Bajaj Auto is trading higher by 3% to Rs 2,017, extending its previous day’s 5% rally, on reports that Egypt government has lifted the ban on imports of two-wheelers and three-wheelers into the country which was in effect since February 2014.

The pro-Morsi National Coalition to Support Legitimacy and Reject the Coup on Thursday called for its followers to continue their public protests and to boycott what they dubbed ''the elections of blood'' for Egypt's next president, to be held on May 26 and 27.

The Egyptian foreign ministry on Monday announced its rejection of foreign intervention in Libya, calling on the neighbouring country's domestic parties to "end divisions and stop bloodshed."

An Al-Azhar University student threw a Shrapnel Bomb behind the dean of the Faculty of Commerce Wednesday, as he was inspecting exams, but the bomb didn’t fully explode, Saeed Abdel Aaal, the dean, said, according to AL-Watan news website.

Cairo Court for Urgent Matters in Abdeen decreed lack of jurisdiction in lawsuit requesting ban of activities of the National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL) and seizure of the headquarters, according to judicial source.

Egypt's elections commission announced on Wednesday that 296,628 (94.5%) Egyptians living abroad have voted for former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi while 17,207 (5.4%) have voted for leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi.

The Administrative Judiciary Court ruled on Tuesday that it has no jurisdiction over a case demanding a legislative amendment permitting the death penalty for minors who rape or murder other children, amid a rise in such incidents.

An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced ousted president Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison on charges of stealing public funds.

Egypt's former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to romp home in this month's presidential election, but his challenge will be fighting poverty and rebuilding the shattered economy.

In his campaign platform, presidential candidate and former defense minister Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi seeks to bolster the fishing industry by developing a new vision for the Nile, creating a natural pasture for fisheries along the shorelines of the Mediterranean and Red Seas.

The platform of the former defence minister Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, released Tuesday on his official website, includes a set of mechanisms intended to solve the energy crisis plaguing Egypt. Most notably the platform seeks to diversify sources of energy rather than rely on natural gas and petroleum products.

The vision put forward by Field Marshal Abdel Fattah Sisi’s electoral platform aims to develop a new administrative map and investment map for the governorates in order to “realise the Egyptian dream on 100% of Egyptian land”.

Presidential candidate Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s platform stated that he will target a 7% growth in GDP and a decrease in the unemployment rate to 8% by the fiscal year (FY) 2017/2018.

Three riot police officers trying to break up a student protest against Egypt’s military-backed government were killed in a drive-by shooting in Cairo on Tuesday as early results from expatriate voters confirmed that the military’s former leader, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, was headed for a big victory in next week’s presidential election.

Presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabahi has warned of a revolt by the Egyptian people should their new president disregard their demands.

Former head of the Arab League Amr Moussa denied on Monday previous reports quoting him as saying, "Hamas must recognise Israel if the Palestinians are to move forward with their hopes in establishing their own state."

A student was injured on Monday when a homemade bomb exploded in Ain Shams University's campus in eastern Cairo during a demonstration by student supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.

The presidential elections campaign of former army chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi released what it said were early results from Egypt's expat vote, which took place between Thursday and Monday.

The European Union (EU) said on Monday it would monitor all of Egypt's presidential election, reversing a decision to scale back its operations after authorities agreed to release a load of impounded equipment.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has warned Egypt that its transition to democracy after years of political turmoil is faltering ahead of presidential elections later this month.

A bomb in Cairo wounded at least three people at an election event in support of Egyptian presidential frontrunner and former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram and security sources said on Saturday.