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- ↑ জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) [List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)]. Government of Bangladesh (in Bengali). Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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- ↑ "Actor Nazmul Huda dies at 78". Prothom Alo. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Syed Hasan Imam to get Lifetime Achievement". The Daily Star. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Abdul Jabbar: whose stirring songs inspired the nation in '71". The Daily Star. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
