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- ↑ "List of 7th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ↑ "12 JS committees reconstituted". The Daily Star. 26 January 2000. Retrieved 6 November 2020.