Bangladesh Students Union expressed its solidarity with the Palestinians(Photo: Twitter)

Bangladeshi students protest Western hypocrisy over Palestine

In contrast, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam, known as Islamist parties, are maintaining stone-cold silence over Palestine.

Brazilian foreign minister's visit should invigorate Bangladesh-Brazil ties

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