🇧🇩 Bangladesh has enough fuel for two weeks and will begin rationing it

Bangladesh is preparing to reduce deliveries to petrol pumps as the country tries to stretch existing reserves in the face of an escalating conflict in the Middle East, according to a senior government official.

Energy shortages — along with rising prices — deal a body blow to a newly elected government trying to pull the country out of a period of political instability, high inflation and slow growth.

Bangladesh’s stocks of petrol and diesel will last two weeks, prompting the government to reduce delivery to fuel pumps by 10-15%, said the official, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are not public.

Asia’s energy crisis has been worsening by the day as US and Israeli attacks on Iran escalate into a regional conflict that has interrupted production and all but closed the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway connecting the Persian Gulf with the world. The war has forced even cash-strapped buyers to look for alternative oil and liquefied natural gas volumes. Bangladesh bought two LNG cargoes on the spot market Wednesday, the official said.

The South Asian nation, which imports more than 80% of its energy from the Middle East, is also shutting down production at its fertilizer plants to save gas, and is mapping out other industrial sectors which can survive a temporary halt in operations, the official added.

The South Asian nation is not alone in confronting the prospect of severe disruptions if the war continues. India is facing the prospect of a cooking gas shortage and is also considering contingency plans.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱⚔️🇮🇷 Report: ‘Double-tap’ strike killed 165 Iranian schoolgirls in Minab

An investigation by Middle East Eye finds the deadly strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran, involved two explosions, with the second blast hitting survivors who had taken shelter after the first attack.

▪️ Witnesses and Red Crescent medics said students were moved to the school’s prayer hall after the initial strike. A second missile then hit the same area.

▪️ 165-181 people were killed, almost all girls aged 7–12. Many parents had been called to collect their children when the second strike occurred.

▪️ Officials say the destruction was so severe that dozens of victims remain unidentified, with DNA testing underway.

U.S. and Israeli officials say they are “investigating” the incident

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🛢 BREAKING: Brent oil prices surge above $82.50/barrel with gas prices now up nearly +20% since January.

Keep watching oil prices as a leading indicator for a potential "deal" or market intervention.

The world simply cannot afford oil prices rising toward $100/barrel.

🔗 Kobeissi Letter

🇯🇵❌🛢 Japan has instructed its refiners to stop exporting diesel and gasoline according to Bloomberg, to protect the domestic fuel supply.

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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — WATCH: CENTCOM released footage of U.S. strikes on Iranian aircraft.

The Iranian regime's ability to impact U.S. forces and regional partners is rapidly declining, while American combat power continues to build.

🇮🇷📝 What does a balkanization of Iran mean for the world?

Although many Israeli and American politicians stated that the goal was to regime change Iran, the real intention was to do to Iran what happened in Syria and Iraq, foment uprisings, provoke multiple civil wars because Iran will never be a regional competitor to Israel if its dealing with uprisings and ethnic separatism.

A balkanized Iran or an Iran locked in civil war would transform the country from an occasional source of geopolitical instability to a source of PERMANENT geopolitical instability.

A balkanized Iran would be a huge source of:

🔶 International terrorism

🔶 Supply chain disturbance through its proximity to the Persian Gulf, Caspian Basin and emerging Trans-Caucuses logistics corridors. Terrorist orgs can and will throw loitering munitions at any ship, aircraft or train that is within their reach and will require foreign interventions and troop deployments to counteract these threats.

🔶 Massive migration flows (which in turn would destabilise European politics);

🔶 Nuclear proliferation and radiological terrorism fears

🔶 Regional sectarian and ethnic conflict

🔶 Great power competition. Proxy wars between other powers, especially Turkey and Israel

🔶 Keeping America and other European countries entangled in the Middle East for many years trying to stem migratory flows, combat terrorism and protect trade and supply chains to and from East Asia.

Nobody except for Israel has anything to gain from a balkanized Iran.

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🇺🇸🛢 US average diesel prices have reached $4.12/gal this morning according to GasBuddy data, the highest level since December 8, 2023.

🔗 Patrick de Haan

🇦🇪🛢 Murban Crude oil prices reach an all time high of 92.5$ USD/barrel.

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🇮🇱🤖🇮🇷 Similarities between Israel's bombing of Gaza and Tehran are growing stronger.

In both cases, it appears Israel is using AI without any human oversight.

For instance, Israel has bombed a park in Tehran called "Police park." It has nothing to do with the police.

But it appears AI identified it as a target since Israel is bombing all government related buildings.

No one in Israel bothered to check and find out that it is just a park.

🔗 Trita Parsi

#BREAKING
🇨🇳🛢📈❗️ — Crude Oil is now being sold by 100 USD/barrel in Mainland China!

📝 The Shanghai INE crude futures (RMB/bbl) surged to 680 RMB today, equating to ~$98.5 USD at current 6.90 CNY/USD ratem near that $100 chart spike.

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🇮🇷📻📝 — A mysterious Farsi-language Numbers-Station on 7910kHz, received in by @/Shortwave78 in Milan at 18:00 UTC on March 3, 2026.

🔗 Shortwave Observer (@shortwave78)