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- ↑ "About Us — Christian Religious Welfare Trust". crwt.sms.com.bd. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "Christian Religious Welfare Trust Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. LXX of 1983)". bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "Christian Welfare Trust formed". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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