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Parliamentās planning and budgeting committee approves Income Tax Law draft amendments
Draft law to see a raise in base personal tax exemption level and introduce revised tax brackets

6 ministries to be reviewed by committee during current FY:Ā Silvia Nabil
The ministries are: transport, communications, housing, new urban communities, telecommunications, information technology, social solidarity, education, higher education, and scientific research

Press Syndicate reveals individuals accused of corruption
The head of the syndicateās finance department is accused of embezzling EGP 260,000

Education Minister summoned by parliamentās Education Committee
El-Sherbiny told the committee that the culprits behind the exam leaks had already been apprehended and that there is full cooperation with all affiliated entities to arrest all those involved

Administrative Court suspends government freeze to Abu Trika’s assets
The verdict is āfinalā and āenforceableā, says Abu Trikaās lawyer

Parliament continues discussion on Civil Service Law
Committee hopes to present law to parliament in the ānear futureā

Coalition in Support of Egypt solidifies hold on parliament after special committee head votes
The national coalition was earlier criticised for alleged attempts to take over seats

Al-Sisi to form committee headed by Mehleb to recover looted land
Mehleb was previously implicated in the Mubarak familyās āPresidential Palacesā case, but was never charged

FJP spokesperson disagrees with judicial announcements on Brotherhood activitiesĀ
Judicial committee to freeze Brotherhood assets allegedly found documents detailing Brotherhood indiscretions since 2012

Solidarity, condemnations follow researcherās arrest
There is a major defect when it comes to security investigation apparatuses and agencies entrusted with levelling charges, says El-Balshy

Tripartite GERD negotiations continue in ministerial-level conference in Cairo
Conference is expected to discuss the points of conflict that arose between the two international consulting agencies

Market unaffected by confiscated Muslim Brotherhood assets: Economic expert
Assets of hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members, NGOs and several companies have been confiscated since Morsiās ouster

Committee rejects Abu Trikaās appeal over assets freeze
Abu Trikaās assets were frozen following the committeeās decision to confiscate properties belonging to a company the former footballer had shares in
Egyptian-Ethiopian Committee promotes trade, industrial cooperation
Egyptian investments in Ethiopia amount to $2bn; in two parts, the first as foreign direct investment (FDI) and the other as investments in several sectors
Controversy surrounds āInformation Security Legislationā committee
Need to investigate US, European experience concerning protecting their electronic security, says communications ministry official

Cabinet entrusts drafting committee to amend unconstitutional elections law
Amendments could be reached within month, will feature change in numbers of seats, says constitutional law expert

Law drafting committee starts elections law amendments
Administrative court annuls elections procedures following Constitutional Court ruling

Electoral Commission issues decree regulating NGOs monitoring of elections
Organisations will be allowed to monitor all procedures for listing candidates, distributing electoral propaganda, casting votes, counting votes and declaring results.
International journalists show solidarity with Egyptian colleagues
Hundreds of Egyptian journalists reject recent pledge by major newspaper editors to support government’s rhetoric

Orascom Construction to launch IPO in February: Nassef Sawiris
Company won international arbitration case against petroleum ministry but decided not to act upon it, the businessman says

Final ruling for the OCI postponed to 4 November
Government seeking to settle tax dispute worth an estimated EGP 7bn

Mehleb forms parliamentary election districts committee
The law for election districts is to be final

Proposal to raise fertilisers prices causes uproar
Farmers and fertiliser producers strongly opposed over pricing issue

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan tripartite talks end with agreements
This is the fourth round of talks for the trio in the past year after previous efforts had failed
Industry ministry issues decision to form committee dairy product safety and quality system
System to be implemented tracking all steps from farm to final product to meet export requirements for EU markets

Shoukry to visit Ethiopia ahead of tripartite talks
The last tripartite talks were held in January but no agreement was reached

National Council for Women asks Al-Azhar to change curricula
Council to reform its branches in different Egyptian governorates

Emergency airlift between Egypt and Tunisia ends
Thousands of Egyptians stuck at the Libyan-Tunisian border area have been evacuated
Egypt communicates with Libya tribal leaders to evacuate more citizens
Egypt is engaged in intense communication with officials in Tunisia in order to evacuate citizens stuck at the border area between Libya and Tunisia

Shoukry discusses Egyptians in Libya with Tunisian PM
The visit comes amid intensified Egyptian efforts to evacuate nationals residing in restive neighbour Libya