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BANGLADESH-PEACEKEEPER-REMEMBRANCE
Homage paid to martyred Bangladeshi peacekeepers in Benin
DHAKA, Dec 23, 2018 (BSS) – Coalition of Local NGOs, Bangladesh (CLNB) and
Peacekeepers Memorial School and College (proposed) today paid homage to the
15 Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in Benin plane accident in 2003, says a
press release.
Marking the occasion, the two organizations held a memorial meeting on
National Press Club premises here to commemorate to martyrdom of the
peacekeepers.
CLNB President Harunur Rashid chaired the function. The event was
addressed, among others, by industry protection movement leader Harunur
Rashid Bhuiyan, Dhaka University Senate Member Nargis Zahan Banu, labour
leaders Bazlur Rahman Bablu and Kamrun Nahar, senior lawyer of Supreme Court
KM Zakaria and human rights activist Advocate Zakir Hossain.
Speakers said the supreme sacrifice and dedication of Bangladeshi
peacekeepers in establishing peace in conflict-strife areas in the world have
brought immense acclamation for the country.
Fifteen army officers were killed in a plane crash off Benin coast on
their way home at midnight on December 24 in 2003 after being completed their
official duty in peace keeping mission in Liberia and Sierra Leone of Africa.
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