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- ↑ "Bangladesh Film Censor Board". www.bfcb.gov.bd. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Bangladesh Film Censor Board". bfcb.gov.bd. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Bangladesh's Censor Board Blocks the Country's First Chakma-Language Film". globalvoices.org. Global Voices. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Bangladesh Censor Board blocks 'Rana Plaza' from cinemas". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Bangladesh court bans movie on Rana Plaza factory disaster". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Film banned as villain wears Mujib coat". The Daily Star. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
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