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Netherlands Grants Nation First Pediatric Hospital

April 13 , 2019 . By NOEL MINWAGAW

Alert Medical Facility is building a new children’s hospital after securing a fresh 27.4 million euros worth of financing from the government of the Netherlands. Expected...

Three Firms Link Up to Ease Merkato Congestion

April 13 , 2019 . By BERHANE HAILEMARIAM

A consortium of three companies sealed a 126.9-million-Br deal to develop a comprehensive transport and traffic management plan for Merkato. Two German companies and one lo...

Fire Reignites and Blazes in Simien Mountains

April 13 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

A wildfire that reignited at Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains Nation Park blazed through 753ha of the park last weekend. Reignited on April 8, 2019, the fire has not been put und...

Flour Plant Puts Down Roots in East Gojjam

April 13 , 2019 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

A 47-million-Br flour factory has set up shop in East Gojjam, Yejube town, in Amhara Regional State, entirely financed by local business A.S.S.E.S. Industry Plc. Sitting on a 1,254Sqm plot, the new...

A 47-million-Br flour factory has set up shop in East Gojjam, Yejube t...

Nasa Garment Forays Into Hawassa Industrial Park

April 13 , 2019 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

Nasa Garment Plc has become the 23rd company to join the nation's flagship industrial park in Hawassa after investing five million dollars. A joint venture between a local investor and a Chinese co...

Nasa Garment Plc has become the 23rd company to join the nation's flag...

Council Approves Voluntary Product Standards

April 13 , 2019 . By KALIKIDAN HAILU

Some 168 standards for locally manufactured and imported products and services in three sectors were approved by the National Standardisation Council. The Council approved 95 new, 27 revised and 4...

Some 168 standards for locally manufactured and imported products and...

Court to Hear Witness in MetEC Corruption Case

April 13 , 2019 . By KALIKIDAN HAILU

Prosecutors amended charges against Alem Fitsum, managing director of Alemgenet Steel Factory, and former officials of the Metals & Engineering Corporation (MetEC) having to do with illegal procur...

Prosecutors amended charges against Alem Fitsum, managing director of...

Jobs, Jobs and Jobs

April 13 , 2019

Under pressure from a youth bulge and demographic dynamics, Ethiopia's foremost preoccupation is "jobs, jobs and jobs," Ahmed Shide, minister of Finance, told a panel in Washington, DC. Leading his...

Under pressure from a youth bulge and demographic dynamics, Ethiopia's...

April 9 , 2019

The global economy is heading to a slowdown in growth while...

April 6 , 2019

President Sahle-work Zewde (middle), Ambachew Mekonnen (PhD...

April 6 , 2019 . By FASIKA TADESSE

A subcommittee formed to handle legal issues related to Ethi...

April 6 , 2019

The state monopoly shipping giant, Ethiopian Shipping &...

Columns

Commentaries | Apr 13,2019

The Rights of Victim’s Families of Flight 302

Life Matters | Apr 13,2019

Hate under Suppression

My Opinion | Apr 13,2019

If Only We Had More ETs

Sunday with Eden | Apr 13,2019

Poor Human Resources Frustrates Tourism Sector

Agenda | Dec 25,2018

Civil Societies Welcome Bill, with Reservations

Editorial | Mar 16,2019

Media Reforms? There Are Better Ways, Mr. Prime Minister

Editorial

Protect Free Speech, Tolerate Hate Speech

April 13 , 2019

Years after a contested election, the former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi defended bef...

Minority Investors’ Rights as Crucial as Boards’ Rule

April 6 , 2019

With high national debt levels, double-digit inflation and disappointing domestic tax...

Should Public Demonstrations Turn into Platforms for Intimidation?

March 30 , 2019

There was a demonstration - of sorts - held in the city of Bahir Dar, the seat of the...

The Foundation for a State in Peace with Itself

March 23 , 2019

On March 14, 2018, 107 of the nation’s political parties reached a milestone. They...

Sunday With Eden

Poor Human Resources Frustrates Tourism Sector

Institutions dedicated to encouraging the growth of the tourism sector lack the skill...

April 13 , 2019 . By Eden Sahle

Productivity, Ethiopia’s Achilles Heel

Last weekend, I met a car importer who has sent his only daughter to study neuroscien...

April 6 , 2019 . By Eden Sahle

Life Matters

Hate under Suppression

Hate is a strong emotion, often manifested through actions or words. It is a popular opinion that hate, if not a completely factual one, is...

April 13 , 2019 . By Tsion Fisseha

Till Death Do Us Part

Social media was recently flooded with the untimely death of Nipsey Hussle, aka Ermias Asghedom, an Eritrean American rapper who was shot an...

April 6 , 2019 . By Tsion Fisseha

Agenda

Fasting Season, No Longer Boon for Fish Industry

April 13 , 2019 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

Yaqob Workneh, 42, a legal expert, has been a connoisseur of fish for the past 15 yea...

Forex Crunch Marginally Improves, while Businesses Teeter

April 6 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Amrin Ahmed, who is in her early 20s, is a self-described businesswoman. Growing up i...

Recurrent Water Shortage Exasperates Consumers

March 30 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

For Hana Tilahun, 28, who lives in Bethel, close to Balcha Aba Nefso Street, water sh...

Unplanned Rehabilitation Project Comes Unglued

March 23 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

The earliest childhood memory of Dawit Gezahegn, who is in his early 20s, is being in...

Gallery

Mourning Nation, Grieving World

March 17 , 2019

Family members of the passengers and crew who perished aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 gathered to mourn their loved ones at the crash site in Tulu Fara Wereda, some 40Km south of the capital...

THE FINISH LINE

March 16 , 2019

Pizza Hut Triples Branches

February 2 , 2019

IN PICTURE: Betty G.

January 10 , 2019

Passport Tease: New Requirements For Passports Create Outrage

December 10 , 2018

The week in picture

December 10 , 2018

Commentaries

The Rights of Victim’s Families of Flight 302

There are already misunderstandings surrounding the unfortunate crash of Ethiopian Ai...

April 13 , 2019 . By Shakespear N. Feyissa

The Affordable, Kenyan path to housing

Nairobi and Addis Abeba have a great deal in common. Found in the same region, they a...

April 13 , 2019 . By Haben Mehari

Fineline

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has marked his first year in office...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has marked his first year in office with a speech mad...

It is not normal for the good old Ethiopian state...

It is not normal for the good old Ethiopian state to leave one of its crucial cabinet...

Fortune news

FISH ON THE SLIDE

April 13 , 2019

Abiy Tsome, the major Ethiopian Orthodox fasting season that lasts for nearly two months, is usually a boon for the fish industry, but not t...

Sugar Corporation Looks for Private Partners

April 13 , 2019 . By BERHANE HAILEMARIAM

The government has begun the process of privatising 13 sugar factories that are operational or under cons...

Audit Gap of 10b Br at Revenues Ministry

April 13 , 2019 . By BERHANE HAILEMARIAM

An audit gap of over 10.7 billion Br was discovered in the accounts of the Ministry of Revenues for the ...