Bangladesh’s interim authorities on Thursday formally revoked a long-standing directive from the Sheikh Hasina administration that required public officers to handle her and different senior girls officers as “sir.” The order, in impact for practically 16 years, was deemed ‘inappropriate’ by the Yunus- led authorities.The choice was introduced by chief adviser of the federal government of Bangladesh in a publish on X, following a gathering of the advisory council in Dhaka. “Throughout Sheikh Hasina’s practically 16-year-long autocratic rule, a directive was reportedly issued requiring public officers to handle her as ‘sir,'” the publish learn.
“This follow prolonged to different high-ranking girls officers, who have been and nonetheless are being referred to as ‘sir,’ which is clearly odd,” it added.The rule had drawn criticism over time for undermining gender norms and showing out of contact with social conventions.To determine a extra respectful and culturally applicable type of handle for senior officers, the federal government has shaped a evaluate committee. The panel might be co-led by power, highway and railway adviser Dr M Fouzul Kabir Khan and setting and water sources adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan.Alongside the cancellation of this directive, the interim authorities additionally mentioned scrapping a number of different outdated protocol guidelines issued by the earlier cupboard.
