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Muscat topped the list of fire incidents in 2022 with 1,307 cases, which is 31.2 per cent of the total incidents reported in the country.According to National Center for Statistics and Information...

The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT) announcement for a timetable for taxi owners to join licensed applications will make taxi services, especially those...

Muscat: The museum, forts, and castles in the Sultanate attract visitors generally during the months between August and March when temperatures are relatively moderate in the country for both...

Muscat: The Telecommunications Regulations Authority (TRA) will conduct a limited trial to stop the third-generation services as part of the plans to identify the challenges ahead of the gradual...

Muscat: The Labour law 53/2023, issued in July, has set conditions for the termination of an employee (including without notice) in the wake of poor performance, long absence from work, and...

Despite frequent reports of heavy rains in several parts of the Sultanate of Oman, leading to flash floods, overall the year 2022 has been the driest for the country with inadequate rainfall.The...

Muscat: Despite frequent reports of heavy rains lashing several parts of the country, leading to flash floods, overall the year 2022 has been the driest for Oman with very inadequate rainfall.The...

The world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, Suiso Frontier, is scheduled to arrive at Sultan Qaboos Port in Muscat on August 14. Manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), is currently on...

Muscat: The Oman and Etihad Rail Company, the developer and operator of the railway network connecting Oman and UAE, has invited specialized contractors to apply for the prequalification for tendering...

With most people, including those from neighbouring countries, choosing to travel by road to Salalah, there has been a surge in road accidents in recent days.Two people died, and seven others,...

There were 674 hotels in the country at the end of December 2022, which employed 20,294 people, including 6,642 Omanis and 13,652 expatriates.Five-star hotels employed 2,015 Omanis and 3,354...

Muscat: The latest satellite maps show the formation of rain clouds in the mountainous areas of the governorates Al Buraimi, Al Dhahirah, North and South Al Batinah, Al-Dakhiliyah, and Muscat, which...

Muscat: Two people died and seven others, including children, were injured due to a collision between two vehicles in the Wilayat of Haima on Friday.Emergency medical care was provided to the injured...

Muscat -The new Labour Law issued in July by the Royal Decree No 53/2023 clearly underlines the importance of the work contract to maintain a healthy working relationship between employers and their...

Muscat: The new labor law issued in July clearly specifies the importance of the work contract, obligations of the employer and the worker, and conditions for termination in Chapter 3.Article (33)...

Muscat - The government of Oman has presented several projects for investors from across the world as part of the efforts to diversify the tourism sector in the country and increase its contribution...

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman was the seventh fastest-growing destination (post-Covid) for international arrivals in 2022.Austria, UAE, Dominican Republic, Andorra, Netherlands, and Qatar were the top...

Theatres across the world, including in the Sultanate of Oman, have been struggling to get the audience back since the start of the pandemic.It was not only the pandemic-related measures that...

The Sultanate of Oman has developed an action plan to reduce carbon emissions from the civil aviation sector. The State Action Plan (SAP) team was established in the country by the Civil Aviation...

More people are resorting to cashless transactions such as account-to-account transfers via mobile or the Internet, boosting government initiatives to achieve digital transformation in the Sultanate...