Iran Crisis 2026

Iran Crisis 2026

File Photo: Chattogram’s Khatunganj is the country’s largest wholesale market for consumer goods. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Mideast war drives surge in imported essential commodity prices

Key wholesale markets, including Khatunganj in Chattogram and Moulvibazar in Dhaka, are feeling the heat.

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Bangladeshi vessel denied passage through Hormuz, heading back to Sharjah

Luojiashan tanker sits anchored in Muscat, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat, Oman, March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Iran announces alternative routes in Hormuz strait

MV BANGLAR JOYJATRA. Photo: Colected

Stranded Bangladeshi vessel begins journey toward Strait of Hormuz following US-Iran ceasefire 

Several explosions were reportedly heard at the South Pars Petrochemical complex in Asaluyeh. Photo: Reuters

Israel strikes Iran's petrochemical complex at Asaluyeh, defence minister says

A cargo ship in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, 11 March 2026. Photo: Reuters

Oil prices fall after US and Iran receive framework ceasefire proposal

Smoke rises following an explosion in Tehran, February 28, 2026. Photo: Reuters

US, Iran and mediators make push for 45-day ceasefire: Axios

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attend a ceremony to sign an agreement of comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia January 17, 2025. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Russia says US should abandon 'language of ultimatums' on Iran

Photo: BSS/AFP

Israel preparing for attacks on Iranian energy sites, awaits US green light, official says

A cargo ship in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, 11 March 2026. Photo: Reuters

India raising its pitch on keeping Hormuz Strait open

A man looks at a residential building damaged by a strike, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, 27 March 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

US experts say American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes

General Randy George, Chief of Staff of the US Army speaks during a ceremony honoring prisoners of war, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US, September 19, 2025. Photo: Reuters

US Army chief of staff fired by Hegseth, sources say

US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, DC, US on 1 April 2026. Photo: Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS

Trump says US 'will hit Iran hard' over the next 2-3 weeks