Govt seeks consultant for Muscat Metro project
Muscat: The government has initiated the first step towards the implementation of the metro rail project of the capital, which will be also the first of its kind in the country.This tender will be...
Unstable weather passes without incident
The northern parts of the Sultanate of Oman, including Muscat, have experienced heavy to light rains over the last two days, which has led to a considerable drop in night and day temperatures.No...
Jabal Shams: Visitors influx highlights need for improved infrastructure
With Jabal Shams reporting sub-zero temperatures for nearly seven straight days, a large number of people from the Sultanate of Oman, including foreign tourists, made attempts to visit the mountains...
Met predicts more rains, unstable weather to continue
Muscat: Oman's weather office on Thursday said chances of sporadic rain of varying intensity, sometimes thundery, over the governorates of Musandam, North Al Batinah, Al Buraimi, Al Dhahirah, Dhofar...
Muscat Nights: All about bonding in pleasant weather
Whether expectations are met or not, Muscat Nights certainly has given an opportunity for the residents and citizens in the Sultanate of Oman to spend time on an outing.An official of the Muscat...
Pepping up local tourism via festivals
The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism on Sunday held a press conference to reveal the festivals that the ministry will organise during 2023.Organising the festivals is aimed at stimulating local...
Airports in Oman record 142pc growth in passenger arrivals
The number of passenger arrivals through Muscat International Airport increased by 142 per cent as of November 2022 compared to the same year.The number of passengers departing from the airports...
Fresh milk prices up
Muscat: Prices of dairy products, including fresh products have been increased in the Sultanate.Speaking to the Observer, retailers said that while the company increased the prices from the beginning...
Women constitute 49.6% of Omani population
The number of children in the age group (0-17 years) is 1,221,751, constituting 44 per cent of the total Omani population, while the number of Omani women is 1,391,609, which is 49.6 per cent of the...
Plans to integrate logistic services in S Batinah, Muscat
MUSCAT: The Oman Logistics Centre of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MoTCIT) on Thursday organised a workshop on the integration of logistics services in the...
Conference for sustainability focuses on improving air quality
The second day of the Oman Conference for Sustainability focused on air pollution and climate change.The conference included sessions on indicators of climate change, air quality and efforts made in...
Night temperatures in Muscat to drop to 17°C
As the capital prepares for three weeks of mostly outdoor Muscat Nights, the visitors will be subject to somewhat chilly temperatures in the initial days.According to Oman Meteorology, temperatures in...
Digitalisation coming of age in Oman
The traffic department of the Royal Oman Police (ROP) has not only managed to reduce the number of road accidents by 81 percent over a period of nine years, it has also gone through a complete...
Metro on track as Greater Muscat development project takes off
The upgradation of the public transport system will be key as the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning embarks on the ambitious Greater Muscat Development Plan.The project aims to accommodate the...
Oman citizens can travel visa-free to 82 countries
The Sultanate of Oman has been ranked 65th by the 2023 Henley Passport Index, an agency responsible for ranking the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access...
CAA to introduce new online platform for drone licence
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is developing an online platform (Tahleeq) to register and manage licences for operating unmanned aircraft (drones) for various purposes in the country.The project,...
Official satellite will be launched in 2025
Muscat; The Sultante of Oman’s first official satellite will blast off to space in 2025, the MoTCIT minister said on Monday as the countdown started for the launch of the nation’s first private...
UAE tourists flock to Oman for visa-change
MUSCAT: Visitors from the neighbouring UAE are coming to the Sultanate of Oman as per a new visa-change policy implemented there.In December last year, UAE made it mandatory for visit visa holders to...
Feeding birds in public places prohibited
Muscat Municipality has prohibited residents and citizens from feeding birds, especially pigeons, in public places.Signboards have been put up in many places urging people to avoid such...
World Environment Day: Clean and Green Oman
As the Sultanate marks Environment Day on January 8, one can rightly claim that 2022 was the year in which the government took several steps towards sustainable development goals.As part of the...