Migrant returned home via Azerbaijan after embassy-led evacuation amid escalating violence

Bangladesh’s overseas employment market faces growing risks of shrinking amid the war in the Middle East, the largest destination for migrant workers from the country.

Khamenei's face was disfigured in the attack on the supreme leader's compound in central Tehran and he suffered a significant injury to one or both legs, all three sources said.

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expected Iran to crumble when they launched the surprise attack on February 28 while negotiations were going on, killing the latter’s supreme leader and several others.

Even as the US and Iran seek to cement a ceasefire, Israel is seizing more territory from its neighbours.

The US-Israel war on Iran is casting a long shadow over Bangladesh’s economy, threatening to slow growth, stoke inflation, deepen poverty, cut jobs, and raise debt burdens, according to the World Bank’s latest Bangladesh Development Update.

Here are the latest updates following the provisional ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran

After more than a month of blistering attacks by the United States and Israel, Iran said it had agreed to talks with Washington to begin Friday in Pakistan on a path to end the conflict.

US President Donald Trump yesterday warned that “a whole civilisation will die” in Iran if the country does not heed his midnight deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran showed no sign of budging and reported that US-Israeli attacks on its infrastructure were already underway.

Iran’s hardline regime is known to have compromised only twice in its 47-year history. And US president is well known to climb down after issuing outsized threats, all in the name of negotiations

US-Israeli strikes killed Major General Majid Khademi, the Guards said

Prices of edible oil, sugar and spices have risen across major wholesale markets in Bangladesh over the past several weeks.

The Iran war is reaching Bangladesh through the availability and price of fuel, fertiliser, freight, and foreign exchange

The war, which erupted more than a month ago with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, has spread throughout the Middle East and roiled the global economy, impacting hundreds of millions worldwide.

Pakistan's ascension on the international stage is however causing heartburn in India, which has usually had the higher diplomatic profile of the two rivals.

Trump gives a 19-minute speech amid high oil prices and low approval ratings.

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Trump gave Iran war updates from White House in primetime speech

Incident in Fujairah near Strait of Hormuz follows drone interception, reports WAM

There is a dangerous tendency in Dhaka’s policy circles to treat conflicts in distant theatres as someone else’s problem. The war involving Iran is the latest test of that complacency—and Bangladesh cannot afford to fail it.