A Bangladesh Police team left for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali on a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Thursday night. The 140-member strong contingent flew to Mali's capital Bamako, Assistant Inspector General-AIG (Media) of Police Headquarter Kamruzzaman said on Friday. Read: 180 policewomen leave for Congo to join UN mission Of the contingent members, 70 are led by Commander Shahinur Alam Khan for the 4th rotation under Bangladesh Formed Police Unit (BANFPU-2) and 70 are led by Deputy Commander Md Snighdo Akhtar for the 8th rotation under BANFPU-1. DIG (Operations & Media and Plan) Md Haider Ali Khan and officials of the UN Affairs (Operations) Wing saw off the peacekeeping team at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Bangladesh Police have been performing duties in Mali under the UN peacekeeping mission there since 2013.

Bangladesh has secured the top position among 118 countries in sending troops to the United Nations peacekeeping missions.

Some 180 members of the only Female Formed Police Unit (FPU) of Bangladesh Police have left for Congo to join the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Thursday welcomed the Security Council's resolution 2510, which endorses the outcomes of the recent Berlin conference on Libya.

Sanaa, Oct 20 (Xinhua/UNB) -- A UN cease-fire monitoring mission in Yemen's Hodeidah on Sunday began establishing control points to monitor a truce between Yemeni warring parties, a security source in the city said.