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Muscat: The Social Protection Fund has clarified the categories and conditions governing entitlement to death pension benefits, including specific cases in which a grandfather or grandmother may be...

A newspaper archive can sometimes tell us more about the future than the past. Recently, I came across a report published more than four decades ago discussing Omanisation in the banking sector. The...

Muscat: As Oman India Fertiliser Company (OMIFCO) prepares to open its initial public offering to investors, one of the most important elements behind the company’s profitability lies outside the...

MUSCAT, JUNE 8 As the Oman–India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) enters its first week of implementation, an interesting trend is emerging across Indian policy and business...

For many small businesses, chamber membership can feel less like a source of value and more like an annual obligation. That perception should concern the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry, not...

Oman has built a wider social safety net. The harder task now is to prove that it can reduce vulnerability, not merely record it. That should be the next measure of the country’s social protection...

MUSCAT, JUNE 2 For decades, global trade was built around a simple formula: maximise efficiency, minimise costs and concentrate activity through a limited number of major hubs. That model is now being...

MUSCAT, JUNE 1 Oman is seeking to redefine how industrial projects are developed and financed by introducing investment opportunities backed by guaranteed offtake agreements, a move aimed at reducing...

A polished video can fill a screen in 15 seconds. It cannot tell an investor when a project will reach financial close, how much capital has actually been committed, how many Omani jobs will...

SALALAH, MAY 28 Oman’s food-security debate must move beyond production figures and import volumes to focus more sharply on how food is transported, stored and distributed, a local expert has...

SALALAH: As global concerns grow over food security, water scarcity and supply-chain disruptions, the Najd region in Dhofar Governorate is returning to the forefront of strategic discussion in the...

SALALAH: Regional tensions and disruptions to shipping routes have exposed the fragility of Gulf food supply chains, but Oman has so far maintained stable food availability through strategic reserves,...

SALALAH: Regional tensions and disruptions to shipping routes have exposed the fragility of Gulf food supply chains, but Oman has so far maintained stable food availability through strategic reserves,...

MUSCAT, MAY 23 Oman’s banks must move beyond digital transformation and build trusted, AI-enabled financial ecosystems as technology reshapes competition, customer behaviour and the delivery of...

Oman’s decision to establish the Omani Livestock Association may appear, at first glance, to be a routine administrative step. It is not. The timing reflects a much larger shift taking place inside...

MUSCAT, MAY 22 Raysut Cement Company SAOG returned to profitability in the first quarter of 2026 after a prolonged period of financial strain, but warned that significant gas-related liabilities and...

MUSCAT: A sharp pullback on the Muscat Stock Exchange (MSX) has put market depth, liquidity and investor confidence back under scrutiny, even as Oman’s broader fiscal and economic indicators...

MUSCAT, MAY 19 Oman’s next phase of artificial intelligence growth will depend less on applications and more on the infrastructure needed to host, secure and scale them locally, a senior Otech...

MUSCAT — Oman’s banking sector is moving from digital adoption to an “intelligence-first” phase, where artificial intelligence, open banking and cybersecurity will define the next stage of...

For decades, Gulf economies followed a familiar formula: produce energy, export it abroad and build growth around the revenues that came back. Oil left by tanker. Gas moved through pipelines. Economic...