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The price of gasoline, diesel and gas for the home will now be published a twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays, instead of once a week, in order to reflect the "sharp changes" in the lira's value and fluctuations in global oil prices, the Directorate-General of Oil announced
24 March 2021
Lebanon has registered 3,856 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Fifty-three more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 5,903
24 March 2021
Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan's visit to Damascus earlier today was "an important political message," Syrian Health Minister Hassan Ghabash told TV station Al Mayadeen. During the visit, Hassan had announced that Syria would deliver 75 tons of oxygen to Lebanon
24 March 2021
The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca has arrived at the Beirut airport. It comprises 33,600 doses — enough to vaccinate 16,800 people
24 March 2021
Judge Tarek Bitar asked Switzerland, the UAE, Germany, the US and Cyprus to share information about the bank accounts of Savaro Limited, a judicial source told L'Orient Today. Savaro bought the ammonium nitrate that exploded at the Beirut port in August
24 March 2021
Speaking with MTV, hospitals' syndicate head Sleiman Haroun denied caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan's claim that hospitals' oxygen supply would run out today
24 March 2021
Senior officials from two public and two private hospitals — Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Nabatieh Governmental Hospital, Hotel Dieu and AUBMC — told L'Orient Today they have an adequate supply
24 March 2021
Judge Tarek Bitar questioned four port officials, including Director-General Hasasan Koraytem and operations head Samer Raad, today as part of investigations in the Aug. 4 Beirut blast, the NNA reported. Bitar has now questioned 18 of the 25 people detained after the explosion
24 March 2021
MP Antoine Habchi (LF/Baalbeck-Hermel) said he is working to obtain COVID-19 vaccines from the private sector for his constituents, inviting those aged 55–74 to register at his offices in Dbayeh, Ras Baalbeck and Deir al-Ahmar from March 29–April 12
24 March 2021
Caretaker Premier Hassan Diab has called for Parliament to clearly define the role of his resigned cabinet amid the ongoing government formation deadlock, saying it is simultaneously accused of failing to act and of going beyond its constitutional authority
24 March 2021
Parliament is set to hold a legislative session at 11 a.m. on March 29 at the UNESCO palace. Likely agenda items include a $200 million advance payment to Électricité du Liban and a proposed law “to recover stolen funds”
24 March 2021
Banque du Liban has renewed decision 13221, which allows US dollar depositors to withdraw their funds at BDL’s platform rate — currently set at LL3,900 to the dollar — until the end of September. The decision was due to expire at the end of this month
24 March 2021
Syria will provide Lebanon with 75 tons of oxygen over the next three days, caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan said after a meeting with his counterpart in Damascus. The oxygen available in Lebanon can only last for today, Hassan added
24 March 2021
During a meeting with the caretaker transport minister, the union of truck owners at Beirut port asked to be paid 50% in cash dollars and 50% at the LL3,900 exchange rate, the NNA reports. The minister reportedly said he would study the request
24 March 2021
EDL’s struggle to stave off darkness exposes a huge missed opportunity in the renewable energy sector
BEIRUT — In late 2018, one year before Lebanon descended into a spiraling economic and political crisis, Lebanese officials announced an ambitious increase in the country’s goals for development...
Abby Sewell, 24 March 2021
Scores of demonstrators are staging a sit-in in front of the Economy Ministry in Beirut to protest deteriorating living conditions and supermarkets’ alleged hoarding of subsidized goods
24 March 2021
Unidentified gunmen traveling in a car opened fire last night at Syrian refugee tents in al-Safri town in Baalbeck, wounding a Syrian woman, the NNA reports
24 March 2021
Internet provider Ogero has announced that equipment malfunctions in its Moukhtara exchange have caused some customers in the area to lose service. The utility said technical teams are working to fix the issue
24 March 2021
The Barbir tunnel heading toward Corniche al-Mazraa is flooded after last night's rains and work is underway to clear the water, the Traffic Management Center reports
24 March 2021
The price of petrol has increased by LL400 per 20 liters, to LL39,300 for 95-octane fuel and LL40,400 for 98-octane, while the price of diesel has decreased by LL200 to LL27,500, the Ministry of Energy and Water announced
24 March 2021
Bread prices hiked again, state torture allegations, AstraZeneca vaccines to arrive: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . The Economy Ministry raised the price of bread for the second time this month, citing increased raw material costs due to the...
