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PM calls on Muslim community to be united against Gaza genocide

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called on the Muslim community to be united against the genocide in Gaza carried out by Israel.

"This (Genocide in Gaza) is not expected. We all should be united against the genocide in Gaza," she said.

The premier made the remarks when Egyptian Ambassador to Bangladesh Omar Mohie Eldin Ahmed Fahmy paid a courtesy call on her at her office in Dhaka, reports BSS. 

PM's Deputy Press Secretary KM Shakhawat Moon briefed the newsmen after the meeting.

According to Moon, the prime minister reiterated Bangladesh's stance against the war.

She requested all to channelise the fund used for producing arms and in the war for the welfare of the mankind particularly for women and children.

"It is more effective to relocate the fund used for producing arms and in the wars to the welfare of the mankind," she said.

The prime minister said she always raised voice against the genocide in Gaza wherever she had gone.