Latest in Tag: Daily Highlight
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Second month of academic semester sees military tribunals and a sit-in
Storming campuses and dispersing student activities, says AFTE report

Elections to commence before Ramadan: Mehleb
Not possible before mid-June, says party deputy head

ECESR wins appeal, white taxi owners to renew licences without bank statement
Ministry of Finance has supported white taxi project with EGP 1.5bn since 2009

Toyota Tsusho to invest $1.5bn in Egypt
Areas of investment will be in energy and exploration sectors

Over 2000mW to be pumped to electricity grid in May to meet summer needs
Plan includes pumping around 3.25bn cubic feet of natural gas and 40,000 tonnes of mazut everyday, according to government official
Heavy fighting in Aden, Houthis abduct leading opposition figures
Rebel militias advance towards port of Aden, thwart opposition by kidnapping senior Islah Party officials

6 April Movement hold anniversary conference in the desert
Security agencies cancelled reservation for the conference in Cairo, says the group

Government meetings with political parties on elections continue Tuesday
Popular Current invited, Karama and others still out in the cold

525 Egyptians transported from Yemen: Foreign ministry
Situation is harder than in Libya, says Foreign Ministry spokesman

Disputes should be resolved with Turkey, Qatar: Former Al-Ahram Chairman
Egypt’s intervention in Yemen aims to assert authority of protecting Suez Canal, says Abdel Moneim Said

Industry Ministry studies new steel, cement licences
Head of Metallurgical Industries chamber says there is a gap between steel factories production capacity and actual production

IMF ready to support Egypt: Lagarde
Lagarde says Economic Summit succeeded in attracting agreements and contributions

‘The Bad Habits of the Past’: Mohamed Kheir’s shadows
Art is generally an expression of pain, because man seeks eternity and continuity and life is mortal, says poet

Court adjourns Presidential Palace case retrial to 29 April
Next session will feature prosecution and defence arguments

Domestic liquidity rises by over EGP 1bn
The figures show that domestic liquidity now registers EGP 1.109bn (7.3%) during the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2014/2015.

Banque Misr to allow services 24 hours a day through “Remote Teller”
Banks should adopt developed technological infrastructure that aim to develop communication channels with customers, says head of retail

Individual bank customers range between 6-8 million: NBE Chairman
There are 10 ATM machines for every 100,000 customers in Egypt, Okasha said

State never wanted political parties’ involvement: Mohamed Abul-Ghar
Social Democratic Party head objects to security intervention in politics

Edita’s IPO 4.5 times oversubscribed
Offer price was set at EGP 18.50 per share

Yemenis in Egypt demand return to homeland
Demonstrations outside Yemeni embassy in Cairo appealing for safe passage, support

Completion of new Suez Canal dry digging in early April
Around 94.8% of dry digging of new Suez Canal completed in 7.5 months
Egypt criticises US reluctance to support war on terrorism
Foreign Minister’s assistant expresses desire to Congress delegation to enhance relations

Beating, threatening and inhuman treatment: NCHR report on prisoners
The council’s delegation met with four prisoners in Abu Za’abal prison, interior ministry denies claims of torture
Bomb injures 2 policemen in Alexandria
Explosion happened during attempt to defuse the explosive device

No justice in sight for killed journalists in post-revolution Egypt
At least 10 journalists have been killed since 25 January Revolution, according to CJP

EBI reaccredited by ACCET for 5 years
The institution was previously accredited for 5 years to 2014
Journalist arrested for no apparent charges in Qaliubiya
Tahrir’s Sayed Fouda was taken from his house by National Security forces, says his wife

Minya church commemorating beheaded Egyptians attacked
Church was still under construction, but some locals were angered by it
NUCA allocates 195 land parcels in 22 cities
Total size of land amounts to 600 acres

Ajnad Misr claim responsibility for Cairo University metro bombing
The group claim deaths among security officers