Wednesday, February 2, 2011

EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR 2011

The EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR 2011 was start from yesterday. You can visit it everyday 11am to 9pm. You can also buy books from the fair. You can also see the live telecast on television everyday in afternoon on local television channels. Such as CHENNEL I, BTV, NTV, RTV etc.

BOOK FAIR address:
Bangla Academy
3 Kazi Nojrul Islam Avenue
Romna, Dhaka-1000.
Ph: 8619577, 8619583, 8619580, 8619752
Fax: 88-02-8612352
E-Mail: info@banglaacademy.org.bd
Web: www.banglaacademy.org.bd

Dhaka, Feb 1 (bdnews24.com) — The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair has got underway at the Bangla Academy premises.

Addressing the inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, prime minister Sheikh Hasina urged the writers and publishers to make sure that genuine history is written in books.

Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen spoke as the special guest at the ceremony,

The prime minister said she had skipped visiting her daughter and granddaughter in Canada and came home from London to attend the ceremony.

"I really want to come to the fair, but there is no normal way. I can only make official visits," she said, referring to the limitations imposed by the protocol associated with public office..

Hasina urged writers and publishers to offer new, creative books to the readers. "Ensure that the young generation knows the real history. Books inspire the conscience and enrich knowledge."

She envisioned Bangladesh as a nation of non-communal ideals. "We have faced great odds in moving towards those ideals. But we haven't quit."

National professor Kabir Chowdhury, information minister Abul Kalam Azad, state minister Promod Mankin and Bangla Academy director general Dr Shamsuzzaman Khan, among others, spoke at the function.

Hasina later launched National Writers and Literature Museum on the ground floor of the Bardhaman House at the fair premises.

Besides showcasing Bangladeshi books, there will be cultural programmes and discussions and seminars on Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore aimed celebrating his 150th birth anniversary.

The fair premises this year has been divided into nine sections -- named after veteran language martyrs, prominent writers, poets, novelists and intellectuals.

The sections are Bhasha Shahid Chattar, Rabindra Chattar, Dr Muhammad Shahidullah Chattar, Nazrul Chattar, Sahithya Bisharad Chattar, Sufia Kamal Chattar, Dhirendranath Chattar, Somen Chandra Chattar and Rokeya Chattar.

The fair premise, which is free from polythene bags and smoking, has Wi-Fi facilities.



History of EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR:
Muktodhara Publishing house started a little sell in front of Bangla Academy in the 21st February 1972,[1] the Shaheed Day, later International Mother Language Day. Chittaranjan Saha of Muktodhara took the initiative.[2] Later, other book publishers joined there unofficially. Gradually it became official and the most popular book fair of Bangladesh. Bangla Academy took over organization of the fair in 1978. In 1984 it was named Amar Ekushey Book Fair.[3] Notably, in 1990s, another national book fair called Dhaka Boi Mela was initiated. This book fair is organized by government in February every year.



Refferences:
  1. ^ a b Bangla Academy
  2. ^ a b http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=24088 Ekushey Book Fair begins today
  3. ^ Ekushey Book Fair begins today
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