US President Donald Trump said he agreed to suspend bombing and attacks on Iran for two weeks and that a long-term peace agreement was in progress.

India has moved closer to producing its own nuclear fuel after a domestic-designed reactor began a controlled nuclear reaction, an important step before it can start generating power.

The world’s worst energy crisis, caused by the Middle East war, will accelerate the development of renewables, nuclear energy and electric vehicles, the head of the International Energy Agency has predicted.

Farmers around the world may be switching to less nutrient-hungry crops as the Iran war hits the supply ​of fertilisers, but in China, they’re sitting pretty with plenty of stock thanks to the country’s rather unique reliance on coal to ‌produce urea.

The Strait of Hormuz’s closure and the resulting surge in global oil prices have handed financial windfalls to Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia, while other states that lack alternative shipment routes have lost billions of dollars, a Reuters analysis found.

The taka edged lower against the dollar yesterday, with the weighted average interbank rate marginally rising to Tk 122.85 from Tk 122.75, at which the dollar had held steady since late March, Bangladesh Bank data showed.

"We are in a world of elevated uncertainty," the IMF chief said

European carriers are bracing for similar disruption after Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz cut off nearly 21% of global seaborne jet fuel supply, according to Kpler.

West Texas Intermediate topped $115 and Brent sitting around $111

Sri Lanka on Monday raised prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by nearly a quarter, blaming higher global prices triggered by the Iran war.

PH Creative (BD) Limited, a South Korean company, will set up a manufacturing facility at the Bepza Economic Zone (Bepza EZ) in Mirsharai, Chattogram.

US President Donald Trump’s tariffs sought to hurt Chinese manufacturing, but for one electronics maker, a turbulent 2025 ended with a belief that China is a location that is difficult to replicate - as long as things don’t change too drastically.

The company will produce a wide range of items, including steel, aluminium and iron frames, fibreglass poles, tents and sleeping bags

A third vessel, Jag Vikram, is still ​in the west of the Strait of Hormuz, ​the data showed

The dollar ​index , which measures the US currency against six rivals, was slightly lower at 100.12

President Donald Trump has set a Tuesday deadline for Iran to end the war and reopen shipping in the critical Strait of Hormuz waterway

Vietnam’s economy slowed ​in the first quarter from the three months prior, data showed on Saturday, as heavy exposure to ‌Middle Eastern oil imports boosted inflation, presenting a challenge in reaching an annual growth target, authorities said.

Medicines can stop pain, fight cancer and save lives but are worthless if they get lost in the mail, spoil in a hot warehouse or are stuck on a ship.

With the war in the Middle East sending global fertiliser prices soaring, the EU is coming under pressure from farmers and some member states to take action.

The dollar ​rose sharply from two straight sessions of losses on Thursday after US President Donald Trump’s speech on Iran ‌undermined market expectations of a swift end to the conflict, renewing a bid for safe-haven assets.