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25 February 2016, 18:00 PM

UPDATED 26 February 2016, 03:38 AM

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Today is the fourth death anniversary of Ali Ahsan Bacchu, former senior official of Pragati Industries Ltd. A milad and a doa mahfil will be held after the Jumma prayers at Siddeshwari mosque in the capital.

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