Dhaka/IBNS: The Bangladesh Bank has withdrawn its dress code directive after it controversially asked women employees not to wear short dresses during office hours.

In an internal advisory, the country's central bank asked its female employees to not wear short-sleeved, short-length dresses and leggings in office hours.

Men were asked to refrain from wearing jeans and gabardine pants.

As per a press statement issued by Bangladesh Bank, its Governor Ahsan H Mansur was infuriated at the suggestions and following his order, the advisory was withdrawn.

"When this internal matter came to the notice of the governor, who is currently abroad, through the media, he expressed his anger and instructed that the matter be withdrawn immediately," the bank statement says as quoted by The Daily Star.

The bank claimed it was just an advisory asking employees to wear professional clothes during office hours.

It claimed the advisory aimed at reducing the perceived differences among employees, whose dresses differ widely due to age differences.

The statement said the advisory was issued at the department level and no circular was issued.