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- ↑ "Secret Documents of Intelligent Branch on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman volume-IV (1954-1957)". সংগ্রামের নোটবুক. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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- ↑ "Bangladesh Police". www.police.gov.bd. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- 1 2 "Bangladesh's former FM Shamsud Doha dies". Dawn. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ Agencies (19 August 2018). "From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1968: Fifty Years Ago: Akram Khan mourned". Dawn. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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