The ninth edition of the Bangladesh Book Fair-2019 will begin at Mohar Kunja in Kolkata today. Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata is organising the 10-day fair (November 1 to 10) with the help of Bangladesh Export Promotion and Bangladesh Gayean and Srijonshil Publishesr Committee. Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen will inaugurate the fair as the chief guest while Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh, Kolkata Toufiq Hassan will chair the inaugural ceremony. Mayor of Kolkata and Minister of Municipal and Urban Development of the West Bengal government of India Firhad Hakim, Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Sayed Moazzem Ali, eminent poet of West Bengal Shankha Ghosh and former Director General of Bangla Academy Professor Prof Shamsuzzaman Khan will be present at the opening session of the fair as the guest of honour.
Kolkata Mayor Parishad Debashish Kumar, President of the Bangladesh Book Publishers Association Arif Hossain and Sudhanshu Dey, secretary of the Kolkata Publishers and Book Sellers will attend the ceremony as the special guest.
Organisers of the fair said a total of 40 book stalls of various leading creative publishing companies of Bangladesh have been set up at the fair compound.
