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Careem launches bus service across governorates
Cream Bus service comes at competitive fees of EGP 100 for Cairo-Alexandria line, EGP 80 for Cairo-Mansoura line, and EGP 75 for Cairo-Tanta line.

Ridesharing applications’ cost, prevalence
Sometimes using the underground to commute to your full-time job is not convenient, while waiting for the bus is difficult or unbearable, and because some companies know this, ridesharing applications had to come into the picture. A few years ago, the transportations sector welcomed ridesharing applications. What is not to like about them? They are …

Op-ed review: Denouncing attack on Vietnamese tourists
A Friday bus explosion in Giza killed four including three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian tour guide while about a dozen others were injured. A roadside bomb exploded as the bus was passing through a street near Egypt’s pyramids area. Editor-in-chief of the private Al-Shorouk newspaper Emad El-Din Hussein highlighted the timing of the attack, …

4 killed and 10 injured in bus explosion near Giza Pyramids: Sadek
Egypt’s tourism sector is not directly targeted by attack due to bomb’s location, says El-Zayat

Uber launches bus service, easy-to-use app in Egypt
Debut ceremony included presenting new simpler version of its application called ‘Uber Lite’

Hiking private, international school bus fees by 45%: Education Ministry
‘We specified increases to protect parents’ financial rights,’ says ministry

Alexandria University sets 3-day mourning period over Nuweiba bus tragedy
Military jets transfer bodies and injured to Alexandria

Alexandria University mourns students killed in bus crash
Death toll rose to 10, more than have been 40 injured

Fed up with personal driver apps? Wait for Buseet
The goal is to encourage private car owners to leave their vehicles at home in favour of an affordable, comfortable means of public transportation

19 Egyptians dead, 25 injured in bus crash in Saudi Arabia
The bus was transporting 44 Egyptians during Umrah

40 Egyptians injured in bus accident in Saudi
Status of injured Egyptians is stable, only sustained minor injuries

Bomb targeting police bus in Beheira kills 2 officers
The explosion also resulted in at least 24 injuries
GUC bus driver receives 6-month prison term for student’s death
Death of 19-year-old student sparked fellow students’ anger

“Harasser = criminal” ad campaign airs on TV
The ads show several forms of sexual harassment, to mobilise people on the street
Assailants attack Al-Ahram bus
At least six Al-Ahram foundation employees injured
Automotive industry currently economically unviable: MCV President
10,000 buses production capacity of MCV group, EGP 500m the company’s paid-up capital

Car sales grow 17% year-on-year in January
8.2% reduction in locally manufactured cars, compared to 48% increase in imported cars
Car crash kills 8, injures 31 on Ismailia desert road
Number of road accidents in Egypt high compared to other countries, says ministry spokesperson

EGP 3bn for Ministries of Supply, Transport, and Electricity: Minister of Finance
Finance to be given to enhance efficiency of the electricity distribution network to renewable energy power plants
7 die in road accidents across Egypt on Monday
Those responsible for the accidents will be subject to the new traffic laws, says police official

Sexual harassment still pervasive in Egypt, despite new law
25 November is international day for the elimination of violence against women

Prosecution refers drivers responsible for Beheira bus crash to court
The crash left 18 school students dead

200 Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis members referred to trial
Prosecution has charged them with founding, leading and joining a terrorist organisation, among other charges

Dahab is suffering
By Rebecca Lister Dahab means gold in Arabic, but it seems that the resort should now be called lead. This once vibrant resort, formerly brimming with tourists and expats, is slowly dying and poverty is beckoning. Shops and restaurants are empty, dive centres closing daily, many hotels are standing empty – a ghost town in …
At least eight killed in road accident
Tourist bus flips near Red Sea, en route to Hurghada
Bus bombing kills 22 pilgrims in southwest Pakistan
AFP – At least 22 Shi’a pilgrims returning from Iran were killed and 20 others wounded when a bomb hit a bus in the southwest Pakistan province of Baluchistan Tuesday, officials said. The attack took place at Dringhar village on the Pakistan-Iran highway some 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of Quetta, Baluchistan’s capital. “At least …

IED found, deactivated in a bus in Heliopolis
The incident comes two days after the Nasr City explosion

Sinai car-bomb casualties died ‘confronting terrorism’: Al-Sisi
Defence minister delivers speech after military funeral for 11 soldiers killed in North Sinai car bomb explosion

Three dead and 15 injured in Sinai bus explosion
Gunmen fire RPG that misses an armoured vehicle and hits bus

Transport strikes escalate as educations strikes continue
Transport workers escalate their strike after spokesperson of their union was arrested