Bangladesh Scraps Sheikh Hasina-Period Sir Rule For Girls Officers

Bangladesh’s interim authorities, led by Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, on Thursday formally scrapped a Sheikh Hasina-era rule that mandated public officers to handle her and different senior ladies officers as “sir.”

The choice to scrap the ‘sir’ rule was finalised throughout a gathering of the advisory council in Dhaka, which additionally moved to abolish different “outdated” directives and protocol guidelines.

In accordance with a report by the Dhaka Tribune, the Chief Adviser’s press secretary, Shafiqul Alam, introduced the cancellation following the advisory council assembly. Alam elaborated on the rationale through Fb, stating, “Throughout Sheikh Hasina’s almost 16-year-long autocratic rule, a directive was reportedly issued requiring public officers to handle her as ‘sir.'”

He additional added, “This apply prolonged to different high-ranking ladies officers, who have been, and in some circumstances nonetheless are, being referred to as ‘sir,’ which is clearly odd.”

The interim authorities has acknowledged that it’ll kind a evaluation committee, led by Syeda Rizwana Hasan, the present adviser on power to analyze an “applicable” method to handle senior officers and public servants transferring ahead.

This got here after the Worldwide Crimes Tribunal (ICT), a Bangladesh court docket designated for the trial of worldwide crimes, on Thursday ordered the initiation of trials in opposition to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, accusing her of ordering the taking pictures and killing of protesters in the course of the student-led July Motion of 2024, following which she was ousted from the nation.

Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam introduced this growth to reporters, noting that the ICT has requested for the trial in opposition to her.

“Sheikh Hasina ordered the taking pictures and killing of protesters in the course of the July Motion. The Worldwide Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has requested for the trial in opposition to her,” Islam mentioned.

This got here after ICT formally charged the ousted Prime Minister, former Bangladeshi House Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former Inspector Basic of Bangladesh Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun within the circumstances associated to crimes in opposition to humanity in the course of the July rebellion earlier right this moment, as reported by the Each day Star.

As per the Each day Star, a three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, introduced 5 fees in opposition to the accused.

The tribunal scheduled the prosecution’s opening assertion for hearings on August 3 and 4.

Among the many accused, solely Mamun appeared in court docket in the course of the session, the Each day Star reported.

(With ANI Inputs)