Egypt’s petroleum minister examined on Tuesday the possibility of building a power plant to generate electricity for the new Suez Canal Development Project with the help of General Electric. Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail met with representatives of the American multinational … read more
A bomb went off out near the High Court of Justice in downtown Cairo on Tuesday night. Explosives experts moved to the explosion scene to identify the cause of the explosion and the losses it left behind, reported state-run news … read more
The ministries of Industry and Trade, Investment, oil and agriculture decided to raise the prices of subsidized fertilizers by 33 percent. The price per ton for the urea fertilizer will be LE2,000 instead of LE1,500. A ton of nitrates, according … read more
The Ministry of Health has opted for five medical firms for the production of Sovaldi (Sofosbuvir), the US-made Hepatitis C tablets, without conducting a tender beforehand, Al-Masry Al-Youm has learned. According to a letter from the ministry’s pharmaceutical affairs department to the … read more
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will deposit LE35 billion ($5 billion) in the Central Bank of Egypt in two installments starting this month, a source familiar with the matter told Ahram Online on Monday. The sums will be … read more
Thirty people people died and 15 were injured when three microbuses crashed near Aswan on Monday morning, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported. The accident took place near the entrance of Edfo city north Aswan. The injured were taken to … read more
On the Cairo-Alexandria Delta Road smoke rises from the fields, forming a gray cloud. Large piles of rice straw wait on the ground to be minced or incinerated. Machines whir with a metallic sound as they slice the straw for … read more
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri said on Sunday that opening the Palestinian border-crossings with Israel is a prerequisite for the reconstructing of the Gaza Strip to succeed, in a press conference on Sunday. Egypt co-hosted a conference with Norway in … read more
Kasr al-Nil misdemeanour court will issue its verdict on November 1 in the “gay marriage” case involving eight men accused of inciting debauchery and violating public decency after appearing in a Youtube video, public prosecution said in a statement Saturday. The video, … read more
A newly-wed woman was found hanged at her house in Beni Suef after her husband found out she was nine-month pregnant, despite them being married for only five months. According to investigations, the wife, 23, went with her husband … read more