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SALALAH, OCT 2 Dhofar will stage its first full-distance marathon in December, with runners taking on a 42.2-km course through Salalah as the governorate expands its sporting and tourism calendar...

MUSCAT, OCT 2 China Eleventh Chemical Construction Company SPC has secured two construction packages for Oman's 890 MW Duqm Independent Power Project, as contractors expand work on the $910...

SALALAH: Port of Salalah handled 511,209 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in September, setting a monthly container record for the second consecutive month and taking combined throughput in August...

SALALAH: For Dhofar tour guide Khulood al Shukaili, winter brings a different kind of visitor. The Khareef crowds have thinned, the mist has lifted and the landscape is changing. Yet for many European...

Three-day event culminates in 42.2-km race on December 19 as Dhofar expands its winter sporting calendarSALALAH: Dhofar will stage its first full-distance marathon in December, with runners taking on...

Omani banks conducting certain securities activities alongside commercial banking have up to three years to move those operations into legally independent entities under a new capital-market rulebook...

TAQAH: Civil Defence and Ambulance teams are maintaining an enhanced field presence in Jibjat as visitor activity in Dhofar shifts from the Khareef season to Sarb, when clearer weather draws families...

The number of Omanis in private-sector employment increased by almost 15,000 in the first eight months of 2026, while the expatriate workforce declined. What the headline figures do not reveal is how...

TAQAH: Camels are moving back into Wadi Khashim near Taqah this week. Three months ago, many herds were travelling in the opposite direction. The movement marks the transition from Khareef —...

SALALAH: Nearly half of Dhofar’s artisanal fishing boats are concentrated in three eastern wilayats, underlining the continuing economic weight of the sea in communities where fishing, fish trading...

MUSCAT: More than 50 investment companies have shown interest in participating in the development of Al Khuwair Downtown, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning Dr Khalfan bin Said Al Shuaili told...

MUSCAT, SEPT 23 Oman-backed GS Microelectronics US Inc (GSME) is expanding its presence in the US semiconductor industry through a multi-year partnership with Nasdaq-listed Teradyne to establish an...

MUSCAT, SEPT 21 Property developers in Oman’s special economic zones and free zones must meet a threshold equivalent to 20 per cent of a project’s total cost before marketing units off-plan or...

MUSCAT, SEPT 20 The Gulf does not lack capital for climate investment as much as it lacks a deeper pipeline of projects that meet international investors’ requirements, according to sustainability...

MUSCAT, SEPT 20 Oman has set RO 10 million as the general minimum investment threshold for a project to be treated as strategic in special economic zones and free zones, while defining qualifying...

Oman has spent considerable effort removing friction from government services. By the end of 2025, procedures for 3,166 priority government services had been simplified, while 2,277 priority services...

SALALAH: Fifteen productions from nine countries are competing for $150,000 in prizes at the second Dhofar International Theatre Festival, bringing Omani theatre onto the same programme as works from...

MUSCAT: Gulf economies risk facing tighter financial conditions through two channels at once: a sharp increase in long-term US Treasury yields and higher policy rates transmitted through regional...

MUSCAT, SEPT 17 TotalEnergies has launched a three-year artificial intelligence programme involving an investment of more than €100 million to develop advanced models for oil and gas exploration and...

MUSCAT, SEPT 17 The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) raised its repo rate by 25 basis points to 4.5 per cent effective Thursday, marking its first upward move since the repo rate was raised to 6 per cent in...