Bangladesh's Energy Crunch: Hybrid Schooling & Digital Tools

0:00It's March 31st. You're listening to Global News today, AI-powered coverage from around the world. I'm Kori with the story. Bangladesh is looking at partial online classes for schools to tackle the energy crunch from global oil spikes and local shortages. Education leaders are reviewing a hybrid setup, mixing virtual and in-person sessions to save fuel while keeping kids learning. This comes after talks between the Education Minister and top officials driven by skyrocketing fuel import bills tied to Middle East chaos. They're also iron home offices for workers and tweaks to weekly holidays to slash overall energy use. Protests, Ramadan breaks, and fuel rationing have folks scrambling with long lines at pumps, panic buying, and cutback hours at stations. Vehicle sales are capped too, as applies stay tight even during big holidays. Now, there's talk of a six day school week and wrapping up digital tools to keep things moving. On top of that, the government's chasing over $2.5 billion in outside loans for fuel and

1:04gas imports to ease the strain on reserves. All this shows how deep the crisis runs, but these steps could steady the ship if they rolled them out smart. Stay tuned as it unfolds.