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By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: May 24 - About half a million applications for land have been received so far by the Ministry of Housing, which is working overtime to speed up distribution of the...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: May 23 - A study was conducted by Public Authority of Social Insurance (PASI) aimed at helping PASI’s board of directors in risk assessment to determine a long-term...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: May 22 - The Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs marked the International Day for Biological Diversity and the World Turtles Day, which fall on May 22 and 23...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: May 21 - The number of new small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that were registered in the Sultanate declined 31.2 per cent by the end of March 2017 compared with last...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: May 20 - Keeping abreast with the increasingly developing aspects of life is a challenge as that requires up-to-date methodology responding to the constant economic,...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: May 10 - An affordable Ramadhan family pack has been launched by the Public Authority for Consumer Protection to meet the needs of people during the holy month. The...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: May 9 - The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has warned using the Sultanate’s logo (two swords and a dagger) and the royal logo (crown, two swords and a dagger) on...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: May 8 - The disciplines that will be in demand in the coming years are business management, nursing and economy (bachelor course), and civil engineering, information...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: May 7 - A seminar on ‘Education, Development Trends, and Current and Future Employment Opportunities in the Labour Market’ will be held on Monday at Al Wahat Club,...

Zainab al Nassri - MUSCAT, May 4 - A nursery in Muscat has been closed for frequent violations and bad services, discovered through periodical visits of children affairs’ specialists, according to...

By Zainab Al Nassri/ONA — MUSCAT: May 3 - Tens of thousands of food shipments enter or exit the Sultanate every day and there are internationally-agreed rules for inspecting food products at border...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: May 2 - A number of dead sardines were found on the shores of Oman Royal Coast Guard’s port in Sidab area on Monday. The fish had choked to death due to shortage of...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: May 1 - The third edition of Oman Energy and Water Exhibition and Conference opened on Monday under the auspices of Sultan bin Salim bin Said al Habsi,...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: April 30 - Thirty-five academics and experts on water and energy will speak at the three-day Oman Energy and Water Conference 2017 beginning at Oman Convention and...

Zainab al Nassri - MUSCAT, April 26 - The Royal Oman Police (ROP) has urged homeowners to secure their dwellings against potential break-ins, notably by investing in modern safety alarms and...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: April 24 - The Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources on Monday signed agreements with Oman Liquefied Natural Gas Company (OLNG) for funding three...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: April 23 - Seeking to crack the whip against littering, vandalism and graffiti-writing, among other offences, Muscat Municipality has rolled out a ramped-up regime of...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: April 23 - Margins on medicines have been capped at 45 per cent of the landed price under a new Health Ministry decision published in the official gazette on Sunday....

ZAINAB AL NASSRI - Despite the deep, negative impact of globalisation and its potential to interfere on heritage and cultural structure of a country, Omani families are making a progress in...

By Zainab Al Nasseri — MUSCAT: April 18 - There is no contaminated Brazilian poultry and no products inconsistent with specified standards in the Sultanate, the Ministry of Regional Municipalities...