Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Salmi, Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, today issued a decision (No. 281/2020) setting up a ‘Health Endowment Fund’ (HEF). The decision states that a fund to be known as Endowment Fund for Enhancing Health Services...

The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced today the registration of (18) new confirmed cases for citizens with Coronavirus (COVID-19). Eleven out of the 18 cases are linked to contact infection, and 5 cases are linked to travel to the United...

    Oman’s Consulate General in Australia said that it has been officially notified by many universities that their learning system has been fully transformed for the online Study platform. In a statement, the consulate affirmed that all students wishing...

     The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) has issued directives to malls and shops as part of the measures to control the spread of #COVID-19, which include: Consumers should be allowed to enter only in batches. There should...

    In an effort to ensure that Covid-19 is not spread through the ATMs, Al Izz Bank has installed hand sanitisers at all its ATM machines to help customers maintain hand hygiene. The bank’s all 10 ATMs and 3...

  Oman Post, an Asyad member company, will continue providing key services while ensuring the health of its team, customers and the community at large. The company provided guidance and procedures to its team members in regards to operations and...

    The Capital Market Authority (CMA) has issued guidelines to all insurance companies and brokers to follow a set of preventive measures in line with the decisions made by the Supreme Committee on tackling the spread of the new...

     The MSM30 Index closed the week down by 4.45 percent w-o-w, largely on account of coronavirus pandemic related fears and low oil prices. All sub-indices closed down, led by the Financial Index, which closed down by 4.34 percent...

 Weather analyses in the National Multi Hazard Early Warning Centre indicate that a trough of low pressure (Al Rahma Trough) will affect the Sultanate from Friday, 20 March to Monday, 23 March 2020. The peak of the trough will be...

The Ministry of Transport announced the suspension of all means of public transport, including buses, ferries, taxis, vans and microbuses, with the exception of buses and ferries heading to the Governorate of Musandam and the Wilayat of Masirah.The ban takes...

The Ministry of Tourism called upon travel and tourism companies and hotel establishments to advise tourist delegations to leave the Sultanate and return to their respective countries.This is due to the fact that it is not clear how long the exceptional...

The Sultanate represented by the Ministry of Education today participated in the meeting of the Executive Council of the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States (ABEGS) for the first time through video conferencing, in the presence of Dr. Ali bin Abdul...

The Royal Army of Oman (RAO) today celebrated the transformation of the Frontiers Force in the 11th Infantry Brigade into mechanized infantry. The ceremony was held under the patronage of Lt-Gen. Ahmed bin Harith al- Nabhani, Chief of Staff of the Sultan's...

The Ministry of Health (MOH) today announced that three patients infected with COVID-19 have recovered, raising the total number of such cases to 12.   MOH announced yesterday that the total number of COVID-19 cases in the Sultanate reached (24).  MOH calls...

The Supreme Committee tasked with studying scopes for tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic held a meeting  under the chairmanship of Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal al-Busaidi, Minister of Interior.  The meeting, held at the Interior Ministry here, was attended...