Ekushey Book Fair to be held after nat鈥檒 polls
Bangla Academy director general Mohammad Azam on Sunday said that the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026 would be held after the national election slated for the first half of February 2026.
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9-day divisional book fair begins in Rajshahi
A nine-day divisional book fair began in Rajshahi on Friday with the aim of creating new readers and promoting a culture of reading across the country.
Digital literacy empowers marginalised communities
Jaba Rani Chowdhury, a college student, had stopped using Facebook because of online bullying, but Grameenphone鈥檚 Digital Inclusion for Marginalised Communities project helped her return to the social media platform by teaching her how to report and block online abusers and how to protect her privacy...
Woman held for posting derogatory video about July Uprising on social media
Detective on Tuesday arrested a girl allegedly for posting a derogatory video on social media about the July mass uprising and its fighters from Godagari upazila in Rajshahi...
Ekushey Book Fair to be held in Feb: Shafiqul Alam
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday said that the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026 would be held in February with some adjustments to the schedule due to the national election slated for the first half of the month...
Cultural activists express concern over Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026
Cultural activists on Saturday expressed concern over the postponement of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026 at a view-exchange meeting...
Meta to cut 600 jobs in AI division
Facebook owner Meta is cutting 600 jobs in its artificial intelligence division in a move intended to streamline operations after an aggressive hiring spree, US media reported Wednesday...
Purchase deals for 12.5cr textbooks okayed
The advisory council committee on government purchase at a meeting on Wednesday approved three separate proposals to buy about 12.5 crore copies of textbooks at a cost of Tk聽443.87 crore...
RobinRafan鈥檚 books displayed at Frankfurt Book Fair
Two books written by Bangladeshi content creator and educator, Obidur Rahman, popularly known as RobinRafan, were displayed at the Frankfurt International Book Fair 2025.
Digital tech can boost creative book industry: workshop
Sales experts, book publishers and a journalist on Monday said that digital technology was not detrimental to the creative book industry, but rather helpful as creative digital marketing could improve the industry...
BUFT鈥檚 Shaheed Selim Central Library begins 3-day book fair
Shaheed Selim Central Library of BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology launched a three-day book fair on the BUFT campus in Dhaka on Monday...
National Book Centre鈥檚 stall inaugurated in Frankfurt
The stall of National Book Centre was inaugurated at the five-day International Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany on Wednesday.
Deals for printing 5.54cr textbook copies okayed
The advisory council committee on government purchase at a meeting on Tuesday approved supply deals of 5.54 crore copies of Class IX-X textbooks for 2026.
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.
Islami Bank鈥檚 official Facebook page hacked
The official Facebook page of Islami Bank Bangladesh was hacked early Friday, with the attackers posting a threatening message and changing the page鈥檚 profile and cover photos.
Sadhana Ahmed鈥檚 鈥楽elected Plays鈥� available at bookshops
Popular playwright, actor and director Sadhana Ahmed鈥檚 new literary work titled Selected Plays is now available at different bookshops.
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.
Amar Ekushey Book Fair likely after polls
The 鈥楢mar Ekushey Book Fair 2026鈥� is likely to be held after the national elections scheduled to be held in the first half of next February.
5.54cr textbook purchase proposal sent back
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday said that hopefully, they would distribute free textbooks among students on the first day of 2026 despite orders for more than half of such books yet to be placed.
Amar Ekushey Book Fair begins Dec 17
The forthcoming 鈥楢mar Ekushey Book Fair鈥�, Bangladesh鈥檚 largest month-long book fair, will be held from December 17, 2025 to January 17, 2026 due to the forthcoming national elections and Ramadan, said a press release on Thursday.
Govt should tie all loose ends to meet timely textbook supply
THE National Curriculum and Textbook Board, meant to provide about 40 million students with textbooks on January 1, when the academic year begins, could print about 410.5 million copies of textbooks for the current academic year and complete the distribution by March, three months after classes began. The failure earned the board criticism. The board could run into...
Textbook distribution on first day of 鈥�26 becomes uncertain
Uncertainty looms if the National Curriculum and Textbook Board will be able to distribute all textbooks among all students on the first day of 2026, following the government鈥檚 recent cancellation of a tender for printing 12.61 crore books.
NCTB split into two entities appears right step forward
THE government鈥檚 initiative to put the task of printing pre-primary and primary textbooks, which the National Curriculum and Textbook Board has so far done, at the hands of the primary and mass education ministry appears problematic. The government has drafted the amendments to the National Curriculum and Textbook Board Act 2018 to transfer the responsibility for...
Pry edn ministry to print, distribute textbooks
An initiative to engage the primary and mass education ministry in printing and distributing free textbooks for the pre-primary- and primary-level education is advancing despite objection from National Curriculum and Textbook Board officials.
bKash, Bishwo Shahitto Kendro expand book reading prog to Lakshmipur, Feni
Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, in association with bKash, has expanded its book reading programme to Lakshmipur and Feni...
100 injured in Hathazari clash over FB post
The Hathazari upazila administration on Sunday held a 鈥榩eace鈥� meeting between representatives of qawmi madrassah students and Sunni groups after violent clashes in Chattogram鈥檚 Hathazari left more than a hundred people injured on Saturday over a Facebook post...
Anthropic to pay $1.5b over pirated books
Anthropic will pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a US class action lawsuit over allegedly using pirated books to train its artificial intelligence models, according to court documents filed Friday.
Nepal to block unregistered social media platforms: govt
Nepal said on Thursday it would block access to more than two dozen social media platforms, including Facebook and X, for failing to meet a deadline to register in the country...
DSE warns investors about social media frauds
Dhaka Stock Exchange acting managing director Mohammad Asadur Rahman on Tuesday urged the investors not to fall prey to fraud rings that lure people with promises of high returns through WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media platforms...
TECNO MEGABOOK K15S laptop launched
TECNO has launched a new addition to its laptop portfolio on the Bangladesh market, which is TECNO MEGABOOK K15S AMD, said a press release...
