Famed globetrotter Najmun Nahar has set a new record by visiting her 155thg country with the Bangladeshi flag, Tajikistan.  Najmun Nahar conquered the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, the roof of the world on May 29, 2022, said a press release on Monday.    Asia-Plus, a newspaper of Tajikistan has published a report about Najmun Nahar’s success. Earlier she has been headlined in several media outlets at home and abroad.  The globetrotter has achieved more than 50 awards including the peace Torch-Bearer Award.  Her world tour began in 2000 with her participation in the India International Adventure Programme at Panchmari in India’s Bhopal state. Also Read: Najmun Nahar Shohagi: Bangladeshi globe trotter aims to travel 200 countries Najmun Nahar was born on 12 December 1979 in the village of Gangapur in the Laxmipur district of Chittagong. Father Mohammad Amin, who died in 2010, was a businessman. Mother Tahera Amin was the traveling companion of Najmun in 14 countries. Najmun is the youngest of eight siblings. She is known as Shohagi to the family. Najmun, who holds a higher degree from Lund University in Sweden, has previously worked as a researcher. She studied human rights at Seoul National University in South Korea. 

Najmun Nahar, the first Bangladeshi woman traveller to visit 150 countries carrying the national flag, has received the coveted 'Peace Runner Award' for spreading the message of world peace. The Bangladeshi flag-bearer globetrotter was given the award on November 27 at the 35th FOBANA Conference in Washinton’s Gaylord by the organisation’s President Inara Islam. On October 6, 2021, Najmun achieved the milestone of reaching Sao Tome and Principe, the 150th country in the world. Read: Bangladeshi globetrotter Najmun Nahar makes history with 150th country-visit Nahar's world tour began in 2000 with her participation in the India International Adventure Programme at Panchmari in India’s Bhopal state. On June 1, 2018, she achieved the milestone of reaching the 100th country -- actually the Victoria Falls on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. In her 21 years of world tour, on the 50th anniversary of Independence of Bangladesh, she finally set the record of travelling to 150 countries.