Oman

Saturday 24/August/2019 21:34 PM

Salalah Festival comes to an end

Muscat: Salalah's Tourism festival has come to an end with a number of competitions, musical performances and a firework show. Over 700,000 people...

Saturday 24/August/2019 21:31 PM

Scholarships to 50 underprivileged children in Oman

Muscat: A total of 50 students from low and zero-income families who study at Indian School Muscat have received tuition scholarships from the school’s...

Saturday 24/August/2019 21:26 PM

Seeing Double: Oman tourist numbers double in a decade

Muscat: The number of tourists coming to Oman has more than doubled in the last 10 years, according to data issued by the National Centre for Statistics and...

Friday 23/August/2019 10:52 AM

Oman weather: More rain over the Sultanate

Muscat: Parts of the Sultanate witnessed heavy rains yesterday, and meteorologists expect more rain today. The Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA)...

Thursday 22/August/2019 11:13 AM

No new vehicle number plates in Oman: ROP

Muscat: The Royal Oman Police has responded to rumours about a new type of vehicle registration number plate that is purportedly thinner and has fewer...

Wednesday 21/August/2019 23:13 PM

Omani discovers new type of fungus strain inside human body

Muscat: The Ministry of Health has announced that an Omani lab researcher has discovered a new type of harmful fungus strain while examining samples from...

Wednesday 21/August/2019 21:52 PM

Big turnout in Salalah this year

Muscat: Close to 700,000 people have visited Salalah so far this year. As of August 20, some 699,217 people had visited Salalah, compared to the 715,305 who...

Wednesday 21/August/2019 14:47 PM

Royal Oman Police issues guidelines for child safety

Muscat: Children cannot last for five minutes if they are accidentally locked inside of a school bus, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) said on Wednesday. These...

Wednesday 21/August/2019 10:02 AM

Omani students going abroad warned to not joke on sensitive issues

Muscat: A security expert from the government has asked Omani scholarship holders going abroad to avoid discussing sensitive issues or using sensitive words...

Wednesday 21/August/2019 08:56 AM

We do not interfere with flight ticket pricing: PACA

Muscat: The Public Authority for Civil Aviation has said that it does not interfere with the prices of flight tickets in Oman. This came in response to a...