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Strongest competition and persistent low profits should mean only one thing in Oman for the banking industry: Mergers. Only four financial institutions in Oman are doing well in terms of growth but...

I dreamt I was driven in a car by a beautiful peacock on a road littered by flowers, flanked by a series of rose gardens on one side and a meandering river on the other. I felt completely relaxed in a...

I thought of taking a drive in this Eid holiday to sample a simple life and my short travel ended in Wadi Bani Ghafir in Rustaq. I watched a little girl holding the hand of an old woman and walking...

MUSCAT, June 12 - Eid shoppers flocked the jewellery shops in the last minute scramble to push up sales as customers rush to buy gifts in time for their families.  Jewellery store owners say that in...

When I was 12, my teacher asked us in the classroom what did the month of Ramadhan mean to all of us? We said all kind of things but he simply shook his head and said nothing after that. Years...

MUSCAT, May 30 - Hoor al Salmani, at a tender age of 23, is one young Omani writer who you would very likely read more about her writings in the future. She is sensitive, deeply emotional and with a...

When the sun sets in the horizon, rich people rush for a glass of fresh juice and minted dates flavoured by saffron, while all the poor can manage is a glass of water and wait in a long queue at...

MUSCAT, MAY 16 - Local traders expect a windfall of cash during the holy month of Ramadhan as thousands of people are starting to queue up in major shopping outlets to stock for foods and other...

SALEH AL SHAIBANY - saleh_shaibani@yahoo.com - Business people in Oman’s smaller towns say poor broadband hurts their trades due to poor connectivity. It is also making it more difficult to...

Not all of us are working in the right job. But imagine you have a very comfortable job that pays well but it isn’t what you want to do and you would rather do something else. That ‘something...

Oman has received a record number of tourists in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the previous quarter, thanks to new legislation and investments in the country. Between January and March 2018,...

The rapid rise of the social media is spreading like a new obsession among teenagers and children as young as ten are using it to voice their opinions and share ideas that normally parents even...

SALEH AL SHAIBANY - saleh_shaibani@yahoo.com - With inflation rising an average of 5 per cent a year in the last five years, workers in the private sector are struggling to make ends meet. In...

When my family was away last week, I thought I should do something different. I looked at my old books trying to find one that I had not really had the time to read. I was surprised that my taste of...

Board of Directors should not team up with the management for the day to day running affairs of companies. The two sides should have separate interests. A lethal combination of malpractice in the...

Saleh Al Shaibany - saleh_shaibany@yahoo.com - Raising a child is not a trade you learn before you become a parent or get a special qualification in an education institution. The ‘job” is...

Saleh Al Shaibany - saleh_shaibany@yahoo.com - Long time ago, one of my teachers said in the class that simple words can change the world. As a ten-year-old, I was not sure how it worked. As a...

Muscat, April 8 - An academic research shows children and young adults are being exposed to significant risks on social media from the amount of damaging information available online. A study...

Oman’s drive towards a free market is paying a good dividend as a result of millions of rials in investments over the years that helped to attract skilled workers from abroad and at the same...

Saleh Al Shaibany - saleh_shaibany@yahoo.com - I think when you spend the best time of your life married then you tend to copy each other in every way between you and your partner. There is no...