Bangladesh cuts office hours and bans wedding lights
Government offices and retail shops must cut operating hours from April 4
Change
Bangladesh enforced reduced office and shop opening hours and prohibited decorative wedding lighting nationwide starting April 4, 2026 to conserve energy stocks.
Why it matters
Nonessential electricity use for celebrations is now barred, requiring event venues and planners to operate without decorative lighting. Retailers and public services face shorter staffed windows and must compress customer-facing activities and deliveries into the reduced hours.
Implications
- — Government office managers and public-sector facility operators — must shorten staffed opening hours immediately — failure to comply will breach the national operating-hours order and expose facilities to administrative enforcement or forced closure.
- — Retail shop owners and mall managers — must reduce retail opening hours immediately — failure to comply will leave sales and staffing outside permitted hours and risk administrative action or forced shutdowns.
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