His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik today issued twenty-eight Royal decrees reading as follows:   Royal Decree No. 86/2020 on the cancellation of some laws.   Article (1) cancels the Law on Regulating Sohar Municipality (promulgated under Royal Decree No....

The State’s Financial and Administrative Audit Institution today took part in the 28th meeting of the GCC audit and accountancy diwans’ training and development committee.                     The meeting, held via virtual videoconferencing, reviewed the report of the Directorate General...

    Muscat: The total number of positive Covid-19 cases in the Sultanate has reached 83,418, while the number of recoveries stood at 77, 797, comprising 93.5 percent. The Ministry of Health reported 192 new cases and 9 deaths of...

    Muscat: The State Council will discuss the draft ‘amendment of the Income Tax Law’ referred by the Council of Ministers as a matter of urgency and following the report of the Council’s Economic Committee. Earlier, Majlis A’Shura transferred...

    The National Committee for Family Affairs held a virtual videoconference meeting on Monday under the chairmanship of Shaikh Mohammed bin Said al Kalbani, Minister of Social Development. The meeting reviewed a number of topics, including recommendations of the...

    Muscat — With the two-week total ban on movement at night and travel restrictions between the governorates yielding positive results, the Supreme Committee on COVID-19 released the new or the fifth package of activities that will resume from...

His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik today issued four Royal decrees reading as follows:    Royal Decree No. 82/2020 promulgates the System of Job Security.     Article (1) stipulates the enforcement of the System of Job Security attached to this decree.    Article...

The Ministry of Housing allotted a total of 9,692 residential land-plots across the country at the end of June 2020, compared to 14,524 plots in the same period of 2019, which is a decrease of 33.3%, according to statistics released...

Sayyid Khalid bin Hilal bin Saud al-Busaidi, Minister of the Diwan of Royal Court, Chairman of the Civil Service Council today issued a decision to specify the holiday of the Holy Prophet’s Hijra Anniversary (PBUH) and the advent of the...

The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced today the registration of new positive cases with Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Sultanate.     MOH calls upon all to adhere to the health isolation procedures (in a room with own toilet), as the isolated...

    Muscat Electricity Distribution Company – a member of the Nama Group – said the number of solar-powered homes in Muscat is 10, which is expected to increase to 36 by the end of 2020. “MEDC assists individuals and...

    Muscat: Life is slowly becoming normal in the Sultanate as the extended lockdown got over on August 15 and the people have embraced the new normal in the right spirit. However, some businesses including personal grooming centres, barbershops, and...

Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal al-Busaidi, Minister of Interior, Chairman of the Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, said that he and members of the Supreme Committee are honoured to express sincere sentiments of gratitude to...

The total number of positive Covid-19 cases in the Sultanate reached 83086, while the number of recoveries stood at 77680, comprising 93.6 percent. Meanwhile, the total number of Covid-19 related death cases stood at 572, the Ministry of Health said....

    Muscat: The Ministry of Health in Oman has issued a statement on reports regarding the refusal to deny medicines to a Yemeni child. The ministry said affirms that it is committed to its ethical, professional and legal duty...