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Salalah: Oman has launched a 10-year “Golden Residency” track to draw foreign capital and specialised talent through seven investment routes starting from RO200,000, according to an official...

SALALAH: The State Financial and Administrative Audit Authority held on Sunday, August 31 an awareness symposium on “Governance and its Role in Protecting Public Fund and Promoting Transparency”...

SALALAH, AUG 30The mist is lifting, the drizzle is easing and Dhofar is quietly swapping grey for gentle gold. In about 23 days — around September 22 — the governorate will ease into Sarb, the...

SALALAH, AUG 30The Ministry of Education has launched a Travel & Tourism vocational-technical major in public schools for the first time, starting in Dhofar and Al Dakhiliyah governorates in the...

MUSCAT, AUG 30Oman’s recorded workforce stood at 2,670,614 in July 2025, comprising 863,932 Omanis and 1,806,682 expatriates, according to the National Centre for Statistics and Information’s...

Transport Middle East 2025 opens in Salalah from Aug 31 to Sept 2, bringing port leaders, investors and technology suppliers together at Millennium Resort Salalah for sessions on inter-modal...

MUSCAT, AUG 29Leading Omani banking institution, Sohar International Bank SAOG, has announced that it is exploring the opening of a representative office in either Hong Kong or the People’s Republic...

MUSCAT, AUG 27Oman’s foreign trade performance in the first half of 2025 shows steady progress in non-oil activity alongside firm investment demand, according to official figures.Total merchandise...

SALALAH, AUG 27 The launch of a first-ever commercial sesame-farming project in the Najd plain of Dhofar Governorate has the potential to not only strengthen national food security but also to build a...

Salalah — Dhofar Governorate is making rapid headway in its digital journey, with two flagship apps — “Sikka” and “Mawasim Dhofar” — drawing strong uptake from visitors and residents...

SALALAH, AUG 26:Young entrepreneur Issa al Mashikhi, who founded his company in 2023, is introducing a one-stop model that speeds up and organises property transactions in Dhofar Governorate’s...

SALALAH, AUG 25Ain Athum Waterfalls, about 33 km from Salalah in southern Dhofar Governorate, are in full flow during the khareef (monsoon) season, turning the rocky escarpment into a 20-metre cascade...

SALALAH, AUG 25The new Sultan Qaboos Hospital in Salalah has reached 72 per cent completion and is slated for handover to the Ministry of Health in August 2026, according to Dr Hani al Qadi,...

Muscat — The Muscat Stock Exchange (MSX) has pushed past the 5,000-point mark, a psychological threshold that says as much about sentiment as it does about numbers.In a post on social media, MSX...

Oman’s mid-year fiscal snapshot tells a simple story with important implications: in a world of cooling oil prices and uneven global growth, the government is keeping its priorities straight —...

Muscat: Torrential rains and strong winds swept across Dhofar Governorate on Wednesday, swelling wadis, flooding low-lying areas and forcing authorities to mobilise emergency services at the height of...

SALALAH: Oman will host next month a high-level executive forum aimed at strengthening capacities to attract and promote foreign direct investment (FDI) in Salalah. The 3-day event, set to take place...

SALALAH: The Oman Society for Human Resource Management (OSHRM), in partnership with the Ministry of Labour, opened the 5th Annual Human Resource Forum in Salalah on Tuesday under the theme “Leading...

SALALAH: Nama Dhofar Services has completed awarding all tenders to connect rural areas powered by diesel generation plants to the main electricity grid in Dhofar Governorate, in a move seen as a...

Salalah: The Oman Society for Human Resource Management (OSHRM), in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, today opened the 5th Annual Human Resource Forum in Salalah under the theme “Leading from...