Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has reduced the use of lights and airconditioners at his of?ce room in Bangladesh Secretariat in half in a bid to save electricity. The premier also urged all ministries and institutions to maintain austerity in consuming electricity. Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman said that the Prime Minister took these steps after arriving at his of?ce at the Secretariat recently. ‘Prime Minister arrived at his of?ce at 9:10 am and immediately switched off 50 percent of the lights in his room and set the air conditioning temperature to 25.1 degrees,’ he said, noting that maintaining the AC at this level helps reduce electricity consumption. Not only in his own of?ce, the Prime Minister also instructed of?cials concerned to turn off half of the lights and raise the AC temperature in the Cabinet meeting room after entering the chamber for a cabinet meeting, Ruman said.