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Month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair begins today

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Published: 04:02, 1 February 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair begins today

Staff Correspondent: The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2017 begins today (Wednesday).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the fair at 3 pm on the premises of Bangla Academy.

The premier will also distribute prizes among the winners of 'Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar 2016' and inaugurate a 4-day International Literature Conference 2017.

"Ocean of Sorrow", translation of noted Bengali novelist Mir Mosharraf Hossain's famous novel "Bishad Sindhu" and "Hundred Poems From Bangladesh", published from Germany, will be handed over to the prime minister at the function.

Dong You Chen, Chinese researcher and translator on Rabindranath Tagore's works, Austrian Menfred Kebo, Luz Maria Lopez from Puerto Rica and Indian essayist Chinmoy Guha will join the inaugural function as guests of honour.

Apart from Bangla Academy premises, around 4,00,000 square feet area on Suhrawardy Udyan was earmarked for the fair.

The Suhrawardy Udyan part of the fair has been decorated with 12 (Chattar) divisions. Some 663 units have been allotted to 409 institutions at the academy and Suhrawardy Udyan premises.

Besides, 14 publication houses including Bangla Academy are given 15 pavilions covering an area of total 6, 000 square feet. Some 100 little magazines have been allocated spaces at the Little Magazine Corner, south side of Burdwan House on the academy premises.



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