With the collaboration of Maldives Red Crescent and Maldivian Blood Service, a voluntary blood donation programme was held on Saturday at the Bangladesh High Commission premises in the Maldives.
It was arranged marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the 50th anniversary of Independence of Bangladesh.
A significant number of expatriate Bangladeshis and Maldivian nationals donated blood.