DU Correspondent :
The month-long Amar Ekushey Boi Mela 2017 begins today (Wednesday) on the Bangla Academy premises and part of Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital.
This year a total of 409 publication houses, the government, the non-government, the autonomous
bodies, the socio-cultural and the research organisations are participating in the fair with 663 stalls.
Of those, 549 stalls have been allotted to 329 publication houses at Suhrawardy Udyan and the rest 114
stalls to 80 other bodies.
Besides, 15 pavilions have been sanctioned for 14 publishing houses, including Bangla Academy.
The fair will remain open for the visitors from 3:00pm to 8:30pm on all the weekdays and from 11:00am to 8:30pm on holidays. On February 21, it will remain open from 8:00 O’ Clock in the morning to 8:30pm.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has taken strict security measures in and around the Boi Mela venue to avert any unpleasant incident.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the month-long Boi Mela today at 3:00 in the afternoon. Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will be present as special guest.
Bangla Academy Director General Shamsuzzaman Khan will deliver the welcome address.
On the opening day, the winners of the Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar (Literary Award) 2016, will receive Tk one lakh each, a crest and certificate from the Prime Minister.
Eleven personalities have been selected for Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar.
The recipients are Altaf Hossain (Poetry), Shaheen Akhtar (Fiction), Abdul Momen and Dr. Atiur Rahman (jointly for Essay), Moniruzzaman (Research), Abdus Selim (Translation), Tajul Mohammad (Literature on Liberation War), Faruk Chowdhury (Biography and Eravelogue), Masum Reza (Drama), Sharif Khan (Science, Technology and Environment) and Sujan Barua (Juvenile Literature).
The month-long Amar Ekushey Boi Mela 2017 begins today (Wednesday) on the Bangla Academy premises and part of Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital.
This year a total of 409 publication houses, the government, the non-government, the autonomous
bodies, the socio-cultural and the research organisations are participating in the fair with 663 stalls.
Of those, 549 stalls have been allotted to 329 publication houses at Suhrawardy Udyan and the rest 114
stalls to 80 other bodies.
Besides, 15 pavilions have been sanctioned for 14 publishing houses, including Bangla Academy.
The fair will remain open for the visitors from 3:00pm to 8:30pm on all the weekdays and from 11:00am to 8:30pm on holidays. On February 21, it will remain open from 8:00 O’ Clock in the morning to 8:30pm.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has taken strict security measures in and around the Boi Mela venue to avert any unpleasant incident.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the month-long Boi Mela today at 3:00 in the afternoon. Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will be present as special guest.
Bangla Academy Director General Shamsuzzaman Khan will deliver the welcome address.
On the opening day, the winners of the Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar (Literary Award) 2016, will receive Tk one lakh each, a crest and certificate from the Prime Minister.
Eleven personalities have been selected for Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar.
The recipients are Altaf Hossain (Poetry), Shaheen Akhtar (Fiction), Abdul Momen and Dr. Atiur Rahman (jointly for Essay), Moniruzzaman (Research), Abdus Selim (Translation), Tajul Mohammad (Literature on Liberation War), Faruk Chowdhury (Biography and Eravelogue), Masum Reza (Drama), Sharif Khan (Science, Technology and Environment) and Sujan Barua (Juvenile Literature).
