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- ↑ "Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed hands over a champion trophy to the 1st BIR Division of the 10th Infantry Division from the Major Unit at the closing ceremony of CAS Trophy Firing Competition-2021 of Bangladesh Army at Momenshahi Cantonment in Mymensingh on Wednesday". December 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-07-11.
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- ↑ "Jessore GOC killed in chopper crash". The Daily Star. 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- ↑ Unb, Dhaka (November 22, 2009). "Flag raising ceremony of 403 battle group held". The Daily Star .
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