Bangladesh cuts work hours, electricity use over Middle East crisis

DHAKA: Bangladeshis began a shorter working week on Sunday as part of new austerity measures to curb energy consumption in the nation whose power supplies have been strained by the US-Israeli war on Iran. A country of 170 million people, which relies on imports for 95 percent of its energy needs, Bangladesh has for years been vulnerable to disruptions in global energy markets. After more than a month and a half without crude oil imports from the Middle East due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the government shortened office hours for the public and private sector to 9:00 a.m.

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