The Ministry of Defense, represented by the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO),  signed the renewal agreement of the Sultan Qaboos Sailing Award with the Sail Training International. The signing ceremony was held via video-conferencing onboard of RNOV "Shabab Oman II"....

Muscat Municipality  opened Al Khoudh Public Park under the patronage of Eng. Essam bin Saud al-Zedjali, Chairman of Muscat Municipality. Present at the opening ceremony were Sheikh Waleed bin Khamis al-Hashar, CEO of Bank Muscat and some officials.    The park...

The Executive Committee at the Secretariat General of National Celebrations (SGNC) held its first meeting under the chairmanship of Sheikh Sebaa bin Hamdan al-Sa'adi, Secretary General of the SGNC in the presence of representatives of government institutions.The Executive Committee discussed...

The Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation recently signed an agreement with the Japanese Mitsubishi Corporation to extend the Mitsubishi Corporation Scholarship Program.       Under the agreement, Mitsubishi Corporation will finance twenty external scholarships for Omani postgraduate students...

    Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday reported 418 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases registered in the Sultanate to 116, 152. MOH also reported 10 new Covid 19-related deaths, bringing the total death...

The Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has said that people arriving in the Sultanate from abroad have to undergo a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test within a period of not more than 96 hours...

Dr. Madeeha Ahmed al-Shaibaniya, Minister of Education, has valued the directives of His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik to the Diwan of Royal Court on setting up six priority schools over the forthcoming period.                       “The Royal directives come...

The Council of Oman, represented by the State Council and Majlis A'Shura, is taking part in the extraordinary session of the Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The session, held via video-conferencing, began and run through till 4 November 2020.  ...

    Muscat: The Diwan of Royal Court on Sunday issued a statement reading as follows: “Within the context of the attention accorded by His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik to the education sector and His Majesty’s keenness to provide a...

    Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday reported 1,300 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases registered in the Sultanate to 115, 734. MOH also reported 38 new Covid 19-related deaths, bringing the total death...

: The Sultanate has advanced 11 positions at the Government Artificial Intelligence (AI) Readiness Index 2020 compiled by UK-based consultants Oxford Insights and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The Sultanate ranked 48th globally at the Government AI Readiness Index scoring...

Shops and other commercial establishments must adhere to the safety guidelines and precautionary measures against COVID-19, the Supreme Council has urged.In many shops, there is nobody assigned to take the temperature of customers nor are their names recorded in the...

The Tender Board today held its fifth meeting for 2020 under the chairmanship of Dr. Said bin Mohammed al-Saqri, Minister of Economy, Chairman of the Tender Board. It awarded a number of projects and additional works that complement development projects in various...

Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed al-Saeedi, Minister of Health, Member of the Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, has said that the Sultanate seeks to obtain Covid-19 vaccine from any globally accredited institution.          He...

The Undersecretaries of the GCC Ministries of Health convened today a virtual preparatory meeting for the 6th Meeting of the GCC Health Ministers Committee.           The meeting discussed a number of topics of common concerns including implementing decisions...