Overview
- Government offices will run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with markets and malls required to close by 6 p.m. to cut electricity use.
- The education ministry will issue school guidance that could shift classes online or shorten timetables to reduce demand.
- The cabinet ordered non‑essential public spending cuts, including a 30% trim to fuel and power budgets and a freeze on new vehicles, ships and aircraft, with curbs on excessive lighting.
- Authorities tightened supply rules with fuel rationing, shorter gas‑station hours and limits on vehicle sales after panic buying and long lines.
- Bangladesh is seeking about US$2.5 billion for energy imports and has asked India for diesel, which Indian officials say included an extra 5,000 tonnes, as global fuel markets face Middle East war shocks.