Muscat News

At the close of racing on day two of the Extreme Sailing Series Asia in Hong Kong both Oman teams held on to the top three positions. Masirah kept the top spot although sharing it with Team BT on equal...

OMAN Oman is a beautiful country.The best time to visit Oman is between October to April.Oman has caves both explored and hidden and some caves extend up to 5 km.Wadi means valley in Arabic,Oman has many beautiful wadis.The wadis contains...

Prosperity of Oman should be the focus of Indians living and working here, said Dr A...Abdul Kalam, former president of India, here yesterday. “Indians should always show what great performers they are,” he said. He was speaking at an interactive...

Positive momentum witnessed during the initial hours of the trading drove up the index to touch a milestone of 6,410 points, but the MSM index closed flat as it witnessed selling pressure in frontline stocks like BankMuscat which pulled down...

Brazil rounded off a successful pre-World Cup year yesterday with a 2-0 win over Oman in a friendly to take their tally to 14 victories in 17 matches. Nilmar opened the scoring in the fourth minute and Oman midfielder Hassan...

As per the Royal Orders of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the holidays for Eid Al Adha and the 39th glorious National Day for employees at ministries, public authorities and other departments of the state’s administrative apparatus will start...

His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, deputy prime minister for the Council of Ministers, received GCC justice ministers, who concluded their 21st meeting here yesterday. During the meeting, Sayyid Fahd said the GCC, with its shared characteristics and...

Sohar will augment the existing modular fabrication facility, making it one of the largest integrated manufacturing complexes in the region catering to the hydrocarbon and power sectors, a company release said. Larsen & Toubro Heavy Engineering LLC is a joint...

Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al Busaidi, secretary-general of the Foreign Ministry, yesterday held talks with the representatives of a French Foreign Ministry delegation, who are currently visiting the Sultanate. The discussions aimed at exploring the possibility of strengthening...

Australia have the chance to move into a strong position to qualify for the 2011 tournament with a win in the match in Muscat on November 14. Verbeek has opted to again select a predominantly Europe-based squad, as he did...