UNB, Dhaka :
The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair will beginon the Bangla Academy premises and at adjoining Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Thursday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the book fair on the Bangla Academy premises at3pm on the day.
Poet Agnes Meadows (UK), Cameroonian poet Dr Joyce Ashuntantang, Ibrahim El Masry (Egypt) andOrne Johnson (Sweden) will be present at the inaugural ceremony as distinguished foreign guests.
Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will attend the opening ceremony as a special guest, while the Bangla Academy Director General Shamsuzzaman will deliver the welcome speech with its President Emeritus Professor Anisuzzaman in the chair.
At a press conference at the Bangla Academy on Tuesday, its DG said the fair would be more beautiful and aesthetically rich this time than the previous years.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will distribute the Bangla Academy Shahitya
Puraskar while Bangla Academy will present two books titled ‘Alokchitre Bangla Academir Ithihash’ and Bangabandhur Sath e Marcher Bhashon: Bohumtrik Bishleshon’ to the prime minister at the opening ceremony.
Twelve personalities have been chosen for the Bangla Academy award for 2017.
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 on Liberation War), Shakur Majid (biography and travelogue), Maloy Bhoumik (drama), Moshtak Ahmed (science, technology and environment) and Jhrana Das Purokayshto (juvenile literature).
The winners will receive a cheque of Tk 1 each lakh this year while the recipients will get Tk 2 lakh with the next award.
There will be a seminar at the main stage of the fair at4pmevery day fromFebruary 2 to 28followed by cultural events.
Like the previous years, the venue of the fair has been extended to nearby Suhrawardy Udyan with some changes.
Meanwhile, the cultural affairs minister visited the fair venue on Wednesday.
The authorities have allotted a total of 719 units – 136 at the Bangla Academy ground to 92 organisatons and 583 at the Suhrawardy Udyan to 363 organisations.
Last year,the authorities allotted a total of 663 units – 114 at the Bangla Academy ground to 80 organisatons and 549 at Suhrawardy Udyan to 329 organisations.
Besides, 24 pavilions (15,536 square feet)have been allocated for 24 publishing houses, including Bangla Academy, while last year, 15 pavilions were allocated for 14 publishing houses, including Bangla Academy.
There will be strict security arrangements in and around the book fair venue to avert any unpleasant incident during the fair.
Publishers from across the country will exhibit huge books on different issues while Bangla Academy will exhibit 141 newly printed and reprinted books.
The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair will beginon the Bangla Academy premises and at adjoining Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Thursday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the book fair on the Bangla Academy premises at3pm on the day.
Poet Agnes Meadows (UK), Cameroonian poet Dr Joyce Ashuntantang, Ibrahim El Masry (Egypt) andOrne Johnson (Sweden) will be present at the inaugural ceremony as distinguished foreign guests.
Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will attend the opening ceremony as a special guest, while the Bangla Academy Director General Shamsuzzaman will deliver the welcome speech with its President Emeritus Professor Anisuzzaman in the chair.
At a press conference at the Bangla Academy on Tuesday, its DG said the fair would be more beautiful and aesthetically rich this time than the previous years.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will distribute the Bangla Academy Shahitya
Puraskar while Bangla Academy will present two books titled ‘Alokchitre Bangla Academir Ithihash’ and Bangabandhur Sath e Marcher Bhashon: Bohumtrik Bishleshon’ to the prime minister at the opening ceremony.
Twelve personalities have been chosen for the Bangla Academy award for 2017.
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 on Liberation War), Shakur Majid (biography and travelogue), Maloy Bhoumik (drama), Moshtak Ahmed (science, technology and environment) and Jhrana Das Purokayshto (juvenile literature).
The winners will receive a cheque of Tk 1 each lakh this year while the recipients will get Tk 2 lakh with the next award.
There will be a seminar at the main stage of the fair at4pmevery day fromFebruary 2 to 28followed by cultural events.
Like the previous years, the venue of the fair has been extended to nearby Suhrawardy Udyan with some changes.
Meanwhile, the cultural affairs minister visited the fair venue on Wednesday.
The authorities have allotted a total of 719 units – 136 at the Bangla Academy ground to 92 organisatons and 583 at the Suhrawardy Udyan to 363 organisations.
Last year,the authorities allotted a total of 663 units – 114 at the Bangla Academy ground to 80 organisatons and 549 at Suhrawardy Udyan to 329 organisations.
Besides, 24 pavilions (15,536 square feet)have been allocated for 24 publishing houses, including Bangla Academy, while last year, 15 pavilions were allocated for 14 publishing houses, including Bangla Academy.
There will be strict security arrangements in and around the book fair venue to avert any unpleasant incident during the fair.
Publishers from across the country will exhibit huge books on different issues while Bangla Academy will exhibit 141 newly printed and reprinted books.
