Egypt’s Petroleum Min. confirms sufficient gas cylinder supply
Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum said on Monday that the local market has sufficient gas cylinders, denying reports of…
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Egypt confirms safe stock of essential goods amid regional developments
Egypt's Minister of Supply, Sherif Farouk, confirmed the availability of a safe stock of various essential goods,…
In an Age of Noise, Ramadan Offers a Pause for Inner Repair
This year, Ramadan arrives not into unburdened homes or carefree hearts, but into households weighing the cost of…
Sisi approves Carry On project to unify food outlet branding ahead of Ramadan
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi approved the launch of the national Carry On project on Tuesday, aimed at…
Egypt starts EGP 400 ration card grant on 17 Feb
Egypt will begin disbursing an additional 400 Egyptian pounds monthly grant to eligible ration card holders from…
Egypt’s manufacturing, extractive industries index falls in June ’25
Egypt’s manufacturing and extractive industries index, excluding crude oil and petroleum products, fell 11.9 per…
Egypt’s manufacturing, extractive industries index down in April ’25
Egypt’s manufacturing and extractive industries index, excluding crude oil and petroleum products, fell by 2.7 per…
Egypt’s manufacturing, extractive industries index up in March ’25
Egypt’s manufacturing and extractive industries index (excluding crude oil and petroleum products) recorded a 3.9…
Egypt begins disbursing Ramadan, Eid grants to irregular workers
Egypt’s Minister of Labour Mohamed Gibran announced on Thursday the approval of Ramadan and Eid Al Fitr grants for…
Egypt allocates EGP 1b for treating 60K uninsured patients
Egypt's Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Health and Population have announced the allocation of over one billion…
4.7m families get additional Ramadan support under Takaful, Karama
Egypt has provided an additional 300 Egyptian pounds to each of the 4.7 million families enrolled in the Takaful…
MSMEDA expands support for entrepreneurs during Ramadan
Egypt’s Medium, Small, and Micro Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) is ramping up efforts to support…
Egypt’s PM urges ensuring affordable essentials for Ramadan
Egypt’s Prime Minister, Moustafa Madbouly, instructed governors to regularly monitor the availability of essential…
Egypt’s PM ensures stable supply of goods for Ramadan
Egypt’s government is prioritising the availability of staples and price stability during Ramadan, with daily…
Egypt’s Sisi stresses commodity stockpile, affordable prices ahead of Ramadan
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi emphasised the need to ease the financial burden on citizens by ensuring…
Egypt annual inflation eases to 33.3% in March – CBE
Egypt’s annual headline inflation fell to 33.3 per cent in March, down from 35.7 per cent the previous month,
Egypt’s CBE reveals reasons for high inflation in Feb.
Egypt’s annual urban headline inflation rose to 35.7 per cent in February from 29.8 per cent in January, the…
Saudi inflation up 1.8% in Feb.
Saudi Arabia's annual inflation rate increased to 1.8 per cent in February, up from 1.6 per cent in the previous…
Indonesia’s trade surplus poised to widen in Feb – poll
Indonesia's trade surplus for February is anticipated to have slightly expanded compared to the previous month.
Pakistan’s c. bank likely to keep rates unchanged
Pakistan's central bank is expected to maintain its key interest rate at a record 22 per cent for the sixth…
Oil prices drop on worries about interest rate hikes
Oil prices fell on Thursday due to concerns about slow demand and the possibility of elevated US interest rates,…
Abdeen Palace hosts Ramadan Iftar
Egypt’s 160 year old Abdeen Palace hosted its first Ramadan dining experience under the name Mawlay, as the event …
Mass street iftar in Cairo’s Matariya returns this Ramadan
Egypt's residents of the northeastern neighbourhood, Matariya, came together on Thursday to organise mass street…
10 things to eat to stay energetic in Ramadan
Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, is the time of the year where Muslims refrain from drinking and eating from dawn…
Egypt attributes spike in coronavirus cases on family visits during Ramadan and Eid…
Family visits during the holy month of Ramadan and on the religious holiday of Eid al-Fitr were behind the recent…
Egypt’s stock exchange back to regular trading hours on Sunday
Egypt’s stock Exchange (EGX) said on Wednesday the bourse trading sessions will open for normal operating hours as…
Egypt welcoming Eid Al-Fitr
Tomorrow will remark the first day of Eid Al-Fitr, the country's institution for religious edicts Dar El-Iftaa…
Egypt extends coronavirus night-time curfew until Ramadan end
The Egyptian cabinet extended the nighttime curfew until the end of Ramadan, prime minister Mostafa Madbouly said…
AdColony: 67% of Egyptians doing shopping via mobile phones in Ramadan
Sixty-seven percent of Egyptians are using mobile phones in purchasing during the holy month of Ramadan, according…
A prayerful Ramadan under coronavirus lockdown: Muslims start an unusual month of fasting
A Kashmiri Muslim man offers prayer on the banks of Dal Lake on the second day of Ramadan during coronavirus…
Ramadan vibes in Upper Egypt under coronavirus lockdown
With lockdowns due to coronavirus, however, many Muslims across the world are trying to celebrate a very different…
Egypt’s stock exchange to operate same shortened trading hours during Ramadan amid…
Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) said on Thursday it will operate with the same shortened trading hours during the…
Egypt shortens a night curfew during Ramadan
Egypt maintains a night-time curfew for the holy Muslim month of Ramadan to curb the coronavirus spread yet it will…
Holy month of Ramadan to start in Egypt on Friday
Tomorrow marks the first day of Ramadan in Egypt - the most spiritual month in the Muslim calendar - according to…
Egypt’s central bank to raise cash withdrawal limit during Ramadan
Egypt’s central bank will raise the daily limit of cash that can be withdrawn from ATMs to 20,000 Egyptian pounds…
Minneapolis to broadcast call to prayer during Ramadan
The call to prayer will be broadcast by speaker five times each day in the U.S. state of Minneapolis throughout the…
WHO issues guideline for safe Ramadan practices in context of coronavirus
The World Health Organisation (WHO) issued on Saturday guidelines for the holy month of Ramadan that begins on…
COVID-19 measures take toll on Cairo’s traditional Ramadan lantern market
In her 20 years selling traditional lanterns, Yousra has never seen a season like this one. “This is the worst year…
Tarawih prayers in Egypt won’t be allowed in Ramadan – ministry
Egypt's Religious Endowments Ministry said "Tarawih", special evening prayers that are performed during the Muslim…
Egypt’s Awqaf Ministry halts religious activities during Ramadan
The Awqaf Ministry on Tuesday decided to stop all religious activities during the fasting month of Ramadan.