IN MY small town, Bheramara, Ekushey February was a ritual. Barefoot we roamed, demanding the same of every passerby 鈥� a shedding of shoes, a mark of respect. Bangla, bhasha shaheed 鈥� these weren鈥檛 just words, they were close to the heart, a pulse. And how could they not be? Bangladesh, a nation birthed from language, its very being woven into the...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said that the country鈥檚 young generation wanted to lead the world apart from building a new Bangladesh...
Ekushey programmes at the ongoing month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 began with a 10-day theatre festival on the Mukta Mancha stage on the Suhrawardy Udyan premises on Wednesday, with only a few books on the Language Movement...
The nation is set to observe Amar Ekushey on Friday, paying rich tributes to the language movement martyrs of 1952 who made the supreme sacrifices to establish Bangla as a state language...
Online platforms offer a wide range of packages to subscribers at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair as the demand for audiobooks and e-books is on the rise...
Publishers and visitors on Monday said that the turnout of visitors at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 decreased due to a number of controversial incidents and mismanagement at fair venues...
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
Publishers and stall managers said on Sunday at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 that the number of readers of non-fiction was increasing day by day as the non-fiction books were in demand.
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.
Visitors, mostly youths, came in traditional and colourful attires at the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka on Thursday, a day before the spring, amid tightened security...
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...
The police on Tuesday tightened security at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 after a mob attack on a stall at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka city on Monday...
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.
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has strongly condemned the mob attack in a bookstall at Ekushey Book Fair.
A tense situation unfolded at the Ekushey Boi Mela Monday evening when a group of people confronted the Sabyasachi Prokashoni stall over the sale of exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen鈥檚 book 鈥楥humbon鈥�...
Stalls in modern designs with organic materials, installed by different publishing houses and organisations at the ongoing Amar Ekushey Book Fair to display books have attracted the visitors鈥� attention...
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...
The sales increased as visitors thronged bookstalls at the on-going month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 in the capital Dhaka on Saturday...
Shishu Prahar, the dedicated hours for children, drew a large number of crowds to the ongoing month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 on Friday. 聽
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...
The government has announced the names of 14 eminent citizens and the Bangladesh women鈥檚 national football team for the Ekushey Padak 2025 in recognition of their contributions to their respective fields.
The Bangladesh women鈥檚 national football team will be honoured with the Ekushey Padak 2025 in the sports category for their remarkable contribution in recent times.
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...
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...
New books and visitors started arriving at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 on Sunday, a day after the inauguration of the month-long annual event...
The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 was opened on Saturday covering the Bangla Academy premises and a large area of Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka city amid mismanagement with preparations at the venues still going on.
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday said that the spirit of Amar Ekushey inspired the country鈥檚 people to wage the July uprising aiming to build a 鈥楴ew Bangladesh鈥�.
THE Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 has sparked significant dissatisfaction due to perceived irregularities in the allocation of pavilions and stalls. Notably, 14 prominent publishing houses received stall allocations...
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.
The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 will begin at Suhrawardy Udyan and on Bangla Academy premises tomorrow...
