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- ↑ "Our Local Sports". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ↑ "Leveraging ICT". lict.gov.bd. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ↑ Salam, Shaikh Abdus. "Carrom". Banglapedia. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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