The celebrations marking Pahela Phalgun, the first day of spring according to the Bangla calendar, added a new dimension to the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair, with young people, in colourful dresses, roaming the fair premises. Thousands of young people, the boys in traditional pyjamas and punjabis and the girls in yellow saris, crowded the fair and ... Read more
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Book fair offers part-time jobs for many youths
The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair has been an income source, besides being a means of gathering experience, for many young people. There are a few stalls among a total of 274 participating publishing houses where young people, mainly students of bachelor and masters
Number of new books falls
First Week of Book Fair Number of new books falls Quite unusual with the Ekushey Book Fair, the number of new books arriving at the fair in the first week of the month-long even fell because of political unrest. A total of 490 new titles hit the stalls in the fair during the first week ... Read more
Curtain drops on Boi Mela
The month-long Amar Ekushey Boi Mela ended yesterday. Expressing satisfaction over the peaceful completion of the fair, writers, publishers and booklovers hoped to join the next years’ fair. Three thousand and eight new books were published in the fair this year, said Shahida Khatun,
Booklovers swarm Boi Mela
Fill up premises minutes into opening by PM Thousands of booklovers yesterday thronged the Bangla Academy premises after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the month-long Amar Ekushey Boi Mela 2011 and left the fair. Nobel laureate and noted economist Amartya Sen attended the inaugural session as the guest of honour, glorifying the dignity of the ... Read more
Curtain goes up on Amar Ekushey Book Fair today
Curtain goes up on the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2011, on the Bangla Academy premises today to showcase a month-long festival commemorating the historic language movement of 1952. The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, will inaugurate the annual event, organised by the Bangla Academy and the Bangladesh Book Publishers and Sellers’ Association, at