Tag Archives: Beirut

Special Desk Worried over plunging currency hundreds of angry Lebanese took to the streets and dozens of them got injured. Since 1997, pound has been pegged to the dollar at 1,507. Lebanon’s national currency plunged to a new record low on the black market against the dollar recently, as an …

Special Desk On Wednesday Prime Minister Hassan Diab declared day of mourning in Lebanon after a powerful blast devastated the port in the capital city of Beirut, killing at least 73 people and injuring 3,700 others. Casualty figures may rise as crews worked their way through rubble of damaged buildings …

Abhigyan Shekhar Tuesday evening around 8:30 while the Indian media was busy with the countdown of the bhumipujan of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, a devastating news came from the Lebanese capital of Beirut where 2 explosions shook the entire city and by the midnight killed 70 and left 3000 …

Special Desk For a second consecutive night hundreds of people held protests in cities across Lebanon over the handling of the country’s economic crisis. Protestors pointed out that the Lebanese pound has fallen to record lows, having lost 70% of its value since October, when the protests began. The financial …