Dhaka, May 9 -- March for Palestine, a platform for Palestine, has held a solidarity rally and human flag display at Dhaka University to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza and an independent Palestinian state.

The programme took place at the altar of Raju Sculpture of the university on Thursday.

At the event, students were seen chanting various slogans including 'Free Free Palestine', and 'From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free'.

Referring to the genocide of Palestine as the most brutal event in the history of the world, DU Professor Asif Nazrul said more than 35 thousand people have been killed in Palestine. Seventy per cent of them are women and children. Despite the protests from various countries of the world, Israeli...