Dhaka, Aug. 27 -- A contingent of 180 Bangladeshi policemen on Tuesday left Dhaka to join the UN peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo, the second largest African country.
According to a police statement, the contingent flew to the middle African country aboard a chartered plane while Superintendent of Police Jannat Afroz leads the group that comprises 70 female police personnel.
The UN called the mission UN Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) saying it was aimed to establish peace in the troubled nation.
The UN calls such police contingents as "formed police units" or FPUs, which are trained and equipped to act as a cohesive unit capable of accomplishing policing tasks that...