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Bangladesh cuts school, office hours to save electricity
Financial Express Mumbai
|August 24, 2022
SCHOOLS IN BANGLADESH will close an additional day each week and government offices and banks will shorten their work days by an hour to reduce electricity usage amid concerns over rising fuel prices and the impact of the Ukraine war.
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The reduced hours take effect Wednesday. In Bangladesh, most schools are closed on Fridays, but now will also close on Saturdays, cabinet secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said.
He said government offices and banks will cut their work days to seven hours from the previous eight hours, but that private offices will be allowed to set their own schedules.
Supply disruptions caused by the Ukraine war have led to soaring world prices for energy and food.
This story is from the August 24, 2022 edition of Financial Express Mumbai.
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