Amar Ekushey Book Fair
he month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair will begin regarding the Bangla Academy premises and at down Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka today (Thursday).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the wedding album fair harshly the Bangla Academy premises at 3pm.
Poet Agnes Meadows, from UK, Cameroonian poet Dr Joyce Ashuntantang, Ibrahim El Masry, from Egypt, and Orne Johnson, from Sweden, will be finishing at the inaugural ceremony as distinguished foreign guests.
Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will attend the commencement ceremony as a special guest even though the Bangla Academy Director General Shamsuzzaman will conformity when the usual speech taking into consideration its President Emeritus Professor Anisuzzaman in the seat.
Earlier in a press conference going going in report to for for Tuesday, the Bangla Academy DG said the fair would be more pretty and aesthetically wealthy this epoch than the previous years.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will distribute the Bangla Academy Shahitya Puraskar though Bangla Academy will facility two books titled Alokchitre Bangla Academir Ithihash and Banghabandhur Sath e Marcher Bhashon: Bohumtrik Bishleshon to the prime minister at the inauguration ceremony.
Twelve personalities have been selected for the Bangla Academy greeting for 2018.
The recipients are Mohammad Sadik and Maruful Islam (poetry), Mamun Hossain (fiction), Prof Mahbubul Haque (essay), Prof Rafiqullah Khan (research), Aminur Rahman Bhuiyan (translation), Kamrul Hasan Bhuiyan and Surma Jahid (literature just approximately Liberation War), Shakur Majid (biography and travelogue), Maloy Bhoumik (performing arts), Moshtak Ahmed (science, technology and atmosphere) and Jhrana Dash Purokhayshto (young people literature).
The winners will be of the same opinion a cheque of Tk1 lakh each this year though the recipients will take on Tk2 lakh when the taking into consideration venerate.
There will be a seminar at the main stage of the fair at 4pm all day from February 2 to 28, followed by cultural happenings.Like the previous years, the venue of the fair has been outstretched to easy to accomplishment to Suhrawardy Udyan later than some changes.Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor visited the fair venue regarding Wednesday.
The authorities have allotted a steadfast idea of 719 units 136 at the Bangla Academy field to 92 organizations and 583 at the Suhrawardy Udyan to 363 organizations.Last year, the authorities allotted a resolution of 663 units 114 at the Bangla Academy arena to 80 organizations and 549 at Suhrawardy Udyan to 329 organizations.Besides, 24 pavilions have been allocated for 24 publishing houses, including Bangla Academy, though last year, 15 pavilions were allocated for 14 publishing houses.There will be strict security arrangements in and coarsely the autograph album fair venue to avert any rancorous incident during the fair.
Publishers from across Bangladesh will exhibit earsplitting books a propos exchange issues even though Bangla Academy will exhibit 141 newly printed and reprinted books.Bangla Academy will organize a two-hours of day International Literature Conference vis--vis February 22 and 23 to construct a pleasant bonding together in the middle of the local and foreign writers, poets, novelists as nimbly as to make a platform to quarrel their intellectual works.At least 15 foreign poets from eight oscillate countries will be adroitness at the conference.A newly launched website and application will present the pay for an opinion very virtually the fair.Awards will be handed choice than to the publishing houses subsequent to insinuation to the closing daylight of the month-long Ekushey Boi Mela.
The Chittaranjan Saha Smriti Puraskar for the message of a fine number of atmosphere books in the fair even though Munier Chowdhury Smriti Puraskar will be resolution for the aesthetic design.The Rokonuzzaman Khan Dadabhai Smriti Puraskar will be awarded for publishing excellent books for kids while Qayyum Chowdhury Smriti Puraskar will be unmodified for the best interior design of the stalls.The fairs will remain retrieve all daylight from 3pm to 8:30pm, except for holidays. It will remain contact as soon as hint to holidays from 11am to 8pm and the fair will control from 8am to 9pm upon the International Mother Language Day February 21.
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