President of Singapore holds official reception for His Majesty
Singapore: As part of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik’s “state” visit to the Republic of Singapore, an official reception ceremony was held at the Istana Palace in the capital,...
Orchid flower in Singapore named after His Majesty
Singapore: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik visited on Thursday the Singapore Botanic Gardens. During the visit, a new orchid flower has been named after His Majesty, in a manifestation of...
His Majesty, President of Singapore hold bilateral meeting
Singapore: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik and Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of the Republic of Singapore held on Thursday a bilateral meeting at the Istana Palace, during which the...
Two people booked in drug case
Muscat: The Coast Guard Police Command arrested two Asian people while attempting to smuggle in more than 139 kg of hashish, 27 kg of crystal meth and 57,000 pills of psychotropic drugs. Meanwhile,...
Sultan's Armed Forces Museum to be closed for maintenance
Muscat: Sultan's Armed Forces Museum (SAF) in Muttrah will be closed to visitors from December 17 until the completion of the maintenance work.The Sultan's Armed Forces Museum is located at Bait Al...
Oman honoured for efforts to combat NCDs
Muscat - The Sultanate of Oman has received the Excellence Award for the year 2023 from the World Health Organization for its continuous efforts in combating non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to reach...
Bids invited for Oman's tallest flagpole
Muscat - The North Batinah Municipality has invited a tender to develop a visitors' square at Suhar Park, which will be home to the tallest flagpole in the Sultanate of Oman.The project includes an...
HM leaves for Singapore on 3-day state visit
MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik left on Wednesday for the Republic of Singapore on a three-day state visit, which comes in response to the kind invitation from the President of Singapore...
Four held in drug smuggling case
Muscat: The Directorate-General of Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, arrested a citizen and four infiltrators of an Asian nationality while attempting to smuggle in more than 25 kg...
Low pressure to affect Oman from Thursday
MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman will be affected by a trough of low pressure from Thursday to Sunday, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced. Scattered rains will be expected on the...
Pacts signed to set up inspection units, labour welfare facilities
Muscat: The Ministry of Labour and the Security and Safety Corporation has signed an agreement to launch an inspection unit, which will provide security support services and operate the labor welfare...
CDAA reports vehicle fire incident in Muscat
Muscat: The firefighters from the Civil Defense and Ambulance Authority (CDAA) in Muscat Governorate have reported a vehicle fire incident in the capital.The fire was extinguished and no casualties...
Abu Dhabi Monopoly Edition launched
Muscat - The Abu Dhabi Monopoly game has been officially launched.It features top spots in Abu Dhabi such as beaches, and deserts.The board was revealed at the Mother of The Nation (MOTN) festival,...
Oman Green Hydrogen summit begins, MoUs signed
Muscat: Hydrom signs two 'project development' and land usufruct agreements with the Salalah Hydrogen2Consortium and a memorandum of understanding with the Oman Investment Authority (OIA) and Siemens...
SAF annual day marked
MUSCAT: The Royal Army of Oman (RAO) marked the Sultan’s Armed Forces Day which falls on December 11 each year under the auspices of Sayyid Saud bin Hilal al Busaidy, Governor of Muscat, in Muscat.A...
OQ signs $88 million industrial project in Suhar
Muscat: OQ Refineries and Petrochemical Industries, a subsidiary of OQ, the global integrated energy group, signed nine investment agreements with a total worth of approximately USD 88 million to...
Oman records economic resilience with sustained budget surplus
Muscat: Sultanate of Oman's public revenues by the end of October 2023 reached approximately RO9.8 billion, marking a 17 percent decline from the RO11.86 billion reported in the corresponding period...
Blood Bank reports a decline in donors
Muscat: The Central Blood Bank in Bausher has reported that there has been a sharp decline in most blood types, especially negative groups.The Blood Blood urged people to provide blood and its...
Four people get jail sentence, fine for illegal poaching
Muscat: Four people were sentenced to six months imprisonment and fined RO 1,000 along with confiscation of items for illegally killing an Arabian gazelle.In an online statement, the Environment...
Oman to witness Geminid Meteor Shower this week
Muscat - The skies of the Sultanate of Oman will witness on Thursday the phenomenon of the Geminid meteor shower, which was named after its origin from the constellation Gemini (Gemini), and will...