The development comes after Oman’s civil aviation requested for the verification and clearance of the Pakistani pilots working in Oman’s airline company …
Shura discusses Oman’s draft VAT law
The Economic and Financial Committee of Majlis Ash-Shura on Monday discussed the draft Value-Added Tax (VAT) law referred by the government, by hosting Saud bin Nasser Al-Shukaili, vice-president of …
Oman records highest daily virus count since outbreak
Oman recorded 14 fatalities from coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest daily death toll since the pandemic hit the Gulf state in mid-February, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said …
Oman picks Oracle managed cloud for government services
The Oman government has selected Oracle’s managed cloud region to support digital transformation across more than 120 government and semi-government entities. The Oracle platform will be used to …
Special flight returns 254 stranded Bangladeshis home from Oman
The national flag carrier is now operating schedule flights to three destinations – London, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, while continuing to operate special chartered flights amidst the pandemic …
Pandemic knocks Singapore into recession as GDP plummets 41% in second quarter
Singapore’s trade-reliant economy plunged into recession in the second quarter with a record contraction, signaling a rough first half globally and an equally challenging outlook as the coronavirus …
Singapore economy contracts 41% on quarterly basis
Singapore’s economy entered recession in the April-June quarter, contracting 12.6% from the same period a year earlier. Preliminary data reported Tuesday showed the economy contracting 41.2% in …
Kyrgyzstan confirms 421 more coronavirus infections
The health ministry of Kyrgyzstan said on Tuesday that 421 more coronavirus cases were reported in the country, which has increased the total number of COVID-19 cases across the country to 11,538.94 …
Duda’s fateful Polish victory a mixed bag for Israel, Jews – analysis
Incumbent Duda’s narrow victory, with only 51% of the vote, over his opponent, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, spoke to the deep divide in Poland.
Real estate giants Israel Canada, Nakash brothers acquire Minrav Projects
The deal is reportedly worth NIS 574 million, NIS 2.505 million above the Minrav Projects’ market cap (NIS 571.495 million), based-off numbers provided by Bloomberg.