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Hong Kong Company Leases Bahir Dar Industrial Park

July 13 , 2019

Hop Lun Ltd, a Hong Kong company, has leased all the sheds at Bahir Dar Industrial Park. The handover ceremony was held in Bahir Dar on July 10, 2019, with the presenc...

Ethiopia’s Poverty Index Shows Improvement

July 13 , 2019

The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) shows that 83.8pc of the Ethiopian population live in multidimensional poverty. The MPI is a detailed poverty leve...

LIVE AD

July 13 , 2019

One local restaurant that mainly serves raw beef (one of the favourite traditional Ethiopian dishes) and Tibs (grilled meat) has a unique way of advertising. A live steer is tied at the gate, showing that the meat they serve is fresh...

EFFORT’s Companies Set to Sell Shares

July 13 , 2019

Three companies under the Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray (EFFORT) are ready to offer shares for public subscription. Mesebo Cement Factory, SUR Constr...

Water Project Takes Root in Oromia

July 13 , 2019

Amref Health Africa and West Arsi Zone Water, Mining & Energy Office and Siraro-Aje Water Supply Service signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a new water pr...

CHAIR POOL

July 13 , 2019

Chairs lay about in a pool behind the old National Theatre. There used to be a pool with a water fountain here, but at this time the restaurant in the compound is using it as a storage space...

Revenues Ministry Achieves 82pc of Target

July 13 , 2019

The Ministry of Revenues has collected 198.1 billion Br in revenue from taxes during the just ended fiscal year, 2018/19. The revenue has shown a 22 billion Br, or 12p...

ECX Monthly Transactions Hit 2.4b Br

July 13 , 2019

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange traded 2.4 billion Br worth of commodities in June 2019. Coffee took the lion’s share of trading with 26,137tn exchanging hands, 58p...

Commission Starts Customs Service at Hawassa

July 13 , 2019

The Ethiopian Customs Commission announced it has started giving import-export customs service at its Hawassa branch on July 8, 2019. The new location will help decent...

Parliament Legislates 62 Proclamations

July 13 , 2019

Parliament has legislated 62 proclamations, two regulations and two decisions which it made jointly with House of Federation, in the just-ended fiscal year. Unlike pre...

MORE HEALTH

July 13 , 2019

Amir Aman (MD) (Center), minister of Health, and Mohamed Shekur (MD), owner and director of Amir General Hospital, tour the premises of the hospital’s new seven-floor building that houses 80 rooms on Sunday, July 7, 2019. The management has a future plan to build livi...

Parliament Legislates Stringent Labour Law

July 6 , 2019

Parliament has a legislated stringent new labour law during its session held on July 4, 2019. Drafted by the Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs, the proclamation a...

Lawmakers Approve Revised VAT Bill

July 6 , 2019

Parliament legislated a new Value Added Tax (VAT) proclamation, which replaces a 17-year-old law. The new proclamation will reduce the VAT reporting time from 12 times...

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

July 6 , 2019

A little shop in the town of Assa in Wello, Amhara Regional State is located under a building still under construction. Moving in before construction is finished is becoming common all over the country these days...

Editorial

Welcome to Trickle-Down Economics, is Ethiopia Ready?

Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed (PhD), while defending a budget bill tabled by his administr...

Missing Voices of Elders Against Radical Pluralism

July 6 , 2019

The events of June 22, 2019, have wholly altered the country’s mood. The high expec...

Political Violence Is Back, and It's Depressing

June 29 , 2019

There are few moments in the long history of a particular society when incidents serv...

Lead Not Unto Temptation, But Deliver the Public from Taxation

June 22 , 2019

Last week, a series of pronouncements about taxation was made by officialdom. It show...


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Columns

Commentaries | Jul 13,2019

WTO, Less of a Priority for Ethiopia

Life Matters | Jul 13,2019

The Inevitibility of Change

My Opinion | Jul 13,2019

Old Habits Die Hard

Sunday with Eden | Jul 13,2019

National Values To Bind Divided Nation

Agenda |

Power Rationing Propels Cement Prices Higher

Editorial |

Welcome to Trickle-Down Economics, is Ethiopia Ready?

Sunday With Eden

National Values To Bind Divided Nation

If there is one thing that is a must when it comes to what drives us as a nation, it...

In Search of Ethiopian Heroes

Ever notice that as Ethiopians, we don’t have too many heroes who can be role models? We lack so many people who have done something worth...

Life Matters

The Inevitibility of Change

The only thing that is consistent in this world is change. This statement is hard to swallow for a lot of people, including me. Change can b...

Tread Softly

On a car ride with a friend, a conversation on the radio caught our attention. The radio hosts were talking about individuals who have lost...

Agenda

City Rolls Out Schools, Hospitals Renovation Project

July 13 , 2019

Fifteen-year-old Bitania Zerihun hoped to join Black Lion Secondary School for high s...

Youth Fund: Ray of Light for Unemployed Youth

July 9 , 2019

The 26-year-old Zena Tekeste graduated in theatrical arts in 20017 from Wegagen Film...

Mixed Feelings Surround Motorcycle Ban

June 29 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Demilew Ayenew, now 22, was born and raised in Were Illu Wereda, Southern Wello Zone...

Power Rationing Propels Cement Prices Higher

Abraham Ebisa, general manager of AHZ Construction Plc, was in Gurd Shola cement and...

Gallery

PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at a Gala Dinner Called for the Awarding of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

May 6 , 2019

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) took selfies, shook hands with admirers and had his hands kissed by an adoring fan on his way out of the Sheraton Addis Hotel, after addressing the international media corps at a gala dinner called for the awarding of...

Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

April 26 , 2019

Mourning Nation, Grieving World

March 17 , 2019

THE FINISH LINE

March 16 , 2019

Pizza Hut Triples Branches

February 2 , 2019

IN PICTURE: Betty G.

January 10 , 2019

Commentaries

WTO, Less of a Priority for Ethiopia

The Ethiopian government has announced that it is restarting the negotiation process...

Why Investors Should Go Beyond African GDP

Gross domestic product has been the ultimate measure of an economy’s welfare for ov...

Fineline

The war of words between TPLF and ADP

The war of words between the two founding members of the ruling EPRDF - the TPLF and...

What defines the ruling coalition, the EPRDF, is ...

What defines the ruling coalition, the EPRDF, is its political culture more so than i...

Fortune news

UNANIMOUS BUDGET

July 13 , 2019

Parliament unanimously passed the federal government’s current fiscal budget last Monday, July 8, 2019. Totalling 386.9 billion Birr, it i...

Two Overseas Firms Seal Deal to Print Banknotes

July 13 , 2019 . By FASIKA TADESSE

Two European firms won a contract to print and deliver 206 million Br in banknotes to the central bank in...

Gov't Embraces Restraint to Cure Economy

July 13 , 2019 . By FASIKA TADESSE

Despite the government's aspiration of implementing a restrictive economic policy model, parliament appro...

Six Firms Vie to Conduct Expressway Study

July 13 , 2019 . By BERHANE HAILEMARIAM

Six companies are vying to conduct a feasibility study for the planned expressway between Adama and Dire...

In-Picture

PLASTIC LIGHT

June 8 , 2019

Girl Power

May 25 , 2019

VENDING

April 26 , 2019

PARKED

April 6 , 2019

CAR HAULER TRAFFIC JAM

March 23 , 2019

BULLDOZED! Buffet De La Gare. Alas, it is no more!

June 15 , 2019

It used to be the hangout for the ultra-hip of Addis. The place to see and be seen. Afework Tekele described it as “a small international café with all the trimmings that you find in such similar places, be it in Hong Kong, Paris or New York…You...

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