Energy

HH Dr Sayyid Adham Al Said Assistant Professor of Economics at the SQU and Managing Partner for The Firm We expect serious economic challenges in 2017....

MUSCAT: As of January 1, non-Omanis will no longer be issued new visas for employment as carpenters, metallurgists, blacksmithsor in brick-kiln jobs,...

Muscat: As heavy fog has enveloped Barka and surrounding areas, police have warned motorists to drive safely. In a series of tweets, the Royal Oman Police...

MUSCAT: It is “logical” that fuel prices will top 200 baisa a litre in 2017 - but we shouldn’t be tempted to re-introduce subsidies, experts say. Loai...

Mirbat: Abalone is a sea snail that feeds on algae and seaweed. Other names for abalone are ear shells, sea ears, and muttonfish, as well as mutton shells...

Muscat: For the first time in Omani history, the Royal Oman Police has appointed a senior female police officer to be in charge of a police...

Frankincense, also called olibanum, is an aromatic resin used in incense and perfume. It is obtained by cutting the tree’s bark of the genus Boswellia...

Muscat: Heavy fog has enveloped Barka and surrounding areas disrupting traffic movement on Thursday night. "It started around 7pm. By 10pm it became...

Muscat: Oman’s first budget airline – SalamAir – has started offering tickets to Salalah at OMR 11 and Dubai at OMR 16.6. Their website shows that...

Muscat: A Pakistani college student died in a road crash in Rusayl yesterday at around 5pm, a social worker said. "Saif Bhawany, the victim was on his...