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 girls 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was finalised throughout a gathering of the advisory council in Dhaka, which additionally moved to abolish different “outdated” directives and protocol guidelines.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 response to 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 practically 16-year-long autocratic rule, a directive was reportedly issued requiring public officers to handle her as ‘sir.'”
He additional added, “This follow prolonged to different high-ranking girls officers, who have been, and in some circumstances nonetheless are, being known as ‘sir,’ which is clearly odd.”
The interim authorities has acknowledged that it’s going to type a evaluation committee, led by Syeda Rizwana Hasan, the present adviser on vitality to analyze an “applicable” method to handle senior officers and public servants shifting ahead.
This got here after the Worldwide Crimes Tribunal (ICT), a Bangladesh courtroom 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 capturing and killing of protesters through the student-led July Motion of 2024, following which she was ousted from the nation.
Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam introduced this improvement to reporters, noting that the ICT has requested for the trial in opposition to her.
“Sheikh Hasina ordered the capturing and killing of protesters through the July Motion. The Worldwide Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has requested for the trial in opposition to her,” Islam stated.
This got here after ICT formally charged the ousted Prime Minister, former Bangladeshi Residence Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former Inspector Common of Bangladesh Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun within the circumstances associated to crimes in opposition to humanity through the July rebellion earlier immediately, as reported by the Every day Star.
As per the Every day Star, a three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, introduced 5 prices 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 courtroom through the session, the Every day Star reported.
(With ANI Inputs)