Ekushey Book Fair in Feb demanded
Leaders of the Ganatantrik Sanskritik Oikya, a cultural platform, on Sunday demanded that the Bangla Academy organise the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026 in February, the fair鈥檚 usual timetable.
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Ekushey Book Fair postponed
The Bangla Academy on Sunday said that the forthcoming Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026, scheduled to be held between December 17, 2025 and January 17, 2026, had been postponed due to the next national election.
Jatiyatabadi Writers鈥� Forum lay siege to Bangla Academy
Jatiyatabadi Writers鈥� Forum on Sunday laid a siege to Bangla Academy Sunday morning to press home their five-point demand, including the withdrawal of the poetry collection titled 鈥楯uly Ganoubhyutthan Kobita鈥�, Poems of the July Uprising...
Raisu withdraws himself from Bangla Academy reform committee
Poet Bratya Raisu has withdrawn himself from a 19-member committee formed by the cultural affairs ministry to bring about quality changes and reforms in Bangla Academy.
Committee formed to reform Bangla Academy
The cultural affairs ministry on Monday formed a 19-member committee to bring about quality changes and reforms in Bangla Academy, an autonomous institution under the ministry...
Serajul Islam Chy鈥檚 90th birthday today
The 90th birthday of Dhaka University professor emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury, one of the country鈥檚 most prominent public intellectuals, is observed today...
DU honours 300 teachers, researchers
Bangla Academy president Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq said on Friday that although many in the interim government, especially chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, envisioned a model state, the country鈥檚 transformation into the model state was not possible under a weak government...
7-day Baishakhi Fair begins at Bangla Academy
Under a joint initiative of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation and Bangla Academy, 7-day Baisakhi Fair began on Bangla Academy premises in Dhaka...
Bangla Academy organises Baishakhi Mela
Bangla Academy in association with Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation has organised a week-long Baishakhi fair on its premises.
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: New titles on War of Independence drop
The number of new books on the War of Independence has dropped significantly at the ongoing month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 organised by the Bangla Academy...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Titles on July uprising attract readers
Books on the July uprising have attracted readers, mostly young ones, at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 organised by the Bangla Academy...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Sale of Islamic books rises
Sale of Islamic books has increased this year at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 organised by the Bangla Academy...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Crowd, festivity, sale delight publishers
The Ekushey Book Fair became festive with the presence of a large crowd on Bhasha Shaheed Dibas and International Mother Language Day on Friday....
175 appointed at Bangla Academy without due process: ACC
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday said that 175 people were secretly given appointment letters by Bangla Academy ahead of more deserving candidates based on the written, practical and oral examinations.
Sanitary napkin stall closed at book fair amid Islamist protests
Amid protests by some Islamist groups, the Bangla Academy on Sunday ordered the shutdown of the stalls selling sanitary napkins at the Ekushey book fair.聽
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Visitors swarm, publishers not happy with sales
A large number of visitors thronged the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Saturday but the sales at the bookstalls at the fairground were not satisfactory, publishers said.
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Slogans reflect aspiration of common people: discussion
Speakers including poets, activists and academics at a discussion held at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 on Wednesday, said that slogans during the student-led mass uprising depicted common people鈥檚 language and aspirations...
Probe committee formed to investigate mob attack on bookstall
A seven-member probe committee has been formed to investigate the mob attack on the bookstall of Sabyasachi Publications at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair ground.
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Street hawkers crowd entry, exit points
A large number of hawkers crowded the entry and exit points of the on-going month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 in the capital Dhaka on Sunday, disrupting the easy movement of the visitors...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Sales increase as visitors throng stalls
The sales increased as visitors thronged bookstalls at the on-going month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 in the capital Dhaka on Saturday...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Cultural events attract thin audience
Cultural events failed to attract wide audiences to their programmes at the ongoing month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Thursday due to alleged mismanagement...
98 new titles hit on fifth day
The numbers of new titles increased on Wednesday, the fifth day of the ongoing month-long Amar Ekuskey Book Fair being organised by the Bangla Academy at Suhrawardy Udyan and the Bangla Academy premises in the capital Dhaka...
Sangbadpatre July Obhyutthan launched
Sangbadpatre July Obhyutthan, a compilation of the front page of 25 leading newspapers of the country during the July mass uprising by journalist Ahammad Foyez was launched at a programme at the Bangla Academy seminar room in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Little mag corner mostly empty
Little Magazine Chattar, the area designated for little magazine publishers at the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair, on Tuesday was seen mostly empty, but the overall visitor turnout was high on the fourth day of the fair being organised by the Bangla Academy at Suhrawardy Udyan and the Bangla Academy premises in the capital Dhaka...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Visitors rise on 3rd day, mismanagement on
The Amar Ekushey Book Fair witnessed a surge in the number of visitors on the third day of the month-long fair on Monday, as educational institutions across the country remained closed on the day due to Saraswati Puja, but allegations of unclean and dirty environment at the fair were raised by both publishers and visitors...
DMP chief assures high security during Ekushey Book Fair
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali has requested the Bangla Academy not to allow the display of provocative books at the month-long Ekushey Book Fair.
AMAR EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR 2025: Yunus to inaugurate fair tomorrow
The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 will begin at Suhrawardy Udyan and on Bangla Academy premises tomorrow...
Bangla Academy revises its literary award list
Bangla Academy on Wednesday night announced the revised list of its literary award recipients after a review meeting of the executive council...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Preparations in final stage
The preparations for Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025, which will begin at Suhrawardy Udyan and the Bangla Academy premises in the capital Dhaka on February 1, are in the final stage...
Cultural activists demand reform of Bangla Academy
Poets, writers, cultural activists and different cultural organisations on Sunday held a rally in front of Bangla Academy in Dhaka protesting at the selection of winners of the Bangla Academy Literary Award 2024...
