Middle East crisis

Middle East crisis

Zahid Hussain, former lead economist, World Bank Dhaka office. Sketch: TBS

This is not a passing storm

Bangladesh faces a global shock it did not create. In a tightening dollar cycle and volatile oil market, stability will depend not on administrative controls but on credible, well-sequenced...

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Govt limits fuel purchases for vehicles as Middle East crisis sparks supply fears

Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq, 12 February 2026.Photo: Reuters

Trump urges Iranian Kurds to attack Iran as war widens

US President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon arrival for meetings at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, 29 December 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

The Trump-Netanyahu call that changed the Middle East

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka. File Photo

Passengers face travel chaos as 25 more flights cancelled today at Dhaka airport

Representational Image of Coal Power. Photo: Collected

Bangladesh to ramp up coal power as LNG imports face uncertainty over Mideast crisis

Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman spoke to journalists at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. Photo: Screengrab

3 Gulf ministers call Khalilur

The file photo of Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad. Photo: Collected

Govt closely monitoring Middle East situation: Religious affairs minister

Bangladesh national cricket team’s veteran wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim. Photo: Courtesy.

Mushfiqur Rahim stranded in Jeddah amid Middle East conflict

Govt assures overnight stay for passengers of cancelled flights

Govt assures overnight stay for passengers of cancelled flights

Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians killed in an overnight Israeli strike, according to medics, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip,15 February 2026. Photo: Reuters

Israeli airstrikes kill 11 in Gaza, Palestinians say; Israel says Hamas violated truce

A man watches the news on TV, displaying footage of Ahmed al-Rahawi, the prime minister of the Houthi-controlled government, who was killed, along with others, in Thursday's Israeli strikes on the capital, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, August 30, 2025. Photo: UNB/AP

Houthis storm UN offices in Yemen, several employees detained

A massive number of people gathers in Dhaka's Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday, 12 April 2025 to join the "March for Gaza" rally protesting Israel's continued invasion of Gaza. Photo: Rajib Dhar

In Photos: Sea of people flood Suhrawardy Udyan in solidarity with Gaza