Staff Reporter:
The Council of Advisers on Thursday officially annulled a directive, which during Sheikh Hasina’s nearly 16-year autocratic rule, required public employees to address her and high-ranking female government officials as “Sir.”
The high-ranking female officials are still being referred to as “Sir,” which is clearly odd, said the Chief Adviser’s press wing.
The Council of Advisers also discussed the necessity of changing other elaborate protocol directives issued by the cabinet.
A committee comprising 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 to recommend appropriate amendments for consideration by the Council of Advisers within one month.
