Six fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers to return home today

The bodies of six Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in a terrorist drone attack while serving in a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sudan are expected to be brought back home today.
They will be accorded full state honours, with official funeral and burial ceremonies upon arrival.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the peacekeepers were killed on 13 December in a drone attack on a UN peacekeeping base in Abyei, Sudan. Nine other peacekeepers were injured in the attack on the Kadugli Logistics Base.
An ISPR press release said the attack was carried out by a separatist armed group between 3:40pm and 3:50pm local time while the peacekeepers were on duty at the UN base.
Those killed are Corporal Md Masud Rana, ASC, of Natore; Sainik Md Mominul Islam, Bir, of Kurigram; Sainik Shamim Reza, Bir, of Rajbari; Sainik Shanta Mondal, Bir, of Kurigram; Mess Waiter Mohammad Jahangir Alam, of Kishoreganj; and Laundry Employee Md Sabuj Mia, of Gaibandha.

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