Businesses are grappling with soaring energy prices, fractured supply ‌chains and trade routes severed by Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz

Iranian money has kept moving through those two digital ledgers during the US and Israeli war against the Islamic Republic

Retail sales growth slid to just 0.2 percent in April compared to the same month last year

Brent crude futures climbed $2.01, or 1.84%, to $111.27 a barrel

India’s state-run oil companies raised petrol and diesel prices by more than three percent on Friday as disruption to energy supplies due to the Iran war mounts pressure on the economy.

Sri Lanka slapped a 50 percent surcharge on customs duties on vehicles Saturday in a bid to discourage imports and ease currency pressure stemming from the Middle East conflict.

The UAE is to fast-track construction of a new oil pipeline bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, official media said on Friday, after the Middle East war crippled exports through the vital waterway.

India is scrambling to salvage a sinking rupee as surging oil prices linked to the Middle East conflict threaten to disrupt the world’s fastest-growing major economy.

Bangladesh exported $99.73 million worth of goods to the Pacific island in the last fiscal year 2024-25, with around 90 percent accounting for garment items

Out of $3.75 billion, Dhaka received $1.85 billion, Ctg ranked second with $1.16 billion

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It hit a record low of over 96 to the dollar on Friday

Bangladesh offers a competitive cost structure that enables Chinese firms to maintain global price dominance while relocating production, said Mohammad A Hafiz, vice president of the Bangladesh China Club Limited.

The duty on exports of petrol has been raised to ​3 rupees ($0.0313) per litre

Brent crude futures settled at $109.26 a barrel

Trump touted "fantastic trade deals", announcing in interviews Chinese purchases of American soybeans and jets

Oil prices edged up on Thursday, with markets focusing on ‌the high-stakes meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to see if it will yield any positive results towards a resolution for the Iran war.

Asia-Pacific banks may have to raise their loan ​loss provisions further in the near-term as the Iran conflict darkens economic prospects in the region heavily reliant on Middle Eastern oil, analysts said.

Jiji launched in Bangladesh in March 2025

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