City Desk
Coalition of Local NGOs, Bangladesh
A rally organised by Coalition of Local NGOs, Bangladesh (CLNB) and Peacekeepers Memorial School and College was held in front of the Jatiya Press Club. In the programme held recently speakers demanded for naming streets or flyovers of Dhaka city after Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers who laid down their lives for establishing peace in UN missions. They also welcomed International Day of UN Peacekeepers and the 30th anniversary of Bangladesh participation at UN peacekeeping missions. The speakers also expressed profound shock at the death of two Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers in Central Africa. The speakers said Bangladesh peacekeepers in UN missions are playing crucial role in establishing peace and bringing praises for the country. Chairman of the organisation Harunur Rashid presided over the function. The event was attended, among others, by labour leader Harun-Ar-Rashid Bhuiyan, Gonoswasthya Chief Executive Saiful Islam Shishir, Dhaka University senate member Nargis Jahan Banu, Nagarik Parishad convener Mohammad Shamsuddin and Samajtantrik Majdur Party General Secretary Dr Samsul Alam.
