News Rewind: Work visas for women dominates headlines this week

Business Friday 23/September/2016 11:21 AM
By: Times News Service
News Rewind: Work visas for women dominates headlines this week

A senior ministry official has stated that there is no ban on expat women working in Oman. This dominated the new agenda this week in Oman. Here are top five stories of the week.

1. There is no ban on expatriate women working in the Sultanate of Oman, a senior ministry official has insisted despite continuing reports of difficulties.

2. Details of the forensic police operation that prevented a gang’s audacious plot to spirit OMR1.4m in gold out of Oman have been revealed.

3. Pupils studying in Classes 1 and 2 should not carry schoolbags or be assigned home work, India’s Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has stated in a circular to all Indian Schools in Oman.

4. An investor from the south Indian state of Kerala is allegedly missing in Oman after he failed to pay OMR300,000 to at least a half a dozen businessmen since the last week of August.

5. More than 200 leading business people have been invited to help shape the future of Oman, by the government agency created to ensure the Sultanate is ready for a non-oil future.