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Today Doug and Louay talk about a new dress code for office workers in Bangladesh.

Doug tells us that he wears jeans to work as the dress code in his office is very casual. In Bangladesh however, it's a different story.

They have a smart dress code often wearing a suit or a jacket.

There has been a change to this formal dress code recently. The Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has ordered male government workers to stop wearing suits and ties in order to save electricity!

They now have to wear trousers and shirts, and the shirts don’t have to be tucked in anymore.

By wearing cooler clothes, office workers will no longer need to have their air conditioning units set to high. In fact, they are not allowed to turn their air conditioners below 24 degrees celcius.

The Government is keen that other businesses will follow its energy-saving example.

Question:

What do you wear to work?

Do you have a dress code?

dress code
casual
smart
suit
jacket
to save electricity
tucked in
cooler
air conditioning units
energy-saving