The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Some 250 police personnel will join the UN peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast replacing two contingents that had gone there earlier.

Two teams, each comprising 45 personnel, left Zia International Airport for Ivory Coast by a UN charted flight Wednesday night.

Deputy IGP (Training) Mohammad Moklesur Rahman and Assistant IGP (UN desk) Mohammad Harun-Ar-Rashid saw them off.

A contingent of 90 police personnel is scheduled to leave Dhaka on November 5 and 70 others on November 8, said a release.

Police Super Abdullah Al Mahmud will lead BANFPU-1 contingent, while Police Super Mohammad Mahbub Hakim will head BANFPU-2.

At present, 1,083 members of Bangladesh police force are engaged in UN peacekeeping mission in different parts of the world.

Bangladesh is on top of police force in UN peacekeeping missions.