Bangladesh goverment on Sunday extended shopping hours by an hour until 7:00pm.

It took the decision following demands by the businesses in a meeting with prime minister Tarique Rahman at the Bangladesh secretariat.

This was disclosed by the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources, Anindya Islam, while talking to reporters at the seretariat.

On Thursday, the cabinet asked shop owners to close the outlets by 6:00pm as part of austerities on the back of the war in the Gulf disrupting energy trade through the region.