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- ↑ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ↑ "Bangladesh Shishu Academy Literary Award". Dhaka Courier. 24 October 2008.
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