The best solution to prevent overcrowds at metro stations is to allow employees to leave at 3pm, said Kamel Al-Wazir, Minister of Transport. This will allow employees to beat the crowds leaving work at 5pm when shops are currently closing.
Al-Wazir (...)
Egypt's Armed Forces have carried out sterilisation operations in Al Azhar Mosque, Dar Al-Ifta, and Coptic Cathedral against the novel coronavirus, according to a statement by army spokesperson Tamer Al-Rafaei Saturday.
Al-Rafaei said the operations (...)
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi welcomed the recent agreement between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar to form a government of national unity as part of implementing the decisions of the peace agreement.
Al-Sisi (...)
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads rapidly across the world, forcing different countries to take strict and emergency measures to curb the crisis and cushion its impacts socially and economically, Egypt was no exception as the government (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi received on Tuesday a phone call from his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta, where the two leaders exchanged views on the latest developments of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) after the (...)
The Judicial Committee supervising the elections of the Lawyers Syndicate announced on Wednesday Ragaei Atteya as the new head of the syndicate, succeeding Sameh Ashour.
The new head of syndicate received 35,665 votes, while Ashour received (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi approved on Sunday amendments to certain provisions of Law No. 2002 on Anti-Money Laundering.
This came after parliament approved the law on 8 March and forwarded it to the state council for review.
The (...)
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River meant to turn Addis Ababa into Africa's biggest power exporter, but Egypt fears the dam, which is under construction near Ethiopia's border with Sudan, would significantly diminish its (...)
The Minister of Defense and Military Production ordered the Armed Forces Engineering Authority to assist state agencies in mitigating the effects of the devastating storm that hit the country in the past few days.
This comes under the directives of (...)
Head of the human rights committee in parliament Alaa Abed praised the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adoption of Egypt's recent human rights report, saying "it's an accreditation, which will bring international acclaim to Egypt's (...)
Egypt condemned on Monday an assassination attempt targeting Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdouk in Khartoum. A statement from Ahmed Hafez, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said "Egypt is satisfied with the failure of the sinful (...)
To have a better understanding about the coworking market in Egypt, Daily News Egypt interviewed Tarek Abou-Zeinab, country manager at Regus for Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Gabon. Regus is a multinational provider of (...)
Ethiopia announced on Friday its rejection to the Arab League's Wednesday resolution that showed solidarity with Egypt in protecting its historical rights to the Nile River water and refused any unilateral measures that might be taken by Addis Ababa (...)
Egypt has executed top Islamist militant Hisham Ashmawy on Wednesday over his involvement in several high-profile terror attacks, said Egyptian Armed Forces spokesperson Tamer Al-Rifai.
Cairo Criminal Court had sentenced Ashmawi and 36 other members (...)
Egypt has denounced Ethiopia's announcement to start filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in June, in parallel with building the reservoir, especially since there are still technical issues in its construction need further studies, (...)
The British embassy in Cairo will host a special night for Egyptian interior designers to promote their work and help them develop their network.
The event, titled "Design by Egypt", comes as part of "Inspire Egypt" initiative launched September (...)
Iraq's prime minister-designate Mohamed Allawi withdrew his candidacy for the position of premiership on Sunday, saying he faced obstruction from some political factions over reforms, deepening political turmoil in the country as it faces a growing (...)
A new heated war of words over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) sprung up between Egypt and Ethiopia, putting the pace of negotiations at risk.
Late Sunday, Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry (...)
Cairo Criminal Court sentenced dangerous Islamist militant Hesham Ashmawy and other 36 members of Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis terror group to death on Monday over multiple charges.
The court also handed down several jail terms to 146 other convicts, (...)
Ethiopia has expressed disappointment over the US Treasury Department's stand on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), when it urged Ethiopia not to start filling the dam's reservoir before concluding an agreement between Egypt, Sudan, and (...)
In Sudan, dozens of youth formed three groups wearing three different colour outfits, blue, white, and yellow. The blue and white groups went in intersection lines and the yellow one met them in the middle, representing the convergence of White and (...)
Egypt's Parliament approved on Sunday new government-drafted amendments to the Prisons Regulation Law. The draft will then be sent to the State Council for revision before given a final vote.
The law aims to regulate the reform and rehabilitation of (...)
Negotiations over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) agreement in the US are not quick because they should be finished 9 years ago, Sudanese Minister of Water and Irrigation Yasser Abbas told Daily News Egypt, during a press briefing on Nile Day (...)
Sudanese Ministries of Water, Irrigation, and Electricity have coordinated this year's Nile Day celebrations, on Saturday 22 February in Khartoum, which is meant to commemorate the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) under the theme of Joint Investments on (...)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry has met with the British National Security Adviser, Mark Sedwill and discussed overall bilateral relations between Egypt and Britain, and consultations on issues of common concern.
The meeting came on the (...)
