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SALALAH, Oct 9 - The Emergency Committee of the Dhofar Municipality did a review meeting of its preparedness for the upcoming tropical Cyclone Luban, which is likely to pass through some parts of the...

The new cargo terminal at the Salalah Airport promises boost in cargo handling in Salalah, which is fast emerging as a major link for sea-air cargo movement from Far East and Indian Subcontinent to...

SALALAH, Oct 3 - The Sultan Qaboos Centre for Culture and Recreation (SQYCCR) gave an entirely new dimension to events in Salalah and played a crucial role in promoting Salalah as an event...

Farewell to Khareef (monsoon) does not mean farewell to festivity in Salalah. The city and its adjoining mountain villages have slipped into another round of festivity called Asurb or spring...

SALALAH, Sept 30 - Oman has made reasonably good progress in an international programme called Decent Work Country under which a country’s conditions of work are evaluated and rated accordingly. A...

SALALAH, Sept 26 - The Sultanate is making pace with the international labour norms and has ratified four ILO (International Labour Organisation) conventions on fundamentals principles and rights of...

SALALAH, Sept 24 - The online fraudsters are targeting young Omani students and employees who are either availing foreign study assignments or have come back after completing the course. They are...

Salalah is bidding adieu to this year’s Khareef (autumn in Arabic), but for the nature lovers and holidaymakers, the place still holds its charm due to the arrival of asurb (spring). Officially,...

Health experts from Obstetrics and Gynaecology discussed upgrades on pregnancy related issues and challenges of handling difficult cases at a two-day ‘International Conference on High Risk...

Driven by the idea of creating new jobs and develop entrepreneurial skills among the youths, the animal feed product major National Feed joined hands with the Al Rafd and Riyada and came out with the...

SALALAH, Sept 18 - He has pedalled more than 34,000 km covering tough terrains mostly of South East Asia and now in Oman on way to launch his Middle Eastern journey. Besides them he has many other...

SALALAH, SEPT 16 - The Sultanate is making pace with global upgrade in aviation sector and trying to emerge as a major air cargo handler in the region. To achieve this aspiration, the stake holding...

The 5th General Assembly Election Meeting of West Asia Paralympic Federation is going on in Salalah with participation from 12 Middle East countries. The meeting, which will conclude on Friday, is...

Operations at the new air cargo terminal at the Salalah Airport started with the arrival of the first cargo flight at 10.30 am and departure of first cargo flight at 11.20 pm on Wednesday. Dr Ahmed...

SALALAH: Operations at the new air cargo terminal at the Salalah Airport have started with the first cargo flight landed at 10.30am on Wednesday. Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Salem al Futtaisi, Minister...

An old woman and a man in traditional Omani clothing were intensely having a conversation. She was handing him money — for what purpose is open to interpretation. But what is frozen in time is a...

The Third Arab Entrepreneurs Forum came out with some valuable recommendations on Wednesday to improve entrepreneurial scenario in the Arab world and boost overall business and economic...

The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) ministerial meeting came out with a landmark agreement on universal health coverage and jointly signed UHC2030 Global Compact to pave the way for right decisions...

SALALAH, Sept 3 - A crucial ministerial regional meeting for health sector titled ‘The Road to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the Eastern-Mediterranean Region (EMR)’ opened at the Sultan...

SALALAH, Sept 2 - The third Arab Entrepreneurs Forum is all set to start at Sultan Qaboos Youth Complex for Culture and Recreation (SQYCCR) from September 4 with participation from Gulf, Arab, Asian...