From a year ago, retail sales bounced 4.0 percent

Aggregate worldwide oil consumption is plummeting under the ​strain of the Iran war

The IEA said on Tuesday that the conflict is the worst energy crisis the world has faced

Both main oil contracts edged down, though they fluctuated in early trade

Australian high commissioner discusses bilateral trade with the minister

The conflict between Iran and the United States and Israel is creating the ​worst energy crisis ever faced by the ‌world, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesda

US Ambassador Brent T Christensen shared the information with commerce minister

Agriculture employs more than 45 percent of people in India, the world's most populous nation

Oil prices fell on Tuesday while most stocks rose on lingering hopes for a deal to end the US-Iran war

The dollar index was at 98.30, hovering near its highest in a week

Brent crude futures LCOc1 rose about 6% to $95.36 a barrel. S&P 500 futures ESc1 fell around 0.6% and European futures STXEc1 fell 1.2%.

Shipments of oil ​and gas that were already en route to their destinations before ‌the ⁠war in Iran began have now arrived, mitigating the impact of shortages

Countries in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are among the countries most affected now -- and who could suffer the most -- outside the region, as the conflict stretches on

Iran has taken a beating militarily, but demonstrated it can exact economic costs that Trump and his aides underestimated, unleashing the worst-ever global energy shock, analysts say.

The situation in Iran comes just four years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered an energy shock

Brent crude futures settled down $9.01, or 9.07%, to $90.38 a barrel

The cut-off rate was Tk 122.75 per US dollar

"We must brace for tough times ahead" if the conflict persists, she told reporters

Brent crude futures were up 9 cents to $95.02 a barrel at 0427 GMT

The United States alleges that the Shamkhani network, which operates in Iran and the United Arab Emirates, dodges sanctions through a group of seemingly legitimate consulting and shipping companies that run the network's fleet.