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Bangladesh shuts universities early to save power amid energy crisis
Bangladesh imposed early university closures and fuel rationing to cut electricity use and ease fuel shortages caused by global disruptions, with 95% of energy needs imported.
- From March 9, Bangladesh authorities ordered all public and private universities closed, bringing forward the Eid al-Fitr holidays to cut campus electricity use and ease traffic-related fuel waste.
- Facing heavy import dependence, Bangladesh, a nation of 170 million people, imports 95 percent of its oil and gas and imposed daily fuel-sale limits on March 6 after panic buying amid the Middle East conflict.
- Enforcing measures, authorities authorised mobile courts in Dhaka to charge fuel rule breaches, and Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said, 'Traditionally we have decorative lighting and illuminations on Independence Day and other national days, but this time we will refrain from that, as part of the austerity measures'.
- As a result, Bangladesh has bought LNG on the spot market at sharply higher prices while seeking more cargoes, and the BPC said cutting fuel use by 25 percent would leave 14 days of diesel.
- Long queues formed and traffic backed away from filling stations in Dhaka and other cities for a second day on Monday, while officials asked police and army to secure stations and urged the public to stop panic buying.
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DHAKA, March 9 — Bangladesh will close all universities from Monday, bringing forward the Eid al-Fitr holidays as part of emergency measures to conserve electricity and fuel amid a worsening energy crisis linked to the conflict in the Middle East.Authorities said the decision applies to all public and private universities across the country, a move that officials said will not only reduce electricity consumption but also ease traffic congestio…
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