Dhaka, Sep 25 Three Bangladeshi soldiers on a peacekeeping mission have been killed in a militant attack in strife-torn Mali, the country's military said here. Four others, including a major, were injured yesterday when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, the Inter-Service Public Relations Directorate (ISPR), the Banladeshi military's media wing, said in a statement. According to the UN, 15,209 uniformed personnel are working in the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). The number of Bangladeshis working in the UN peacekeeping missions is 7,636. Until August 31 this year, 129 Bangladeshis have lost their lives in UN peacekeeping missions, and six of those casualties have been in MINUSMA, the report said.

Source: bd News24 September 25, 2017 08:37 UTC