BSS-26 Call to name roads after martyred UN peacekeepers

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Call to name roads after martyred UN peacekeepers

DHAKA, May 28, 2018 (BSS) – Speakers at a human chain today demanded for
naming any street or flyover of Dhaka city in memory of Bangladesh UN
peacekeepers who laid down their lives for establishing peace across the
world through UN peacekeeping missions.

Coalition of Local NGOs, Bangladesh (CLNB) and Peacekeepers Memorial
School and College formed the human chain, said a press release.

CLNB Chairman Harunur Rashid presided over it while labour leader
Harun-Ar Rashid Bhuiyan, Gonosasthya chief executive Saiful Islam Shishir,
Dhaka University senate member Nargis Jahan Banu, Supreme Court senior lawyer
Afjal Hossain, Nagarik Parishad convener Mohammed Shamsuddinm, Samajtantrik
Majdur Party General Secretary Dr Samsul Alam, human right activist Md Hanif,
garments workers leader Kamrunnahar and Khadija attended it, among others.

The speakers also welcomed International Day of UN Peacekeepers and the
30th anniversary of Bangladesh participation at UN peacekeeping missions.

They expressed profound shock at the death of two Bangladesh UN
peacekeepers in Central Africa on Saturday.

The speakers said Bangladesh peacekeepers in UN missions are playing
crucial role in establishing peace and bringing praises for the country.

BSS/pr/MKD/RY/1808 hrs