Govt to direct preachers to sermonise 'right path': Home boss

The government will instruct preachers to deliver such sermons which will guide the countrymen towards the “right direction”, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday.

When asked about a reported claim that some preachers gave sermons encouraging militant activities, the home boss further said he had heard of such news and the authorities were inquiring the matter.

After an event at the capital's Rajarbagh Police Lines, he also told reporters that law enforcers, on the other hand, will be instructed to take appropriate measures against those who are involved in anti-state activities.

Bangladesh Police arranged the programme to honour police personnel who were the first to raise resistance against the genocide of Bangalees by the Pakistani Army on March 25, 1971. Forty three former police personnel, including families of some martyred policemen, were given cheques and certificates.

Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq and Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah also spoke.