The government has ordered that honorific words, including “His Excellency” (Mahamanya) and “Honourable” (Mananiya), must no longer be written before the official titles of the president, prime minister, and ministers in state paperwork.
The instruction applies to all written official communications, documents, and summary presentations involving the president, as well as prime minister, ministers, state ministers, and deputy ministers.
The General Branch of the Cabinet Division issued a circular on Wednesday requesting all government ministries, divisions, and subordinate offices and organisations follow the decision.
Signed by Tania Akter Rose, deputy secretary of the Cabinet Division, the circular described the instruction as “highly important” and ordered its “immediate execution.”
Under the directive, all ministries, divisions, and their subordinate offices must refrain from writing “His Excellency,” “Honourable,” or any other honorific terms before the designations of the president, prime minister, ministers, state ministers, and deputy ministers when sending official communications, documents, and summaries.
Copies of the circular have been sent to the principal secretary to the prime minister, all senior secretaries and secretaries, all divisional commissioners, the principal information Officer, officers of the Cabinet Division, and all district commissioners and upazila nirbahi officers.
