29th Assarain Golf Classic on February 7, 8
MUSCAT - The 29th Assarain Golf Classic, one of the most prestigious golf tournaments of the Sultanate, will take place at Ghala Golf Club on February 7-8, 2025.More than 120 Golfers have registered for the tournament as per the organisers. According to a press statement issued by the organisers, the Assarain Golf Classic, sponsored by Assarain Group of Companies, is a premium golfing event that gives amateur golfers the opportunity to participate in a professional tournament that meets...
Bank Muscat Board of Directors approves financial results, proposes 16.5 percent dividend for 2024
MUSCAT – Bank Muscat proposed a 16.5 percent dividend for the year 2024. The meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bank, chaired by Sheikh Khalid bin Mustahail Al Mashani, Chairman, on Wednesday January 29, 2025, approved the financial results for the year ended December 31, 2024.The Board of Directors has proposed a 16.5 percent cash dividend for the year 2024. Shareholders would receive a cash dividend of OMR0.0165 per ordinary share aggregating to OMR123.856 million on the Bank’s...
National Museum inaugurates Russian seasons
MUSCAT — As part of the celebrations marking forty years of diplomatic relations between the Sultanate of Oman and the Russian Federation, the National Museum held a press conference today to inaugurate the "Russian Seasons" in the Sultanate of Oman. This initiative is being organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the ANO "Russian Seasons".Additionally, the Museum inaugurated the State Hermitage Museum’s Corner titled "Gifts of Bukharan and Central...
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Yanni in Oman in aid of the visually challenged
October 26, 2011: B&W achieved a musical breakthrough by bringing in the musical wizard, Yanni to Oman and making this world-renowned composer perform at the Grand Hall of the Sultan Qaboos University, again a first. This was the...
Parampara – charity dance event with Hema Malini and team – 2010
October 21, 2010 – The same year, we also championed the breast cancer cause in Oman. We brought in the dream girl, Hema Malini and her two lovely daughters, Esha and Ahana, for a fund raiser for breast cancer (for the National...
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The adventures of Captain Juma, the sailor
The adventures of Captain Juma, the sailor Will God fulfill the prayers of old men whom time forgot? Will God heed to the desire of a proud, old Omani sailor? These queries played in our mind as we talked to a venerable old sailor, a former ship (dhow) captain, and an...
Sheikha Layla, the Camel Whisperer
We froze. A four-legged, nearly 500kgs creature, was rumbling towards us with a mighty bellow. When it came close, we involuntarily shut our eyes. Even with our closed eyes and palpitating hearts, we could still feel this scary beast’s presence. When we mustered...
The wizard of Asa
In a dark and tiny room, a nearly 50-year old man is seen seated on a floor littered with crude work tools and attempting to bend the top part of what appears to be a wooden stick. He holds the stick in a makeshift clamp and then slowly bends it to the desired shape....
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