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SALALAH: Documentary film-making can give Dhofar’s frankincense heritage a lasting international presence by connecting its landscapes with the history, people and science behind one of Oman’s...

MUSCAT, AUG 23 Oman increased development spending by nearly a third in the first quarter of 2026 while keeping the state budget close to balance, as higher gas, oil and current revenues lifted...

SALALAH, AUGUST 22 For livestock owners in Dhofar, the night-time movement of cattle is a familiar feature of Khareef — a seasonal routine shaped by tiny blood-feeding flies whose numbers increase...

SALALAH, AUGUST 22 Al Roofoof is expanding coffee cultivation at Hairiti in Dhofar Governorate from a research base that dates to 1980. Its nursery has provided around 25,000 seedlings since the...

Oman’s banking transformation can increasingly be measured in transactions rather than intentions. Central Bank of Oman data shows that OmanNet processed almost 597 million transactions in 2025,...

MUSCAT: Oman has been included in a portfolio of artificial intelligence data-centre assets and development opportunities exceeding 2.2GW assembled by Nasdaq-listed VivoPower, marking the...

SALALAH: West of Salalah, Oman’s main city in Dhofar Governorate, the landscape and economy change quickly. The road leaves the coastal plain, climbs into the mountains of Jabal Al Qamar and...

SALALAH: Oman’s khareef season offers strong potential to attract more Indian leisure travellers, particularly from northern India, by combining a cool summer climate, green mountain landscapes,...

SALALAH: Every operating date at Razat Royal Farm through September 2 was marked sold out on Thursday, offering the clearest public indication yet that the Salalah attraction is drawing strong demand...

SALALAH: Companies should move beyond one-off sponsorships and consider jointly establishing a waqf institution to create a lasting source of community funding, the Chairman of Dhofar Municipality has...

SALALAH: The Sultanate of Oman is preparing an Omani bank for accreditation by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and qualifying a second national institution to work in the field, part of an effort to...

SALALAH: A Ministry of Labour paper has outlined a five-pillar pathway to redesign government careers around demonstrated skills, results and measurable impact, reducing the weight of job titles,...

As Dhofar Governorate moves through the khareef Dhofar Season, figures issued during this year's wheat harvest deserve a closer look. Officials projected production of about 8,000 tonnes from...

TAQAH: A 15-day festival opened in Taqah on Thursday evening, extending Khareef activity east of Salalah and giving local producers and small businesses an additional platform during the tourism...

SALALAH: Muscat Stock Exchange (MSX) is moving its sustainability regime beyond filing compliance towards assessing whether corporate disclosures provide investors with credible, comparable and...

SALALAH: Artificial intelligence will not replace leaders capable of understanding and using it, but leaders who master the technology will replace those who do not, according to a presentation by Eng...

SALALAH: Oman’s National Foresight Office has laid out an operating model that would feed early warnings and policy stress tests into Oman Vision 2040 decision-making, allowing assumptions behind...

SALALAH: Dhofar has begun the first phase of Oman’s National Addressing Project, with street-name signs and numbered building plates being installed in Al Saadah in the Wilayat of Salalah as the...

QASIM AL MAASHANI The Arab region received an overall score of 60.5 out of 100 on the 2025 Arab Region SDG Index, while 14 of the 22 Arab League member states did not receive a single green rating...

SALALAH: Dhofar has a licensing framework for green tourism, including agricultural tourism, while proposals to integrate the governorate’s diverse tourism experiences and extend them more widely...