Losses follow a healthy, record-breaking week for equities

Oil prices rose over 1 percent on Thursday, reversing earlier declines as the market questioned ‌whether peace talks between the US and Iran would achieve a deal to end the war that has disrupted energy supplies from the Middle East.

The cut-off rate was Tk 122.75 per US dollar

R. Ramanan says no proposal involving Bestinet has been submitted to Cabinet

"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.

Oil prices were little changed on Wednesday ​as investors assessed prospects for renewed US–Iran talks and the potential for supply to be released from the ‌Middle East, where exports remain constrained by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

On Andy Corriher’s farm in North Carolina, planting and preparations are underway for his corn and soybean crops -- but fertilizer costs have surged on war in the Middle East, and orders he placed weeks ago have yet to arrive.

The association sat with the commerce minister today

The central bank buys $70 million after a one-and-a-half-month break

UNI Global is an international platform of trade unions.

The euro bought $1.1791, hovering near its highest since March 2

Brent crude futures were up 40 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $95.19 a barrel at 0420 GMT

Net farm income has declined while business costs remain high

The agency has said it plans to roll out the refund system in ‌phases

Oil prices climbed above $100 a barrel on Monday as the US Navy prepared to block ships ‌to and from Iran via the Strait of Hormuz, a move that could restrict Iranian oil exports, after Washington and Tehran failed to reach a deal to end the war.

The US military said it would block shipping traffic in and out of Iran’s ports starting ​at 10 a.m. ET (1400 GMT) on Monday, a move that would prevent roughly two million barrels of Iranian oil a day ‌from entering the world’s markets, further tightening global supply.

A Paris court on Monday found cement maker Holcim's Lafarge unit guilty of charges that its Syrian subsidiary financed terrorism and ​breached European sanctions to keep a plant operating in northern Syria during the country's ‌civil war.

Brent crude futures gained $7.03, or 7.4 percent, to $102.23 a barrel by 0810 GMT