah performers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah during the blessed month of Ramadan 1445 Hijri. The Grand Mosque and its courtyards, he said, […]
General Authority for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques Allocates Gates for Umrah Performers
The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, in collaboration with several government agencies, has designated specific gates to receive worshippers to the Grand Mosque in Makkah as Ramadan begins. To ensure smooth access, Umrah performers can enter through King Abdulaziz Gate, King Fahd Gate, Umrah […]
KSrelief Launches Food Baskets Distribution Project in Ghana
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) launched here yesterday the Food Baskets Distribution Project for the month of Ramadan, in a ceremony attended by Saudi Ambassador to Ghana Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Dakhil and several other officials. The project entails distributing 5,300 food baskets that will benefit 31,800 individuals in five cities in Ghana. […]
Ejaro enters into a strategic partnership with Tawuniya
Ejaro, the leading peer-to-peer car rental platform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has entered into a strategic partnership with Tawuniya, the kingdom’s largest insurance company. This marks a significant milestone as the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia. This strategic collaboration follows Ejaro’s outstanding success in the peer-to-peer sector within the region. Starting […]
First Mills posts $58.7m net, profit margin of 22.8pc in FY 2023
First Milling Company, a market-leading Saudi milling firm, has seen its FY 2023 net profit rise 1.25% to SR220.2 million ($58.7 million) and register net profit margin of 22.8% in FY 2023 and 23.3% in Q4 2023, driven by strong growth in flour sales. Excluding the impact of interest costs, the like-for-like profit would result in […]
TAWAL & MOBiSENSE unveil new technology for private 5G network
TAWAL, Saudi Arabia’s leading integrated IT infrastructure provider, has unveiled a new technical system for private 5G networks at LEAP 2024. The showcase has been done in collaboration with MOBiSENSE, an AI-native mobility analytics solution pioneered in affiliation with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The new technology was developed locally out of […]
SAR & Maersk unite to boost container transport via trains
Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) has signed a contract with the sea shipping company Maersk in order to increase the number of containers transported on SAR trains between King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam and Riyadh Dry Port. SAR CEO Bashar Khalid Al-Malik and Maersk Saudi Arabia CEO Mohammad Shihab signed the three-year contract. The deal aims […]
Aramex opens its new regional headquarters in Riyadh
Aramex, a leading global logistics and transportation company, has strengthened its presence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the inauguration of a new regional office in Riyadh. This move intends to further reinforce the company’s commitment to accelerating the transformation of Saudi Arabia’s logistics sector under the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 plan. The opening of […]
King Salman calls on international community to stop crimes against Palestinians
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman called on the international community to assume its responsibilities and stop brutal Israeli crimes against Palestinians on Sunday. In a speech delivered on his behalf by the Minister of Media Salman Al-Dosari ahead of Ramadan, King Salman said the suffering of the Palestinians pained him, stressing the need for safe humanitarian […]
Saudi Arabia adopts moving chain methodology to calculate real GDP
Saudi Arabia has become the first country in the Gulf Cooperation Council region to have adopted the moving chain methodology for the calculation of its real domestic product, the state-run news agency reported. The report said the General Authority for Statistics will issue its bulletin for the fourth quarter of 2023 and the annual edition […]