Shopping malls, shops, kitchen markets and business establishments under the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will be closed by 8:00pm while restaurants and hotels by 10:00pm, with a view to saving power.
The fresh order will be enforced from September 1 and it will remain in force until further notice, the city corporation said in a public notice.
The kitchens of the restaurants will be closed by 10:00pm but they can supply food till 11:00pm, it said.
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Besides, movie halls and recreational establishments will be shut by 11:00pm and pharmacies will be allowed to remain open till midnight and the pharmacies at hospitals till 2:00am, according to the notice.
On June 16, the government directed the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to close shopping malls and kitchen markets by 8:00pm to save energy.
A letter, signed by Mohd Ahsan Kibria Siddiqui, director general of the Prime Minister's Office (administration), said that the prime minister has instructed to take necessary steps to ensure that shops, shopping malls, kitchen markets, etc are not kept open after 8:00pm.
