Ukraine-Russia war is more serious than Corona!

M. H. Sohail The Ukraine-Russia war has been going on for the past few months. But who ever thought that the war between these two countries would shake the whole world? But in reality it happened!

It has been almost three years since the outbreak of Corona. The whole world is paralyzed because of this corona. Everything has come to a standstill due to the lockdown in countries around the world. Business stopped. Air traffic stops. All in all, the whole world comes to a standstill in the clutches of Corona. Due to which the world economy has a huge impact.

But that corona is almost normal now. The world's communications system is back on. Business is back to normal. The people of the world are gradually overcoming the economic stagnation.

But for a new reason, the world is becoming turbulent again. And that is the Ukraine-Russia war. After the start of this war of only two countries in the world, many people said that the war will have an impact on the world. But no one thought that they would have to pay like this. The Ukraine-Russia war has affected the economy of the whole world. And that effect has been felt in Bangladesh as well. The price of daily necessities including oil, flour has skyrocketed. This time due to fuel, electricity production has reached a state of stagnation. The whole country is almost at a standstill. Because everything is connected with electricity. Due to electricity, mills and factories are not functioning. Production has come to a standstill. Laxity is seen in the office-court work. In this situation, the government is suggesting poverty alleviation.

Electricity rationing system has been introduced. Alternate load shedding is also provided. The implementation of the plan to schedule loadshedding by one hour or two hours has started from yesterday (Tuesday). But on the first day, an exception happened even though it was said to be one hour. Loadshedding is done for one hour a day, but loadshedding starts two or three times in the evening. This loadshedding is done twice for one hour and once for a short time in the evening till night. Especially the latest load shedding after 12 midnight makes people suffer during this hot season.

Government has started electricity load shedding to save energy. This initiative has been taken to reduce the subsidy in the power sector. It's good for us though. Because of the way electricity is wasted. People have at least now started to understand that this kind of wastage is forbidden even in religious terms. Where one lamp is turned on, 5 lamps are kept burning. People are now becoming aware. People now understand that it is not right to waste like this.

The way our country's economy was functioning due to Corona, it is a matter of thinking how far the economy can be kept functioning with this electricity saving. But office-court working hours need to be reduced. Except in manufacturing sectors such as garments and mills, general office hours may be reduced somewhat. Because at present most of the offices in our country have a large amount of AC usage. And this AC consumes a lot of electricity. Preventing it will save a lot of electricity.

What we are seeing now is that the Ukraine-Russia war has spread more than the covid i.e. corona pandemic has set us back. The impact of this war in the country has had an adverse effect on the economy. And so it seems that the Ukraine-Russia war has become more serious than Corona.

We know war can never bring any good. War can only bring destruction. The people of the world will never be well if we cannot get out of this chaos. So everyone's expectation - let us come out of this war. Establish peace throughout the world. We the people of the world and our future generations will enjoy the benefits.

# Author: Editor, The Dhaka Times and Editor and Publisher, Monthly Development Economics.

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