The Amar Ekushey Boi Mela has been extended till March 17 as the COVID-19 situation improves across the country, bringing the total duration of its run-time to 31 days – the longest in the history. The announcement of the extension has satisfied publishers, to say the least. According to them, the sales this year has ... Read more
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Ekushey Book Fair begins today
Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2022 begins on Bangla Academy premises and at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka at 3:00pm today. Bangla Academy organises the fair every year commemorating the historic Language Movement of 1952 and the martyrs who sacrificed their lives during the movement. The fair is scheduled to continue till February
Ekushey Boi Mela postponed for two weeks
Amid the recent surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela that usually begins on the first day of the month of February, has deffered for at least two weeks. State minister for culture KM Khalid told media that due to the recent spike of Covid cases, the fair has been ... Read more
Book fair mourns death of Rajib
Amar Ekushey Book Fair Book fair mourns death of Rajib The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair on its 16th day mourned the killing of blogger Rajib Haider, an activist of the Shahbagh movement demanding death penalty for war criminals. Both the visitors and the representatives of different stalls were deeply shocked with the death of ... Read more
Guardians want quality books for kids
Ekushey Book Fair Guardians want quality books for kids Parents taking their children to the Ekushey Book fair on the the Bangla Academy premises on Friday sought quality books. The earlier part of the day dedicated to the children also witnessed a huge crowd. Many guardians, however, on the day expressed concern over the quality of ... Read more
Love leads book fair to new height
The Amar Ekushey Book Fair assumed a different look on Thursday, with the visitors presenting each other with books as a token of their love on Valentine’s Day. Both the young and old couples, parents and kids grabbed the occasion to pour out their hearts to each other. ‘We have presented our favourite people with ... Read more
Publishers sell pirated Indian books
Amar Ekushey Book Fair Publishers sell pirated Indian books More than a dozen publishing houses are displaying and selling pirated Indian books and those of other publishers in Amar Ekushey Book Fair, breaching the fair guidelines. The fair began this year with a vow to resist the sale and display of pirated books and books ... Read more
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
Book price pinches publishers, readers
Both the publishers and the readers feel the pinch of increased prices of books in Amar Ekushey Book Fair as most of the readers are turning away from books because of the price hike, leaving the publishers with little turnover. Talking to New Age, owners of different publishing houses said prices of books have been
Children enjoy first Shishu Prahar
Amar Ekushey Book Fair Children enjoy first Shishu Prahar Children on Friday enjoyed the first Shishu Prahar (children’s hour) at the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2013 on the Bangla Academy premises in the capital. Selling of books for children was also better on the day than that of the previous days since the beginning ... Read more
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
Book lovers brave hartal
Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Tuesday witnessed a big crowd despite the dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami. Though the fair premises was almost empty of visitors when it opened at 3:00pm, the scenario just reversed within a couple of hours, when people poured into the fair ground in their hundreds. The fear of violence by the Jamaat-Shibir ... Read more
Novels lead tally of new books
Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2013 Novels lead tally of new books Fans rush for Humayun’s books Novels led the tally of the new titles that appeared on the third day of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Sunday. Of the 95 new arrivals, 25 are novels and 15 books of poetry, followed by seven collections of ... 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,
Young writers take spotlight in book fair
Like the previous book fairs, this year young writers and their followers are gathering daily at the Little Magazine Chattar at the Amar Ekushey book fair especially after the dusk. Little magazines often run innovative or experimental works were also among the top choice of visitors. Little magazines are usually published for reviews, essays, fiction, ... Read more
‘Mela’ of pirated books outside
With several copies of pirated books in his hands, 13-year-old Sumon was hawking on the footpath near the entrance of Amar Ekushey Boi Mela premises yesterday. He was not allowed inside the main premises of the book fair to sell his pirated books. But, this did not impact on his spirit in vending books, as ... Read more
On the sidelines of book fair
Someone entering the Ekushey book fair premises is likely to hear public announcement made by the fair information centre seeking donator of blood for emergency patients. The visitors, alongside browsing and buying books, also pay heed to the appeal for humanitarian initiatives like donating bloods to different volunteer blood collecting organisation and
Vendors happy with the business at fair
Not only writers, publishers and readers but vendors too, wait longingly for the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela as they get an opportunity to sell their products outside the fair venue during the month-long festival. Spreading their wares on the pavements leading in and out of the Bangla Academy premises, hundreds of vendors busily try to ... Read more
Spirit of love all around
Ekushey Boi Mela Spirit of love all around An air of love was wafting through the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela yesterday, on the occasion of Valentine’s Day as couples were seen walking hand in hand in the fair precincts. The spring torrents brought the young souls and at the fair they seemed to have taken ... Read more
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