DP World reopens Egypt’s Ain Sokhna port
CAIRO: Port operator DP World reopened Egypt's Ain Sokhna port after closing it for three days due to strike action, the Red Sea Port Authority said Monday. The port, roughly…
Egypt ranks second in female obesity, says report
CAIRO: The Middle East stands out with an especially strong increase in female obesity, with Egypt ranking as one of the world’s top three most obese nations for women, along…
Men have important role in achieving gender equality, says report
CAIRO: The current global status of women will not improve without positive participation of the men in their lives as fathers, brothers and husbands who play an essential role in…
Police brutality victim, officer exchange accusations on YouTube
CAIRO: Over a year since the murder of Khaled Saeid, whose killing at the hands of police informants sparked the January 25 uprising, cases of police brutality are once again…
Tahrir Dialogues tackle Egyptian media after the revolution
CAIRO: The state of the Egyptian media was the focus of the eleventh installment of Monday’s Tahrir Dialogues, a series of panel discussions hosted by the American University in…
Google initiative encourages entrepreneurs to ‘start’
CAIRO: “Start” with Google, a new initiative in Egypt was launched by the company Monday in order to seek some of the country’s most talented entrepreneurs to give them intensive…
Egypt’s Orascom Telecom renews Bangladesh license
CAIRO: Egypt's telecom giant Orascom Telecom Holding says its Bangladeshi subsidiary Banglalink has been approved a 15-year license to continue operating in the country. A statement from Orascom on Monday…
Tourism drops 28 pct in July
CAIRO: Egypt’s tourism continues to fall as the number of tourists visiting the country dropped by 28.2 percent in July, compared with the same period last year. Official data also…
Mashreq Egypt launches new five-year certificate of deposit
CAIRO: Mashreq Egypt announced on Sunday the launching of its new five-year certificate of deposit in Egypt, with fixed interest rates of 10.35 percent per annum to be paid annually,…
UN agency sets up nuclear safety ‘action team’
VIENNA: The UN atomic agency said Monday it would set up an "action team" to help prevent nuclear accidents around the world following the Fukushima disaster in Japan. The "compact,…