The Ministry of Finance has issued Circular No. 14 for the year 2020 on the application of Omanisation policy and replacement of expatriates by qualified Omani citizens in government companies.   The circular comes within the context of the government’s...

    Muscat: The Ministry of Health in Oman has announced 143 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the total to 2,274 including 10 deaths and 364 recoveries. Today’s figures include 42 Omanis and 101 expatriates. The Ministry of Health in...

    Muscat: Royal Oman Police (ROP) said that the control checkpoints between various governorates will come to a halt from 6 am on Wednesday while control and checkpoints in the Muscat Governorate will remain in place. Health isolation in...

    Muscat: All commercial establishments that have been allowed to resume operations are required to follow certain guidelines. They should provide appropriate personal protection for every employee. All employees should be urged to sterilize commonly-used devices and equipment such...

    Muscat: Muscat Municipality has clarified that decision of the Supreme on Covid-19 to allow some commercial activities will not include establishments in the Mabela, Ghala Industrial, and Wadi Kabir industrial areas of the capital.    

    Logistics-enabled economy: Public Authority for Privatisation and Partnership (PAPP) seeks consultant to provide Transaction Advisory Services for development of Port Community System MUSCAT: The development and operation of a National Ports Community System in Oman – an initiative to...

    Historic OPEC+ pact: The planned production cuts come as Oman’s crude benchmark – the Oman Crude Futures Contract (OQD) – plummeted to a new low of $16.82 per barrel in trading on the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) on...

The Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic today held a meeting during which it decided to open some business activities.         The meeting, held at the Ministry of Interior, was chaired by Sayyid Hamoud...

The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced today the registration of (82) new positive cases with Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Sultanate.    This brings the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in the Sultanate to (2131) in addition to ten deaths cases....

The registration period for the seventh cycle of the National Research Award (NRA 2020) of the Research Council (TRC) is closing on Wednesday, 29 April 2020 at 2.00 pm. The NRA is divided into two categories; Best published research led by...

The Science Club of Royal Army of Oman (RAO) rolled out a number of innovations and inventions in a bid to combat the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). These include a smart sterilization chamber, ultraviolet paper sanitizer, smart face device for...

The Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) Council  held its third meeting of academic year 2019-2020 under the chairmanship of Dr. Rawya bint Saud al-Busaidiya, Minister of Higher Education, Head of the SQU Council.   The SQU Council reviewed the progress of online learning...

The Ministry of Health has confirmed that it has sufficient number of Coronavirus testing kits all of which are molecular tests that meet the standard set by the World Health Organization and US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....

A transport aircraft of the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) carried out a two-way transport operation for three sick citizens with their companions to the Governorate of Dhofar after they completed the necessary treatment procedures in the Royal Hospital.  They...

    Muscat: The Ministry of Health in Oman has announced 51 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, taking the total to 2,049 including 10 deaths and 364 recoveries. Today’s figures include 37 Omanis and 14 expatriates. The authorities earlier confirmed...