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- 1 2 Salam, Shaikh Abdus. "Newspapers of Dhaka : Then and Now" . Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ↑ Mamoon, Muntassir (2012). "Dhaka News, The". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ↑ Muntassir Mamoon (1993). Dhaka Smriti Bistritir Nogori (2 ed.). pp. 87–88. ISBN 9840728202. OCLC 30518044.
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