import string



def preprocess_bn(txt):

	"""
	This functions is used for preprocessing Bangla text.
	Two major preprocessing is done-
		1. Punctuations removal.
		2. Whitespace removal.
	Processed text is returned as a return value.
	"""

	for punc in string.punctuation:
		txt=txt.replace(punc, '')
	txt=txt.replace('।', '')

	txt=' '.join(txt.split())

	return txt