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- ↑ "National Trauma Counseling Center (NTCC)". ntcc-mowca.gov.bd. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ↑ "National Trauma Counselling Centre comes to little help". Dhaka Tribune. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ↑ "National Trauma Counselling Center". evaw-global-database.unwomen.org. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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