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Apr 17 , 2020

Ministry Designs E-Learning Platform to Continue Education

A wing under the Ministry of Science & Higher Education has developed a digital learning platform and a library platform to continue the education that was cut off due to the Novel Coronavirus (CO...

Apr 17 , 2020

Oromia Police Break Ground on Head Office

The Oromia Police Commission has started constructing a new headquarters at its previous premises located on Sierra Leone Street for an estimated 700 million Br. Planned to rest on a 3,900Sqm plot...

Apr 17 , 2020

Ministry Approves Five Wind Farm Projects

The Ministry of Finance has added five wind energy projects to the list of those to be developed under public-private partnerships (PPP) for the first time. The board of the Directorate General of...

Apr 17 , 2020

Habesha Steel to Feed Victims of COVID-19

Habesha Steel Mills, a firm owned by an Indian businessperson, has pledged to feed 500 people who have lost jobs due to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) twice a day. The company also made a 15 million...

Apr 12 , 2020

QUARANTINE QUANDARY

Travelling is no longer just an expensive and laborious process. In the time of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it is near impossible. Even countries such as Ethiopia, grateful to receive t...

Apr 12 , 2020

Ethiopia Requests $1.6b Emergency Funding

Ethiopia has asked for 1.6 billion dollars of emergency funding from the Development Assistance Group (DAG), a consortium of 30 bilateral nations and multilateral agencies supporting the country, to a...

Apr 12 , 2020

Ethiopia Outlaws Handshakes, Obliges Masks in Public Places

The Council of Ministers has approved a regulation that outlaws handshakes and obligates the use of face masks in public places. Non-compliance could be punished with up to three years in jail or a fi...

Apr 13 , 2020

United Bank Goes Live with Upgraded Core Banking System

All the branches of United Bank went live at the beginning of this month with the latest version of core banking system implemented by a team of in-house IT staff members. The new core banking solu...

Apr 12 , 2020

Greek Club Gives Annual Leave to Furloughed Employees

After being ordered to do so by the Addis Abeba Bureau of Labor & Social Affairs, Greek Club, one of the oldest restaurants in the capital, has given paid annual leave to the 72 employees it had o...

Apr 12 , 2020

Six Firms Seal Deal to Supply Public Offices with Cartridges

Six local companies secured a deal to supply 100 million Br worth of toner cartridges that will be distributed to 187 federal institutions. Nanodas Trade & Industry, National Marketers, Veer Ge...

Apr 12 , 2020

Nasa Garment Marks First Export to Canada

Nasa Garment Plc has become the first local firm from Hawassa Industrial Park, the nation's flagship park, to export its products to Canada. Founded in 2019, Nasa Garment exported a 20-foot equival...

Apr 12 , 2020

Investment Bank Gears Up to Join Industry

Jano Bank, a new investment bank under formation, has started selling shares after getting a green light from the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE). After securing the pre-license on March 11, 2020,...

Apr 12 , 2020

Authority Bans Almeda's Mask from Pharmacy Shelves

The Federal Food & Drug Authority (FDA) has banned Almeda Textiles Factory from selling its masks to pharmacies and health centres for not complying with the international standards set for medi...

Apr 12 , 2020

Bureau Breaks Ground on Water Project

The Oromia Regional State has kicked off a 600-million-Br project that will provide potable water for 140,655 residents in Bale Robe town and its surroundings. Launched on March 25, 2020, the proje...

Apr 11 , 2020

Tigray State to Start Door-to-Door Screening for COVID-19

Officials in the Tigray Regional State are set to start door-to-door monitoring for signs of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) for residents across the Regional State. Hagos Godefey (PhD), head of the R...

Apr 10 , 2020

Ethiopia's Parliament Ratifies Emergency Decree Away from Live Transmission

Members of parliament have voted in favour of the state of emergency with only one vote abstaining during a session not broadcast live as the case had been with previous such sessions. Media crews...

Columns

Commentaries | Jul 31,2026

The Rains May Fail, Policy Dare Not

Weldu Yiheysh has not read the Pacific temperature charts. He does not need to. In Shibta...

Editorial | Jul 31 , 2026

SMALL-NOTES SQUEEZE WORN, TORN, NEVER RETURNED

For Hirut Ayalew, a small shop owner around Ferensay Legasiyon, the shortage of usable sma...

Featured | Aug 1 , 2026 . By BIZUAYEHU ABIY

Tax Bills Outrun the Metre, Stalling Ride-hailing Drivers

Elbeletel Tilahun was among the ride-hailing drivers startled by this year's tax assessmen...

Agenda | Aug 1 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Right-sizing Tests Addis Abeba University’s Promise for Autonomy

Addis Abeba University set out to win its institutional autonomy. Two years in, that freed...

Fortune News | Aug 1 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE