Brent crude futures jumped $2.43, or 2.16%, to $115 a barrel

The shareholders of Bank Alfalah gave go-ahead to the acquisition on March 26

It covers cross-border transmissions such as software downloads, e-books, music and movie streaming and video games

Sixty-six World Trade Organization (WTO) member countries, representing 70 percent of global trade, have adopted a pathway to bring into force electronic commerce (e-Commerce) agreement through interim arrangements.

The two India-flagged ⁠vessels have crossed the Gulf area and are in ​the eastern Strait of Hormuz, the data showed

Here are the latest economic events in the Middle East war

Bangladesh remains at “a greater risk” due to heavy reliance on imported fuel and weaker external positions

Six accounts on the betting site Polymarket made $1.2 million on bets that the US would attack Iran on February 28, the day the war began

The South Asian nation is one of the largest debtors to the IMF after Argentina and Ukraine

Here are the latest economic events in the Middle East war

Oil prices climbed, with the Brent international benchmark rising 4.2 percent to $112.57

Around a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas passes through the waterway in peacetime

Oil prices rose and equities were mixed Thursday as investors tracked mixed developments in the war

Trump on Wednesday threatened to "unleash hell" if Iran did not strike a deal,

Each bhori of gold costs Tk 2.41 lakh today, down from around Tk 2.77 lakh on March 3

Countries across Asia are weighing up work-from-home policies and stimulus measures enforced during the Covid pandemic, as they scramble to respond to global fuel shortages triggered by the Iran war.

The Western allies trying to negotiate a way to protect the Strait of Hormuz for energy shipping face a stark reality: a similar effort in the Red Sea that started years earlier cost billions of dollars and ultimately failed against Yemen's Houthis

The Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI) will organise two expos from March 29-31

Bangladesh is not directly involved in the Iran conflict, but its effects are already visible—from Dhaka’s upscale areas to rural petrol pumps.

In a bid to secure supply, the government has confirmed the purchase of seven LNG cargoes from the spot market since the beginning of the US-Israel war on Iran