Banglalink tops 2 million subscribers
DHAKA: Orascom Telecom s Banglalink, the fastest growing mobile phone operator in Bangladesh, said it had 2 million subscribers in a market that is expected to have 18 million users…
Interbank rate steady at 8.1 percent
CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the pound remained broadly steady at 8.1 percent on Monday, compared with Sunday s 8.086 percent, in the absence of auctions, traders said.…
Gaza businessmen look to Egypt as embargo bites
Reuters GAZA: Businessmen in Gaza, facing steadily worsening economic conditions since Israel limited trade in and out of the poor coastal strip, are trying to move their operations across the…
State witness says Palestinian recruited militants for Sinai attacks, defendant denies
ISMAILIYA: A Palestinian militant recruited Egyptians to carry out the 2004 bombing of the Taba Hilton hotel and was part of a wider campaign against Israelis and U.S. troops in…
Gap growing in coverage of events between independent and state-owned papers
CAIRO: As opposition and independent newspapers concentrated on Muslim Brotherhood electoral candidates and the Kefaya (Enough) movement's reaction to the arrest and torture of two of its young members, national…
Police detain Muslim Brotherhood members in Alexandria
CAIRO: Egyptian police detained approximately 30 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood Islamist group in Alexandria as they were preparing to vote in chamber of commerce elections, a spokesman for…
Conference discusses torture of activists
CAIRO: In the wake of reports of torture of political activists while in custody, the Bar Association, along with opposition and political forces, held a joint press conference Sunday to…
U.S. denies envoy's 'interfering' remarks on Egypt aid
CAIRO: The U.S. embassy in Cairo denied on Sunday its ambassador had made comments about Washington s aid to the Arab world s most populous nation that had Egyptian MPs…
Avian flu biosecurity
CAIRO: The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, held a one-day conference yesterday with the Egyptian Public and Private Sector to discuss response strategies…
The mutants return for one last stand
CAIRO: Back in 1999, comic book fans from around the world were startled to learn that 20th Century Fox were producing the first screen adaptation of the massively popular X-Men…
