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Muscat: The Indian Passport Seva portal will be down for technical maintenance from September 20 (6.30 pm) until 6 am on September 23 (Oman Time).Passport and related services including emergency...

MUSCAT - The Governor of Musandam, Sayyid Ibrahim bin Said al Busaidi, announced the third edition of Musandam Winter (Qitaf Musandam) on Thursday.The Musandam Winter season officially kickstarts in...

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik chaired a meeting of the Council of Ministers at Al Maamourah Palace in Salalah on Thursday and reviewed several topics, including the improved financial...

​Muscat: The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) on Thursday decreased its repo rate for local banks by 50 basis points to 5.50 percent.The Central Bank of Oman's monetary policy target is to sustain and...

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik presided over a meeting of the Council of Ministers at Al Maamourah Palace in Salalah on Thursday.The Council of Ministers, chaired by His Majesty the...

The Oman Cancer Association revealed the details of its 20th Annual Walkathon aimed at supporting cancer patients during a press conference held at the headquarters of the Oman Cancer Association in...

Muscat: Rasheed Jaber, a national coach and head of the Seeb team, will take over the national team of the Sultanate of Oman, succeeding the former Czech coach Jaroslav Šilhavý.Jaber is set to...

Muscat: The Oman Football Association (OFA) has officially terminated the contract of the national team's Czech coach Jaroslav Šilhavý, announcing on Thursday that the decision was made by mutual...

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman expressed on Thursday its support for the United Nations General Assembly's adoption of a draft resolution addressing the advisory opinion issued by the International...

Salalah: Dhofar Pharmaceutical Industries Company opened a new pharmaceutical plant in Raysut Industrial City in the Wilayat of Salalah, on Wednesday.The opening ceremony was held under the auspices...

Muscat - Ahead of Zero Emissions Day on September 21, The Sustainable City - Yiti has announced major progress in phase two of sales, following the complete sell-out of phase one earlier this year....

Muscat: A training workshop on "Basics of Meteorology" was launched on Wednesday with the participation of 24 amateur enthusiasts who are active in weather groups.The workshop was organized by the...

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman hailed in a speech delivered by the Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Idris bin Abdul Rahman Alkhanjari, the report prepared by the...

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman has advanced 9 positions in the global e-Government Index, achieving a ranking of 41st in the United Nations e-Government Survey 2024.Furthermore, Oman jumped 26 places...

Muscat: An awareness campaign entitled ‘My Body is a Trust’ was launched at Majan University College, on Tuesday. The event was held under the auspices of Shaikh Abdulhamid bin Abdulrahman al...

Iraq’s prime minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani said US troops are no longer needed in his country because they have largely succeeded in vanquishing ISIS, and he plans to announce a timetable for...

MUSCAT - Asyad Express, part of Asyad Group, has forged a series of strategic partnerships with prominent global e-commerce and retail companies.These collaborations connect Asyad Express's robust...

Muscat: The Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in the People's Republic of China is closely monitoring the developments of Typhoon "Bebinca" which has battered the city of Shanghai and the surrounding...

Muscat - The Board of Governors of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) that met on Monday has affirmed the preparedness of the CBO to implement the partial payment system for cheques in the banking sector...

Muscat: around 150 kg of expired ice cream that was unfit for human consumption was seized from a shop in Al Buraimi by the municipality. The shop was closed and legal matters have been initiated in...