Public transport in Oman has been earmarked for a major funding boost under the 2013 budget, and a planned national rail network is set to receive the lion’s share of the spend.

The pavilion of the Ministry of Tourism at the Chelsea Flower Show 2013 garnered a golden award, Global Arab Network reports according to ONA.

Efforts to open up new avenues for investment in family owned firms in Oman are gathering momentum as the authorities step up a bid to steer more local firms towards listing on the sultanate’s stock exchange.

Oman Sultan Qaboos yesterday visited Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) at Saih Al Malih. HM the Sultan was greeted at PDO’s main building, Beit Mina al Fahal, by ministers, PDO General Manager, government representatives in PDO Board of Directors and members of the company’s senior management.

MUSCAT — Oman’s government has pledged more than $250 million in the development of an Integrated Fisheries Hub within the Special Economic Zone at Duqm.

Engineering firms from mainly Spain and South Korea are dominating a field of 12 contenders bidding for a contract to provide preliminary design consultancy services linked to the development of a national rail network in the Sultanate.

Solar energy looks set to play a growing role in Oman’s energy mix as the Sultanate moves to address the two-fold challenge it faces of meeting rising demand for electricity while reducing state support for the power sector.

MUSCAT — Recent archaeological discoveries in the Wilayat of Daba, Governorate of Musandam, unearthed antiques dating back to the first century BC.

The Omani people celebrate the National forty-second Day on the eighteenth of November. They build Oman by their strong will and sincere determination in their developmental process with well-studied steps to build