Rusayl fibre optic factory gutted
Muscat: A massive fire gutted Oman Fibre Optic’s (OFO) production plant at the Rusayl Industrial Estate in Muscat on Friday. Fire fighting units from all over Muscat was rushed to contain the fire but...
View ArticleFire destroys fibre optics factory in Muscat
Muscat: A massive fire gutted Oman Fibre Optic’s (OFO) production plant at the Rusayl Industrial Estate in Muscat on Friday. Fire fighting units from all over Muscat was rushed to contain the fire but...
View ArticleUS envoy arrives in Islamabad for talks with officials
ISLAMABAD: US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman arrived in Islamabad on Saturday for talks with political and military leaders on “issues of bilateral and mutual concern”,...
View ArticleMob assaults French reporter in Tahrir Square
Cairo: A French female television reporter was sexually assaulted during a protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, she told AFP on Saturday, the latest in a series of such attacks on women covering unrest...
View ArticleRow between tribes in south Oman gets violent
Muscat: A tribal dispute in a region to the south of Oman ended in a clash between two groups on Wednesday, according to a prominent blogger from Salalah who writes under the pseudonym Dhofari Gucci....
View ArticleWoman arrested for husband's murder in Oman
Muscat: Police in Dhofar have cracked a murder case of an Indian in Salalah with the arrest of the wife of the deceased. “The Royal Oman Police’s (ROP) Criminal Investigation Department in Dhofar...
View ArticleExpatriate held for husband’s murder in Dhofar
Muscat: Police in Dhofar have solved the murder of an expatriate in Salalah with the arrest of his wife. “The Royal Oman Police’s [ROP] Criminal Investigation Department in Dhofar region have solved...
View Article22 drowned this year in Oman
Muscat: About 100 drowning incidents were reported in Oman since January this year, according to statistics released by the Directorate-General of Civil Defence. The police have reported 22 fatalities...
View ArticleHeritage shows herald Eid in Dubai
Dubai: A series of events centred on UAE heritage were launched on Thursday in Al Shindagha and Hatta to mark Eid Al Adha. The events are being held by the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce...
View Article70 per cent work on Zayed Bridge completed
Swat, Pakistan: More than 70 per cent of reconstruction work on Shaikh Zayed Bridge on Swat River in Pakistan has been completed, the UAE Project to Assist Pakistan (PAP) has said. PAP said the $10.5...
View ArticleSix members of Emirati family hurt in car crash
Abu Dhabi: At least six members of an Emirati family and their two domestic helpers were injured on Saturday in a car crash near Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi Police said in a statement. The speeding...
View ArticleTwo-day holiday for National Day in Oman
Muscat: Government employees in Oman will get a four-day break following the declaration of November 27 and 28 as the National Day holidays. Khalid Bin Hilal Al Busaidi, Minister of the Diwan of Royal...
View ArticleQaboos offers Eid prayers in Khasab
Muscat: Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed offered Eid Al Adha prayers at the Sultan Qaboos mosque in the wilayat of Khasab, the capital of Musandam, about 500km from Muscat. The Sultan was accompanied during...
View ArticleTen-day Eid holidays for public sector in Oman
Muscat: The public sector, including all government offices, in Oman will get a ten-day break for the Eid Al Adha while the four-day official holidays have been announced for the private sector....
View ArticlePrivate sector in Oman asked to pay employees by October 18
Muscat: A ministerial decision asking private sector employers to pay their employees before October 18 ahead of the Eid Al Adha festivities hits companies hard, according to a senior executive of a...
View ArticleOmanis to get 3% annual increment
Muscat: The Manpower Ministry has made it mandatory for employers in private sector to give annual increment of three per cent of the basic salary to Omani employees. Shaikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al...
View ArticleOman bans companies from holding staff passports
Muscat: Oman has declared it illegal to hold passports of expatriate employees. The ministry has instructed the private sector establishments not make labourers work during noon hours in June, July and...
View ArticleQatar conference to defend Jerusalem status
Manama: Qatar’s Emir Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani will open the International Conference for the Defence of occupied Jerusalem, to be held in Doha next week. The conference will include speeches...
View ArticleOman unveils amended Labour Law
Muscat: New amendments to Oman's Labour Law legislate on a host of contentious issues, including workplace conditions of female employees, arbitrary dismissals, handling of runaways, and holiday...
View ArticleOne woman, three activists get elected in Oman's Shura council
Muscat: Only one woman succeeded in getting a seat in the 84-member Majlis Asshura even as three protesters were given thumbs up by the voters in Oman during Saturday’s election for the seventh term of...
View ArticleShorter working hours for public sector in Ramadan
MUSCAT' Ministries and all other government establishments in Oman will work shorter hours during the holy month of Ramadan. An announcement...
View ArticleBritish Home Secretary in Jordan for Abu Qatada deportation talks
London: British Home Secretary Theresa May was holding talks on Monday in Jordan aimed at overcoming a European ban on deporting a radical cleric to the Arab country. Britain wants to deport Abu...
View ArticleOman's Port Sultan Qaboos to be developed as tourist hub
MUSCAT ' In a new boost to Oman's fast-expanding tourism sector, whose contribution to GDP is slated to reach 2.4 per cent in the next nine years, Port Sultan Qaboos, the country's main harbour for...
View ArticleUAE, Oman vow to further boost cooperation
Abu Dhabi President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed of Oman yesterday held talks in Al Ain on relations between the UAE and Oman and ways to promote them in...
View ArticleEid holidays in Oman from Nov 15 to 18
MUSCAT - All private and public sector establishments in Oman will remain closed from November 15 to November...
View ArticleQaboos receives Iranian Vice-President
Muscat: Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed gave an audience to Iran’s First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi Monday evening at the Hisn Al Shumoukh in Manah, located about 500km north-west off Muscat. During...
View ArticleSultan Qaboos makes more Cabinet changes
Muscat: In a second reshuffle, Omani Ruler Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed has made two major changes to the Council of Ministers on Saturday. While announcing the appointments of new ministers through Royal...
View ArticleMilad Al Nabi holiday in Oman
MUSCAT - All government offices in Oman will remain closed on Saturday and Sunday to mark Milad Al Nabi, the birthday of...
View ArticleOman hands over murder suspect to Pakistan
Muscat: Oman police arrested a 19-year-old fugitive and handed him over to Pakistan recently, according to a Royal Oman Police (ROP) press release. Interpol had issued an alert on the murder suspect on...
View ArticleQaboos holds talks with Emir of Qatar
Article continues below Muscat: Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed on Wednesday evening held talks with Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, at Bait al Baraka. Fraternal relations During the...
View ArticleThree-day holiday for National Day, Hijri Year declared in Oman
MUSCAT ' Oman has declared a three-day public holiday to mark National Day and the advent of Hijri Year 1433. All government and private sector offices in the country will remain...
View ArticleQaboos arrives in Kuwait on a private visit
Muscat: Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed arrived in Kuwait on Monday on a private visit after visiting UAE. On his arrival, the Omani leader was received by Kuwaiti Emir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah....
View ArticleQaboos to attend GCC Summit in Riyadh
Muscat: Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed will head Oman’s delegation to the 32nd Summit of the GCC Supreme Council due to be held in Riyadh on December 19-20, according to a report by Oman News Agency Saturday....
View ArticleThree-day holidays in Oman to mark the country's 41st National Day
Muscat: A three-day holiday has been announced in Oman from November 26 to mark the country's 41st National Day, as well as the new Hijri Year. Khaled Bin Hilal Bin Saud Al Busaidi, Minister of the...
View ArticleEid Al Fitr holidays declared in Oman
MUSCAT ' Eid holidays for the government sector in Oman will begin on Monday and for private establishments on Tuesday. An announcement by the Minister of Diwan of Royal Court and Chairman of the Civil...
View ArticleQueen Beatrix arrives in Oman on a three-day visit
Muscat: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, who arrived in Muscat Tuesday on a three-day visit, was received by Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed. An official welcome ceremony was given for the Queen of the...
View ArticleWorking hours reduced in Oman during Ramadan
Muscat: Government employees will work five hours a day while Muslim employees in the private sector will work six hours in Oman during the month of Ramadan. Sayyid Khalid Bin Hilal Bin Saud Al...
View ArticleNine-day Eid break for public sector in Oman
Muscat: Five-day Eid Al Fitr holidays for government and public sector will give employees nine-day break in Oman while employees of private sector will get six days. The government and public sector...
View ArticleEid holidays announced in Oman
Muscat: The public sector in Oman has been given nine days off from work during Eid Al Adha. Khaled Bin Hilal Bin Saud Al Busaidi, Minister of the Diwan of Royal Court and President Civil Service...
View ArticleTwo-day holiday for government sector in Oman
Muscat: The Government sector be closed on Saturday and Sunday on the occasion of the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), according to a decision issued by Sayyid Khalid Bin Hilal Bin Saud Al...
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