Following the Central Bank’s circular on bank withdrawals, criticisms mounted with MP Michel Daher on Wednesday urging BDL governor Riad Salameh to annul the decision.

Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday approved a bill legalizing the cultivation of cannabis for medical use amid the objections of Hizbullah's bloc and several independent MPs.

Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh on Tuesday issued a memo asking banks to allow depositors with foreign currency accounts exceeding $3,000 in value to withdraw their savings in Lebanese pounds at the "market rate," likely to signify 2,600 pounds to the dollar.

He had issued a similar memo in recent weeks related to accounts containing less than $3,000 each.

The Chouf town of Baakline witnessed a mysterious massacre on Tuesday in which at least nine people were killed in separate locations.

The victims include a Syrian couple and their two children, a Syrian man, a Lebanese woman and three Lebanese men.

Lebanon's parliament sat Tuesday in a conference hall in Beirut to allow for social distancing between lawmakers amid the coronavirus pandemic, while outside anti-government protesters demonstrated in a car convoy.

As the country struggles with a battered economy, MPs approved a $120 million loan from the World Bank to help fight COVID-19, which has officially infected 677 people and killed 21 nationwide.

The Health Ministry announced zero coronavirus cases on Tuesday, keeping the number of people infected at 677.

Lebanon’s lawmakers kicked off legislative sessions at Beirut's UNESCO Palace theater to discuss 66 items on the agenda including the controversial amnesty law, as anti-government protests resume momentum.

Lebanese protesters gathered at the Ring flyover and in Martyr's Square in Downtown Beirut ahead of a planned vehicle march to the UNESCO Palace where the Parliament is set to convene, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Campaigners flocked from various regions to partake in protests against the country's deteriorating economic and financial conditions, aggravated by the coronavirus outbreak.

The toughest part of the ordeal “has passed” and the coronavirus crisis is “nearing its end in Lebanon,” Health Minister Hamad Hasan said on Monday.

Special Tribunal for Lebanon Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen has granted the status of victim participating in the proceedings (VPP) to 29 of 33 victims who applied to participate in the proceedings in the Prosecutor v. Ayyash case (STL-18-10), the STL said on Monday.