A 110-member contingent of Bangladesh Police left Dhaka in the early hour today by a chartered aircraft, to join a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali.

Additional Inspector General of Police Biswas Afzal Hossain and Deputy Inspector General of Police SM Ruhul Amin saw them off at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, said a press release. 

The Bangladeshi peacekeepers in Mali have been earning fame in restoring of peace and undertaking rehabilitation process in the war-torn since 2013, according to the press release.