Egyptian lot-chosen pilgrims to stay in upgraded tents during Hajj
CAIRO: Egyptian pilgrims chosen by lottery will enjoy developed tents for their accommodation during the 2015 Islamic pilgrimage in Mecca in October, after staying in largely primitive tents during the...
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EGP steady at CBE auction, official channels
CAIRO: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is holding the pound steady at 7.73 per dollar in a foreign exchange (FX) auction on Tuesday, unchanged from last sale, the bank posted on its website. The bank...
View ArticleOriental Weavers accused of ‘monopolistic practices': competition authority
CAIRO: Egypt’s Oriental Weavers has been referred to the public prosecutor for “monopolistic practices”, the Egyptian Competition Authority said in a statement on Tuesday. “Oriental Weavers agreed with...
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Egypt heat wave death toll rises to 106
CAIRO: Egypt’s state-run news agency says the death toll from a scorching heat wave has killed 106 people since last week. The news agency says Tuesday that eight more people had died a day earlier,...
View ArticleEGX posts further plunge, sheds $1.6B on foreign sales
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) widened its slump at the close of Tuesday’s session, hammered by foreign sales. The benchmark index EGX30 plunged 2.58 percent to end at 7,398 points, down from 7,594...
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Photojournalist released, Youm7 investigates accuser
CAIRO: Egyptian newspaper Youm7 opened an investigation Tuesday into its photojournalist Amany al-Akhras per a request by the Journalists Syndicate for allegedly reporting a fellow photojournalist to...
View Article2nd phase of medium-income housing project to launch Thursday
CAIRO: The Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development announced that the second phase of Dar Misr project for medium-income housing is to launch next Thursday, Youm7 reported Tuesday. The...
View ArticleUniting Fatwa bodies crucial for stability: Sisi
CAIRO: President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi called for uniting the fatwa bodies due the “deformation” of the image of Islam during Dar al-Iftaa’s international conference Tuesday, reported a release from the...
View ArticleMin. of Environment pledges to remove 70% of black cloud in 2015
CAIRO: Egypt’s ministry of environment has pledged to get rid of 70 percent of the “black cloud” crisis that is to blanket Egypt’s sky in two months during rice cultivation season, Youm7 reported...
View ArticlePer capita water share declines by 11.1% in 2013/2014: CAPMAS
CAIRO: Per-capita water consumption in Egypt declined by 11.1 percent in 2013/2014, registering 103.4 cubic meters compared with 116.3 cubic meters in 2012/2013, the Central Agency for Public...
View Article7 alleged terror cell members arrested for Sharqia bombing
CAIRO: Seven men who allegedly belong to two “terrorist cells” based in Sharqia, in Egypt’s Delta, were arrested and their explosives storehouses were seized, according to a Tuesday statement by the...
View Article1760 cross Egypt-Gaza border on 2nd day of opening
CAIRO: A total of 1,760 people crossed the Rafah Border in both directions on the second day of a limited four-day opening Tuesday. Some 20 trucks carrying construction materials also crossed the...
View ArticleCFTC launches 118th Canton Fair Oct. 15-Nov. 4
CAIRO: The China Foreign Trade Centre (CFTC) announced the upcoming launch of the 118th Canton Fair from Oct. 15 to Nov. 4 at the Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou, China, according to a...
View ArticleIS bomb in Kurdish town in northeast Syria kills at least 11
BEIRUT: Syrian activists say an Islamic State suicide bomber has targeted a predominantly Kurdish town in northeastern Syria, killing at least 11 people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human...
View Article95 Egyptians deported from Libya
CAIRO: A total of 95 people were deported Tuesday from Tobruk, Libya, for allegedly entring Libya illegally. “The immigrants were arrested in the Libyan desert, as they entered the country illegally,”...
View ArticleEgypt’s SODIC H1 profit rises to 152.29M EGP
CAIRO: Egypt’s third-largest listed property developer SODIC reported first-half net profit of 152.29 million Egyptian pounds ($19.45 million), up from 90.54 million pounds in the same period last...
View ArticleIS beheads leading Syrian antiquities scholar in Palmyra
DAMASCUS: Islamic State militants beheaded one of Syria’s most prominent antiquities scholars in the ancient town of Palmyra, then hung his body from one of the town’s Roman columns, Syrian state media...
View ArticleGovernment to bid for 7.5B EGP in T-bills Thursday
CAIRO: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on behalf of the Ministry of Finance is set to auction 7.5 billion EGP ($957.8 million) in treasury bills Thursday, according to the bank’s official website....
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