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State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury places floral wreaths at the portraits of Bangabandhu and National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam at Kazi Nazrul Islam University in Trishal, Mymensingh on Thursday marking birth anniversary of the poet. NN photo

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