Head stories

  • Rupee fall rejoices Indian expats

    Tuesday, 11 June, 2013

    By Samuel Kutty — MUSCAT — The continuing depreciation of rupee is providing an opportunity to members of the Indian community in Oman to send more money home. “At a time when our salaries are stagnant, it is like an artificial bonus for us," says Ramkumar, an Indian expatriate. The rupee plunged to

  • HM gives audience to US commander

    Monday, 10 June, 2013
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    MUSCAT — His Majesty Sultan Qaboos gave an audience at Bait al Barakah yesterday to Gen LIoyed J Austin, Commander of the US Central Command, who is currently visiting the Sultanate. During the audience, aspects of co-operation between the two countries and issues of mutual concern were discussed. T

  • Plan to groom 1,200 engineers

    Monday, 10 June, 2013
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    By Conrad Prabhu — MUSCAT — Authorities overseeing the development of the Oman National Railway Project plan to recruit and train as many as 1,200 Omani graduates for engineering and technical posts during the implementation of the multibillion rial venture. They represent an initial chunk of what i

  • Sultanate, US military co-operation reviewed

    Monday, 10 June, 2013
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    MUSCAT — Gen Sultan bin Mohammed al Numani, Minister of the Royal Office, received in his office here yesterday Gen LIoyd J Austin, Commander of the US Central Command, and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, the march of the good bilateral relations binding the Sultanate and the United

  • Oman set to be SME hub

    Monday, 10 June, 2013

    By Hasan Kamoonpuri — MUSCAT — Oman is all set to get a shot in the arm as a hub for small start-ups considering a number of landmark initiatives launched since the national Symposium on Development of SMEs (January 21-23). For example, for a long time the problem of multiple agencies and procedures

  • Revenues at RO 3.45 bn

    Sunday, 9 June, 2013
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    By Samuel Kutty — Private deposits at banks in first quarter at RO 9.19 billion — MUSCAT — On the back of strong oil prices and subsequent mounting revenue, the Sultanate boosted its actual spending by nearly 13.1 per cent to RO 1.563 billion in the first three months of the current fiscal. Accordin

  • RO 35 million food wasted every year

    Sunday, 9 June, 2013
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    By A Staff Reporter — MUSCAT — The per capita annual food waste over the total supply in Oman stands at 54.3 kg compared with 6 to 11 kg in Africa and Asia and the national annual food waste stands at RO 35.3 million. Giving these results, Dr Hemesiri Kotagama from the Department of Natural Resource

  • 363 lives lost in 1,730 accidents

    Sunday, 9 June, 2013

    By Khalid al Adawi — MUSCAT — A total of 1,730 road accident occurred all across the Sultanate from January 1 to May 25 in which 363 people died and 4,419 others sustained injuries which indicates a drop in all three categories as compared to the same period last year which saw 3,417 road accidents

  • Deal for RO 60m projects in Duqm

    Sunday, 9 June, 2013
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    MUSCAT — The Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm (SEZAD) signed an agreement with the Duqm Development Company (DDC) to use land for 50 years in phase 2 of the Duqm City. The move aims at providing accommodation units for investors as well as other facilities following the completion of phase 1

  • Water supply unit completed

    Saturday, 8 June, 2013

    The Public Authority for Electricity and Water has completed the drinking water tank project in the Al Alya village in the Wilayat of Al Mudhaibi, North Al Sharqiyah Governorate. The project is expected to be operational during the next few weeks and will provide drinking water for residents of Al A

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