The US dollar’s average exchange rate continued to fall against the Egyptian pound in Egypt's local lenders on Monday, registering EGP 15.5, according to the websites of three major banks.

Egyptian parliament speaker Ali Abdel-Al announced in a plenary session Sunday that 14 government-drafted laws dealing with political, judicial and economic issues – most notably laws regulating elections – have been referred to parliament for approval.

The Egyptian parliament's Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee failed on Sunday to convene a long-delayed meeting to decide on the outstanding issue of implementing a court order to seat MP-elect Amr El-Shobaky due to the absence of deputy speaker El-Sayed El-Sharif.

The fate of Egypt’s second term school text books is up in the air after 20 print houses said they are not able to print school material over losses caused by last week’s currency flotation.

Chairman of the Egyptian parliament's human rights committee Alaa Abed said Sunday that a list of 134 individuals currently in detention pending investigation was submitted to President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to see whether they are eligible for pardon.

The Egyptian parliament's General Committee said on Sunday that it has reviewed a complaint filed against MP Anwar El-Sadat – the former head of parliament's human rights committee – which accused him of leaking the government-drafted NGO law to a number of foreign embassies in Cairo.

The Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip will open for four days, starting from Monday till Friday, state owned MENA agency reported on Sunday.

The Egyptian presidency held a meeting on Sunday with young representatives from 25 political parties to discuss the state's endorsing of volunteer work in the country.

Egypt's $12 billion three-year IMF loan programme will be repaid in 10 years with a 4.5 year grace period and the reforms agreed with the international lender aim to boost growth and curb inflation, the finance ministry said on Sunday.

House of Representative member Mostafa Bakri said that the parliament will pass the Civil Society Law that was drafted by the parliament without considering the draft written by the government on the law, youm7 reported on Saturday.

Egypt’s Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) referred Saturday the Pizza Hut fast food chain to the general prosecution over complaints that they charge clients more than their advertised prices, a CPA statement read.

The committee formed by President Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi to review the cases of young people detained for “politically related crimes” will expand its scope to include prisoners who have received final verdicts in crimes involving protest, publishing and expression, Egypt's presidency said on Saturday.

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will visit Portugal on 21 and 22 November upon an invitation by Portuguese President Marcelo de Sousa, an Egyptian presidency statement said on Saturday.

Sadat Metro Station, located in Downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square, has reopened its doors to commuters Saturday following a one-day closure in anticipation of possible protests in the square, state news agency MENA reported.

Cairo's main squares and streets were quiet on Friday apart from the intense presence of security forces, despite anonymous calls for protests which have circulated widely in the past few weeks. According to Al-Ahram news website, there were dozens of arrests during small protests across Egyptian governorates. The governor of Cairo and the director of Giza security directorate have been carrying out to check on the security conditions, Al-Ahram reported.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on Friday a three-year, $12 billion loan for Egypt to help the country recover from its deep economic crisis, the fund said in a statement.

Prosecutors ordered the detention of an Egyptian judge on Thursday after he was found in possession of 68 kilograms of hashish (cannabis extract), Al-Ahram daily reported on Friday.

Security officials at Nuweiba Custom Authority have thwarted attempt of smuggling a set of 35 metallic and wooden artifacts dating back the beginning of the 20th century abroad, Youm7 reported on Thursday.

Egypt’s core inflation jumped but urban consumer price inflation eased for the second consecutive month in October, the central bank said, a week after it floated the pound and the government hiked interest rates and fuel prices.