Three committees will be formed to investigate the overnight fire at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair at the Bangla Academy premises....
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The next Amar Ekushey Book Fair, country's largest book festival, will be dedicated to late celebrated author, playwright and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed, Bangla Academy Chairman Professor Anisuzzaman has said."Besides, his manuscripts and things marking his memories will be preserved at the Writer and Laureate Museum set up in the Bangla Academy complex," he said at a meeting organised at Bangla Academy...
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Photos :: Maharashtra Homeopathy Doctors Joint Action Committee organised OneMaharashtra Homeopathy Doctors Joint Action Committee organised One Day Hunger strike for their Long Pending demand at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on May...
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Homeopathy has come under severe criticism from Britain's chief medical officer who has termed it as "rubbish" with homeopathy practitioners labeled as "peddlers", adding that homeopathy had no place in the country's National Health Service (NHS).
Concerned over the fact that homeopaths can still prescribe medicines to combat critical diseases, Professor Dame Sally Davies said that homeopathy...
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the penultimate day of the ongoing Amar Ekushey Book Fair, the number of books published and the sales figures breached all previous records.According to the Bangla Academy coordination and publicity wing, a total of 3,560 books have already been published in this year's fair beating the previous record of last year's 3,354.Those book include 387 story books, 523 novels, 255 articles, 789 poetry books,...
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Authorities seized over 100 pirated books from the ongoing Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Saturday.Bangla Academy director general Shamsuzzaman Khan led the drive against pirated books."Legal steps will be taken against the stalls where pirated books were found," Khan said.Publishers said the authorities seized books on cartoon characters like 'Doraemon' and 'Pokemon' and some by Indian writers published...
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The fourth and final day of the 'Shishu Prohor' (children's hour) at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair drew a huge crowd, much to the delight of the book-sellers.Like previous years, Bangla Academy dedicated four hours from 11:00am to 3:00pm on Feb 16, 17, 23 and 24 for children this year to facilitate their buying books.Although fewer numbers of children were seen browsing through books the previous day,...
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seven-day fair held at Amroodon Ka Bagh in the city saw a healthy interaction between writers and readers not just through books but also via special sessions.Besides Hindi, English and Urdu, books in other languages including Marathi, Rajasthani and Bangla were also in great demand. "It was truly a national book fairI was amazed at finding books on Konkani language," said a tourist who visited the...
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the start of the academic session, the students can be seen flocking the second hand book shops to buy the academic stuff at half the price. Parade book market near Bada Chauraha and Lal Bangla main market are best known second hand book hubs in the city where refresher as well as textbooks are available at reasonable prices. The students make purchases and also selling the old books here.The prices...
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seven-day fair held at Amroodon Ka Bagh in the city saw a healthy interaction between writers and readers not just through books but also via special sessions.Besides Hindi, English and Urdu, books in other languages including Marathi, Rajasthani and Bangla were also in great demand. "It was truly a national book fairI was amazed at finding books on Konkani language," said a tourist who visited the...
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