Bangladesh has taken several measures to conserve power, instructing civil servants to switch off lights and turn down air conditioning as the War in Iran has deepened the country’s energy strain, according to Arab News.
“Only the necessary number of lights, fans, air conditioners, and other electrical equipment should be used,” the order issued late Sunday read.
The South Asian nation of 170 million has adopted a raft of measures to curb electricity and fuel consumption and regulate office attendance, a Ministry of Public Administration official, Sakhawat Hossain, told AFP on Monday.
The government also instructed employees to switch off lights when leaving offices and required that air conditioning be set at no lower than 25 degrees Celsius.
On February 28, the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, targeting its leadership and triggering a new conflict in the Middle East.
Iran has been responding with a retaliatory counterattack in Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi as a retaliatory move, while launching barrages of missiles and drones toward Israel.
The conflict has spread across the Middle East, leaving thousands dead, triggering unprecedented disruptions to energy supplies especially after the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
As a critical waterway, the Strait of Hormuz handles approximately a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil and roughly one‑fifth of all liquefied natural gas flows.
Due to the escalating tensions, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared that the waterway was unsafe. Therefore, the authorities halted ship movements.
Currently, Bangladesh is seeking roughly $2 billion in loans from multilateral lenders to address its mounting energy concerns.
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