Across Asia: Bangladesh

Women join forces

Visiting UN Undersecretary General Alain Le Roy says Bangladesh will send its first-ever contingent of female police officers to a United Nations peacekeeping mission. The 140 officers will be the first unit of female police ever sent by Muslim-majority Bangladesh since the South Asian nation began contributing peacekeepers in 1988. Bangladesh now has more than 8,000 troops and about 1,400 police officers working as UN peacekeepers in 12 countries.