by B&W Oman | May 31, 2025 | Featured Articles, Oman
MUSCAT/CAIRO – Tobacco companies are targeting and wooing youth by adding flavours to their products.Research reveals that children and adolescents prefer sweet flavours than adults and nearly three quarters – 72 percent – of young adult current tobacco users report...
by B&W Oman | May 31, 2025 | Featured Articles, Oman
NEW YORK — A new report by the SWF Global commended Oman Investment Authority (OIA) for strengthening Oman’s global ties through targeted foreign investments, joint funds, and reinvesting divestment proceeds and returns into national projects.This approach sets...
by B&W Oman | May 29, 2025 | Oman
IBRA – North A’Sharqiyah Education Department today honoured more than 140 teaching staff members from North A’Sharqiyah Governorate during a celebration marking Teachers’ Day for School Year 2024-2025.The ceremony was held under the auspices of Dr. Madiha...
by B&W Oman | May 29, 2025 | Oman, Popular Stories
MUSCAT – Oman has announced five days of Eid Al Adha holidays for both government and private sector, from Thursday, June 5 to Monday, June 9. Work shall be resumed on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, the announcement said.Eid Al Adha on June 6Oman will celebrate Eid Al...
by B&W Oman | May 29, 2025 | Oman
MUSCAT – Oman Football Association (OFA) today marked the conclusion of Omantel League 2024-2025 sports season’s finale.The ceremony, held under the auspices of OFA Chairman Salim Said Al Wahaibi, took place in the Wilayat of A’Seeb.The ceremony included a...
by B&W Oman | May 27, 2025 | Oman, Popular Stories
MUSCAT – Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister and Dr. Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, jointly inaugurated a commemorative postage stamp symbolising the profound cultural and historical ties between...
by B&W Oman | May 22, 2025 | Featured Articles, Oman
Amidst the cacophony of chocolate shops in town, here is a refreshing breath of fresh – no chocolatey air! ChocoTal’s has been in town since the last six years merging “Oman’s rich cultural heritage with cutting-edge anti-ageing advancements to craft deliciously...
by B&W Oman | May 22, 2025 | Featured Articles, Oman
MUSCAT – The Sultanate of Oman unveiled a silvery sleek and towering steel structure, soaring as high as a 40-storey building in the heart of the capital, Thursday evening.Oman on Thursday witnessed the grand unveiling of the country’s tallest flagpole, at Al...
by B&W Oman | May 18, 2025 | Featured Articles, Oman
MUSCAT – Gold prices took a slight weekend tumble to OMR37.650 on Friday for 1gm, 22k. This rate is a far cry from the time the prices were heading the list at OMR40.200 on April 21 and OMR41.200 on April 22, the highest so far, this year, market watchers claim....
by B&W Oman | May 17, 2025 | Featured Articles, Oman
The situation of mental health stigma in Oman shows decline, and thereby an improvement of the problem today, when compared to the earlier years, a top consultant psychiatrist has said. “Mental health stigma is a global problem and Oman is not an exception, however...
by B&W Oman | May 17, 2025 | Oman, Popular Stories
BAGHDAD —On behalf of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, HH Sayyid Shihab bin Tarik Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs chaired the Sultanate of Oman’s delegation at the 34th Arab Summit and the Fifth Arab Economic and Social Development Summit, held...
by B&W Oman | May 5, 2025 | Featured Articles, Oman
‘Kiki’ is not just going to Corniche – she is really going places. That, in short, is an apt sum up of the recent book launch of ‘Kiki goes to Corniche’, crafted by Elizabeth Davis, and launched by Dr Siham Al Harthy, board member of the Oman Chamber of Commerce and...
