Bank Muscat Reaffirms Capital Market Leadership with OMIFCO IPO
BUSINESS REPORTERMuscat, AUGUST 31Bank Muscat, the leading financial services provider in the Sultanate of Oman, has successfully advised on the landmark IPO of Oman India Fertilis…
Five D’s That Make Digital Oman Investable
Two ministries published numbers this year that belong in the same sentence. MoTCIT reports that the communications and information technology sector attracted around RO 1.2 billio…
Phone + Tablet = The Future? Welcome to the Fold
Whenever I travel, whether for business or pleasure, I usually carry two devices: a smartphone to stay connected and a tablet for reading books, writing my weekly articles, watchin…
Report: Global coral cover falls 9.5% as reefs struggle to recover
The world’s coral reefs are under increasing pressure, with recovery periods between mass bleaching events becoming shorter and coral cover declining, according to a report publish…
Know your rights if your flight is cancelled in Oman
Muscat: Air passengers travelling from Oman are entitled to care, refunds and compensation when flights are delayed or cancelled, boarding is denied or baggage is lost or damaged,…
Oman crude crosses $94 over fresh Iran War attacks
The Oman crude was traded for $94.31 per barrel on Monday, an increase of $2.65 from Friday’s closing price.It may be noted that average monthly trading price for September 2026 wa…
Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods
KATHMANDU/BEIJING: Nepal’s rescue teams, helped by Chinese and Indian experts, stepped up efforts on Monday to reach hundreds of people believed to be stuck inside blocked hydrop…
Social investment shifts focus to measurable outcomes
Salalah: A familiar community savings practice is providing a new lens through which to assess social investment in Oman — not by how much money is mobilised, but by what people…
Hit by deadly floods, Nepal renews push for Chinese data and early warnings
Three months before a wall of water, mud and rock killed hundreds when it hurtled down a Himalayan valley bordering Nepal and China, experts and officials from both countries met i…
Passengers stranded overnight by Kenya airport strike
Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Kenya’s main international airport overnight as the latest strike by workers entered a second day on Monday.Jomo Kenyatta International Air…