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The launch of Oman’s first endowment fund dedicated to public healthcare services could not have come at a more opportune time, say market pundits.  In the week since it was rolled out, the fund...

As the international community scrambles to innovate, uncover and fashion effective responses to the pandemic unleashed by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), designed to address various health, social...

MUSCAT: The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has urged all banks in the Sultanate to keep their fees to a minimum when processing requests for remittance services from customers – Omani and expatriate...

In response to the Central Bank of Oman’s (CBO) appeal for banks to discourage the use of banknotes – as a precaution against the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) – local lenders have...

Muscat: Experts and contractors are cautioning that abrupt closure of construction sites as part of measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID19) could have unintended consequences...

Muscat: Contractors undertaking large projects for various upstream Oil & Gas, refining and petrochemicals companies in the Sultanate, are girding for painful cuts to their corporate bottom-lines as...

Muscat: The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has instructed licensed banks in the Sultanate to ensure they are well-equipped and suitably geared to provide “critical” banking services to their corporate...

National duty: There is optimism that the Ministry’s appeal will receive a vigorous response particularly as most hotels, faced with abysmal room occupancy levels amid the pandemic, have enough...

MUSCAT: With the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic threatening to unleash mayhem in some sectors of the Omani economy, as it has already begun to do elsewhere around the world, the importance of...

MUSCAT, MAR 21 - In a gesture labelled as “humane” by the local shipping community, a passenger cruise liner was given permission to dock at Port Sultan Qaboos in Muscat on Thursday for bunker...

With international tourist inflows having all but dried up in recent weeks, and the business meetings sector grinding to a complete halt, Oman’s beleaguered hospitality sector is bracing for further...

The Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI has welcomed policy measures unveiled by the government, represented by the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Oman (CBO), to help provide...

One of Oman’s largest fish processing ventures — a $110 million project planned in the Fisheries Industrial Zone of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Duqm — will commence production in early...

MUSCAT: One of Oman’s largest fish processing ventures — a $110 million project planned in the Fisheries Industrial Zone of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Duqm — will commence production in...

A growing number of organisations in the Sultanate — ranging from multinational corporations and major contractors to international consultancies and small businesses — are adopting measures to...

The Ministry of Technology and Communications, represented by the Oman National Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) – the Sultanate’s principal vanguard against cyber threats – is urging...

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Technology and Communications, represented by the Oman National Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) – the Sultanate’s principal vanguard against cyber threats – is...

MUSCAT: A growing number of organisations in the Sultanate — ranging from multinational corporations and major contractors to international consultancies and small businesses — are adopting...

MUSCAT, MARCH 15 - Cargo flows in and out of Oman’s three principal gateways at Sohar, Duqm and Salalah continue uninterrupted despite measures introduced by the government to prevent the spread of...

MUSCAT, MARch 14 - A month-long temporary pause on visits by cruise liners which comes into force at Omani ports today, March 15, will result in the cancellation of an estimated 60 scheduled port...