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MUSCAT: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning ( MoHUP), represented by the Directorate General of Housing and Urban Planning in Muscat Governorate will conduct a hiking session for the public on...

The Directorate-General of Special Education and Continuing Education, under the Ministry of Education, represented by the Omar bin Al Khattab Institute for the Blind, organised the Annual White Cane...

The Omani Lawyers Association (OLA), in collaboration with the Board of Directors of the Lawyers Association, organised a joint dialogue session on the professional challenges faced by lawyers.The...

The various strategic initiatives taken by the Sultanate of Oman are the focus of the high-level workshop organised by the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking (NCCHT) in cooperation with...

With over 200 dates and honey manufacturers from the Sultanate of Oman, along with more than a hundred honey and dates dealers offering over 1,000 varieties of honey and dates from 27 countries, the...

Kabeer YousufWith weekend feasts hosting hundreds of people from different walks, both Omanis and expatriates alike to a sumptuous meal spread on plantain leaves, a nearly three months-long Onam...

The Sultanate of Oman has 1.5 million children, constituting more than one third of the total population and Omani children constitute 86 per cent, while the remaining 14 per cent are expatriate...

A plethora of issues that children face worldwide, ranging from cybercrimes, parental pressure, bullying, and drowning, were in sharp focus at the Unicef media training held in association with the...

Oman has clocked a milestone in the first half of 2024 for agriculture and fishing, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (MoAFWR).The gross domestic product (GDP)...

MUSCAT: The Bausher Sports Centre (BSC) held the jersey launch for the U16 and U19 teams, which are gearing up to participate in the upcoming Oman Cricket League 2024-2025, representing one of...

Genius is one per cent inborn and the rest, 99 per cent, is purely the result of hard work, perseverance, dedication and commitment. Here are two women who, from their school day dreams, carved a...

Students from the Ahmad Bin Majid International School (ABM), in cooperation with the Oman Astronomical Society (OAS), will embark on an extraordinary journey to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...

Flood mitigation measures lessens the impact of overflowing wadis, heavy rain or high tides. After the 2007 Gonu ravaged the parts of Oman, the country has been on alert against such natural...

"Safety is the responsibility of every individual, and together we can safeguard our society", said the Civil Defence and Ambulances Authority (CDAA) official, urging that any action that puts the...

Unicef, in partnership with the Ministry of Information (MoI) and the Media Training Centre, launched a two-day training session on ethical reporting on children for the media in Oman.The sessions,...

MUSCAT: The inaugural week of the Food Security Lab 2024, held under the auspices of Dr Saud bin Hamoud al Habsi, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (MoAFWR), spotlighted various...

With more than a dozen new jewellers in retail and bullion trade, Souq Ruwi, once a major market, has now turned into a city of jewellers.Many of the traditional shops disappeared as jewellers took...

MUSCAT: SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, is launching a new route between Muscat International Airport (MCT) in Oman and Trabzon International Airport (TZX) in Türkiye....

The Sultanate of Oman’s potential to become a hydrogen hub is in focus at the ‘H2-diplo Decarbonisation Dialogue — Investing in Green Growth: Oman’s role as a front runner in the Green...

MUSCAT: The third Oman Grand Prix Season 3 badminton tournament, the annual championship that badminton players eagerly await, will begin on November 8 at the AMM Sports Arena in Ghala, according to...