Energy

Saturday 11/February/2017 21:30 PM

9,990 psychotropic pills seized in Oman

Musandam: A bag containing almost 10,000 psychotropic pills was found in the sea off the coast of Musandam by the Royal Oman Police. The Department of...

Saturday 11/February/2017 19:41 PM

Oman's January inflation rises 1.79 per cent

Muscat: Oman registered a year-on-year consumer inflation of 1.79 per cent in January 2017, riding primarily on a 9.02 per cent rise in prices of products...

Saturday 11/February/2017 19:08 PM

Focus on capacity building among Omani women

Muscat: Concerned with the role of women in the society, the Omani Woman Association (OWA) runs many social and educational programmes. One such programme...

Friday 10/February/2017 16:16 PM

Man rescued from mountain in Khasab

Khasab: Emergency forces in Musandam, the northern governorate of Oman, have rescued a man after he'd had a fall and trapped himself on the slopes of a...

Friday 10/February/2017 10:14 AM

News Rewind: Fuel prices dominate headlines

With the rising costs of fuel prices putting a dent in many people's budgets for the next few months at the very least, opinion and decisions about the...

Thursday 09/February/2017 11:37 AM

Oman's Shura wants all fuel at fixed prices

Muscat: M91 fuel should be fixed at 150 baisa per litre, according to a Majlis Al Shura special committee set up to address rising fuel costs. The council...

Wednesday 08/February/2017 22:50 PM

Noor Eddine Al Salmi seminar begins in Oman

Muscat: A seminar celebrating Sheikh Abdullah bin Humaid Al Salmi, "Noor Eddine Al Salmi" was opened at the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat...