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Photos by Muaid al Siyabi Rising from a rocky hill, surrounded by palm groves, Al-Sibani village is one of the ancient neighborhoods located in Birkat Al Mouz in Nizwa, Dhakhliya Governorate about...

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Riyada) announced its intention to launch an e-commerce programme soon to register 100 small and medium enterprises on Amazon platform, in an...

Specialists at the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) clarified that growth indicators of private educational institutions are high and demand for private schools increased during the last...

The government at present has no intention to finance the establishment of new commercial ports due to the efficiency of current commercial ports in Salalah, Suhar and Duqm and the current trend is to...

The Royal Hospital on Sunday launched an electronic educational application, 'Your Bestowal is a Life' for organ transplantation. The application explains the mechanism of expressing interest to...

Qais Mohammed bin al Yousuf, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Riyada), issued a...

For some, the beauty of Reem al Sheikh’s photographs might be ambiguous or not immediately recognizable at first glance. She already has some form of expectations when it comes to this as hers is...

Seeking to clamp down on attempts by some traders to cash in on the severe dearth of construction materials, the Consumer Protection Authority (CPA) has carried a number of supervisory inspection...

The total number of Down Syndrome cases in the Sultanate of Oman reached 1,117. Among them, 638 are males and 479 females, who are benefiting from programmes and services provided by the Ministry of...

The Environment Authority issued 9,947 in 2021, including 2,340 of categories A, B and C, 5,343 for chemicals and waste management, 1,363 for radiation protection and 281 for liquid waste...

Since the industrial revolution and technological development, environmental pollution has steadily increased and negatively affected living organisms and life sources.The consequences associated with...

With the holy month of Ramadhan just round the corner, there are fears of new restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus like the past two years when shops were closed and working hours were...

Saud bin Nasir al Shukaili, Head of the Tax Authority, has issued a decision No 89/2022 to add more food commodities to the appendix of the food items which is subject to Value Added Tax (VAT) at zero...

Duqm is getting a boost to help its underwater life flourish through the introduction of artificial reefs.On December 14, 2021, the Department of Duqm Special Economic Zone introduced the said...

The Sultanate of Oman was ranked as seventh best tourist destination in the world; given its ecological richness, biodiversity and unique reserves, according to the "Lonely Planet" index - the world's...

His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, in his address to the Council of Ministers recently, has held up before the nation a vision of the Sultanate of Oman becoming a leading producer and exporter of...

The total number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) registered at the Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises Development (ASMED) stood at 66,769 till the end of January 2022 compared to 49,337...

In its meeting on Monday, the Health and Environmental Committee of the Majlis Ash’shura discussed controls of selling tobacco products in public markets and commercial centers. The Committee,...

* The increase in the number of contact lens users in the last decade has led to a significant increase in the number of people with corneal infectionMany people who suffer from vision problems go...

The Omani economy, like all other countries, has faced many economic, financial and health challenges, during the past two years, which had a noticeable impact on the course of economic and social...