Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- A total of 111 members of the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) left Dhaka for the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday to replace the existing contingent deployed in the United Nations peacekeeping mission there.

The personnel departed on a United Nations-chartered Ethiopian Airlines flight as part of the rotation of the 135-member BAF Utility Aviation Unit contingent serving under the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).

The new contingent, Utility Aviation Unit-23, will be led by Air Commodore A T M Irfanur Rahmen.

A special munajat was offered at the departure lounge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport before the contingent's departure, seeking its success and...