A whopping SR2 billion will be deposited into the accounts of over 40,000 Saudi students on government scholarship overseas throughout the course of their study following King Abdullah's order to increase their stipends by 50 percent on Thursday. (...)
The issue of floods and rainwater drainage will come up for discussions at the Shoura (Consultative) Council soon.
Muhammad Al-Quwayhis, chairman of the Facilities and Services Committee at the Shoura Council, on Friday expressed his discontent at (...)
King Abdullah Scholarship Program will continue to accommodate more Saudi students for the years to come as its original plan draws to a close by the end of next year, said Ali Al-Attiya, supervisor general of administrative and financial affairs at (...)
Othman, Director of King Saud University, has said that the university's Center for Youth Research (CYR) is considering implementing drug tests for the university's students and teaching staff.
Dr. Al-Othman, speaking during the inauguration of the (...)
Bank accounts of firms failing to pay Zakat may be frozen and their owners banned from travel, said Ibrahim Al-Mufleh, director of Zakat Department.
These are the maximum penalties if a series of lesser penalties fail to enforce payment of (...)
Despite severe punishment of drug traffickers, which could go up to the capital punishment, smugglers just cannot get the message.
Customs officers at Hadith entry point foiled a smuggling attempt of over 400,000 Captagon pills hidden in a (...)
The Ministry of Higher Education has approved SR55 million for scholarships at 12 private universities and colleges in the Kingdom for the new academic year which starts next month.
Helping 2000 students a year to pursue their higher education, the (...)
The new “Noble laureates at King Saud University Program” has hosted 10 Nobel laureates since it started last year boosting the academic standing of the university worldwide, said Dr. Khaled Al-Nuwaib, supervisor of the program.
The university (...)
Inmates with ambition to continue their education started Saturday taking their final exams at their prisons across the Kingdom.
“Around 2,887 inmates of which 1,116 in high school, 901 in intermediate school, and 690 in elementary school and 190 (...)
The construction projects of the Ministry of Higher Education have not been affected as the cost of construction materials has soared on inflation and regional building boom, said Minister of Higher Education Khaled Bin Muhammad Al-Anqari.
“No (...)
A shortcut road to sustaining pain starts from the emergency room at a hospital in eastern Riyadh where ER doctors hold the patients hostage for hours. The area residents can always go to that emergency room at Yamamah Hospital, but they may never (...)
A severe dust storm that swept through Riyadh on Sunday caused 1,191 accidents in only three hours of blowing throughout the city as the visibility was cut to virtually zero, Riyadh Traffic Department said.
There were no major accidents caused by (...)