The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) revealed that, since the launch of the Fixed Number Portability (FNP) service in March 2020, the telecom service providers Ooredoo Qatar and Vodafone …
Qatar Petroleum’s Mesaieed refinery begins ULSD production
Qatar Petroleum (QP) has completed a project enabling production of ultralow-sulfur diesel (ULSD) at its 137,000-b/d refinery in Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC), about 40 km south of Doha, Qatar.
Kuwait’s new ruler to seek stability among fractious, powerful neighbours
Kuwait’s new ruler in waiting may find it harder than his predecessor to uphold his country’s mediating role between rival Gulf powers, if only because he lacks his late brother’s decades of …
Kuwait Stocks Slump Most in Gulf Before News of Ruler’s Death
Kuwait’s Premier Market index dropped on Tuesday, extending its losing streak to a fourth session, amid concern over the condition of the country’s ruler, whose death was confirmed after the end of …
Tourist spending in Oman almost doubles in five years
Money spent by tourists coming to Oman nearly doubled between 2015 and 2019, according to figures from the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI). The NCSI, in its Tourism Statistics …
55-year-old woman returns home after being stuck in Oman for 11-month
After 11 months, 55-year-old woman returned to her home in Kanpur from Oman. She expressed happiness and thanked the government for the help. The woman accused her employees in Oman for harassing her.
State institutions in Oman urged to finalize electronic processing of salary transfer
The Ministry of Finance on Monday exhorted units of the State’s Administrative Apparatus to complete steps towards the finalisation of electronic transfer of salaries. Financial Circular No 20/2020 on …
Singapore’s SMEs pessimistic about business prospects
The confidence in business activities of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in Singapore for the remaining months of 2020 falls to the lowest level since 2009, as the COVID-19 …
Building a Creative Culture From a Rigid Singapore
As countries rebuild from the devastation of Covid, they need to take stock of their core brands, but also figure out how to best articulate new stories …
Singapore’s Keppel launches major revamp, review of O&M business
Singaporean conglomerate Keppel Corp said today it has identified assets worth S$17.5 billion that could potentially be monetised, including through sales, and started a review of its loss-making …