The Central Bank of Oman (CBO)  participated in the 74th meeting of the GCC Committee of Governors of Monetary Institutions and Central Banks.   The CBO’s  participation was headed by Tahir bin Salim Al Amri, CBO Executive President.       During...

The Ministry of Manpower today issued a statement requiring companies and private sector establishments to take necessary steps to cut down the number of employees at the workplace to the least minimum, just enough to sustain the performance of core...

The joint media committee of military and security departments  announced a set of procedures for establishing “Command & Control Checkpoints” between governorates of the Sultanate.   A statement issued by the joint media panel said that the procedures come in...

    With the restrictions coming into force, movement of both people and vehicles in the capital city came to a halt from the very wee hours on Wednesday. The wilayat of Muttrah has almost been isolated from other parts...

     The Muscat Governorate has seen a shutdown of the Muttrah since the early morning of Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Major Mohammed al Hashmi, Director of Public Relations, Royal Oman Police spoke to Oman Observer on the closures of...

    After careful monitoring of the evolving circumstances, starting Thursday April 2, 2020, Oman Post is implementing stricter processes and procedures that limit customer walk-ins to all branches to appointments only until further notice. This step has been taken...

    After careful monitoring of the evolving circumstances, starting Thursday April 2, 2020, Oman Post is implementing stricter processes and procedures that limit customer walk-ins to all branches to appointments only until further notice. This step has been taken...

The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced today the registration of (18) new positive cases with Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Sultanate.    This brings the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in the Sultanate to (210). The Ministry also pointed out...

The Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF) and the Royal Oman Police (ROP) will activate the check and control points against the movement of citizens and residents between entry and exit points in all governorates of the Sultanate.     This step comes in...

Oman reported its first Covid-19 -related death, a 72-year-old citizen, late Tuesday. The Ministry of Health has confirmed that the first person to die in the country of Covid-19 is from the capital Muscat. “The Ministry of Health (MOH) announces...

The Supreme Committee tasked with studying scopes for tackling the developments resulting from coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic  held a meeting under the chairmanship of Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal al-Busaidi, Minister of Interior, and took a decision aimed to curb further spread...

Dr. Yahya bin Badr al-Ma'awali, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Development, Head of the Relief and Shelter Sector and affirmed that the Covid-19 Supreme Committee has begun, in coordination with members of the sector, working on the mechanism to...

 His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik issued three Royal decrees, reading as follows: Royal Decree No.41/2020 amends some provisions of the Cultural Heritage Law. Article (1) replaces Article (6) of the Cultural Heritage Law, promulgated under Royal Decree No.35/2019, by...

 The Research Council’s (TRC) Smart City Platform, a collaborative initiative between TRC, the Supreme Council of Planning (SCP), Muscat Municipality (MM) and Information Technology Authority (ITA), has launched a local competition to design and develop an app that helps the...

    The Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) today concluded a second day of a search and rescue operation by the happy airlifting of five Omani citizens reported lost at sea off Barka.   The RAFO’s Liaison, Search and...