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- ↑ গোপালপুরে আ'লীগের প্রতিষ্ঠাতা সদস্য হাতেম আলী তালুকদার এর মৃত্যু বার্ষিকী পালিত | Dhaka Metro News. 1 May 2021. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ↑ গোপালপুরে হাতেম আলী তালুকদারের মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী পালিত. টি নিউজ বিডি (in Bengali). 24 October 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2022.