Returns on treasury bills rise, negative impact on economic growth expected

Prices jumped 1% for returns on treasury bills in the hours after central bank raised the interest rates by same amount

Mohamed Ayyad

Saudi company SCDC takes on tourist residential project in 6th of October City

Dispute also settled with New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) over land for the project by paying EGP192m

Abdel Qader Ramadan

Tourism ministry to launch campaign to encourage Europeans to visit Egypt

Tourism authority official says lifting travel warning important step to restore tourism from Europe

Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi

Maximum wages announced, regulations show no exemptions

Judicial positions, police forces, holding companies, authorities and economic bodies all included in maximum wage plan

Daily News Egypt

Egypt Cup goes to Al-Zamalek, Smouha left empty-handed

Alexandria’s Smouha mourns after league loss; miss out on cup title, beaten by Cairo giant Al-Zamalek in final

Eduard Cousin

Death toll rises on both sides in Gaza as fighting enters third week

Over 100,000 Gaza residents flee their homes in mass displacements as the strip faces increasingly grim conditions

Hend Kortam

Cairo Nile Shuttle contracts fibreglass company to manufacture Nile taxis

The River Transport Authority is considering the possibility of issuing an experimental operating license for river taxi activities in cooperation with other government bodies involved with Nile River navigation.

Daily News Egypt

EIPR criticises state budget as ‘unfair to the poor’

Personal rights organisation expresses concerns about the status of the poor in light of approved FY 2014/2015 state budget

Sara Aggour

El-Raml Police Station trial postponed

ANHRI calls for release of Mahienour El-Massry and all Protest Law detainees

Aya Nader

Ganoub El-Wadi proposes international tender for oil and gas exploration

Recent fuel price rise may provide incentive for investments in exploration in Egypt

Mohamed Adel