Tag: Bank of Lebanon (BDL)
Lebanon: 11% economic recession in 2021
The economic recession reached 11% in 2021 against 25% in 2020, indicates the latest report from the Audi bank, a ratio which suggests that...
No compromise at the expense of the investigation led by judge Tarek Bitar (Sources...
No compromise will be made to dismiss Judge Tarek Bitar in charge of the investigation into the explosion of the Port of Beirut, indicate...
Lebanon: Still no solution for resuming government meetings
No solution has yet been found to allow the resumption of the Mikati III government meetings, while the president of the chamber Nabih Berri...
UN Secretary calls for solidarity with Lebanon
Arrived in Lebanon this Sunday at the end of the afternoon, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres began a 2-day visit to Lebanon to...
Durable solutions can only come from within Lebanon (Antonio Guterres)
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addressed the Lebanese on the eve of his visit as the country is going through one of the most...
The head of Riad Salamé could be claimed by the President of the Republic...
The President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, is said to have asked that the investigations launched against the governor of the Banque du...
« Better to die once than to die throughout your life »
A 23 year old young man, AI killed himself despite the intervention of the civil defense in the locality of Abbassieh in southern Lebanon,...
The Lebanese financial system is riddled with corruption (Brian Nelson)
The daily Al Akhbar indicates that the American treasury would seek the cooperation of the Association of Banks of Lebanon and that a meeting...
Flour shortage in South Lebanon (Al-Diyar)
The Al Diyar newspaper indicates that a shortage of flour is affecting bakeries in southern Lebanon and the caza of Nabatiyeh. Local representatives question...
Generalized rise in fuel prices this Friday
The fuel price schedule was once again revised upwards this Friday, October 17. This increase affects more particularly the price of the fuel oil...
Banque du Liban provides dollars to banks at Sayrafa rate
The Banque du Liban published circular 161 indicating that it will provide foreign currencies to local banks on the basis of the rate of...
Demonstrations following the deterioration of the parity of the Lebanese pound
Roads were temporarily cut off in various places in the capital Beirut and various Lebanese regions after the Lebanese pound saw its value deteriorate...
![Riad Salameh, governor of Lebanon's central bank, speaks to the Financial Times in his office in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 30, 2017. [Sam Tarling for the Financial Times]](https://img.libnanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Riad-Salamé.jpg "BdL tries to stop the deterioration of the Lebanese pound against the dollar")
BdL tries to stop the deterioration of the Lebanese pound against the dollar
The Banque du Liban announces 2 measures which would have been decided by its governor Riad Salamé in coordination with the Minister of Finance...
Lebanon risks being disconnected from the Internet following the refusal of the Banque du...
The chairman of the parliamentary media and telecommunications committee, Hussein Hajj Hassan, revealed that the Banque du Liban refuses to grant the $ 400,000...
