India, July 11 -- Bangladesh has officially scrapped a Sheikh Hasina-regime rule which required public officials to address the former prime minister and other senior women officials as "sir." As per the official notice issued by the Yunus-led interim government, the directive has been scraped due to its "inappropriate" nature.

Based on a report by Dhaka Tribune, Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam shared that the scrapping of the directive was finalised after a meeting of the advisory council in Dhaka.

"During Sheikh Hasina's nearly 16-year-long autocratic rule, a directive was reportedly issued requiring public officials to address her as 'sir,'" the press secretary wrote on Facebook.

"This practice extended to other high-r...