The government has instructed offices to be open from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm for the Islamic month of Ramadan, cutting work time by half an hour. The hours were determined in a meeting of the Cabinet Division led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday, Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain said. Mahbub said the new work hours were set for all government, semi-government, autonomous, and semi-autonomous offices, reports bdnews24.com. Bangladesh undertook austerity measures to save power amid an energy crisis last year, setting 4 pm as the end of office hours instead of the usual 5 pm. Ramadan is scheduled to begin on Mar 24, according to the sighting of the moon.

Source: bd News24 March 13, 2023 23:55 UTC