X (Twitter) Toggle navigation Latest Bangladesh National Politics Special Report Nationwide District News Economy International Sports Cricket Football Jobs Top Ten Video Entertainment Hollywood Bollywood Feature Photo Gallery Lifestyle Information Technology Travel Agriculture & Nature Jokes Ekushey Book Fair Others Education Campus Health Law & Court Religion Islam Other Religions Expatriate Media Women & Children Trade Fair Literature Jago Jobs Opinion Social Media Podcast Archive Miscellaneous Unicode Converter ENG Economy Housewives Await Midnight Ibrahim Hossain Abhi Ibrahim Hossain Abhi Published: 07:43 PM, 13 September 2026 X (Twitter) X Such low gas pressure persists all day / Photo: Jago News As night deepens, so does fatigue. While sleep descends upon most homes, many housewives in Dhaka, the capital, remain awake. Sleep eludes their eyes. Their sole wait is for the clock hands to strike midnight.
This wait is not for any special occasion; it is for cooking gas. No matter how much fatigue, sorrow, or problems there may be, cooking must happen in a Bengali household!
Stoves remain lit all day. It's not that they don't light up after evening. However, cooking doesn't happen with them. Even making a simple cup of tea takes half an hour to an hour. Consequently, there is no option but to wait for the night to deepen. The absence of gas in pipelines during the day has almost become a norm in Dhaka city. Gas arrives sometimes at 11 PM, sometimes at 12 AM. And it disappears again before dawn. Housewives have to complete their cooking tasks within this short window.
For several months, such a crisis in gas supply across various areas of the capital has altered the daily lives of many families. Cooking times are no longer determined by the family's convenience but rather by when the gas will arrive.
Thus, a housewife's daily schedule has changed. After managing children's school, husband's office, and other household chores in the morning, the stove doesn't light up for lunch. The situation is the same in the afternoon. Even in the evening, there's no sign of gas. Ultimately, it's a wait for the night to progress.
If a customer does not receive gas supply, they should not be forced to pay for a service they are not receiving. There might be a reasonable fixed charge to keep the connection active. But if gas supply cannot be ensured, the customer should not be charged the full gas bill.
