The Council of Advisers on Thursday scrapped the directive which required public officials to address deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other high-ranking female officials as "sir".
A press release by the CA's Press Wing said, "During Sheikh Hasina's nearly 16-year-long autocratic rule, a directive was reportedly issued requiring public officials to address her as 'Sir'. This practice extended to other high-ranking female officials, who were and still are being called 'Sir', which is clearly odd."
The release said the advisory council also discussed the necessity of changing other elaborate protocol directives issued by the cabinet.
A committee, composed of the Energy, Road and Railway Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, and Environment and Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan, has been formed to review the protocol directives and honorifics and suggest, within one month, appropriate amendments for consideration of the advisory council.
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