Chief Adviser to open Amar Ekushey Book Fair Saturday

The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2025 is set to begin tomorrow (February 1) on the Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan premises as Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to inaugurate the country's largest book fair.

"Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is likely to inaugurate the Book Fair at 3pm on February 1," Amar Ekushey Book Fair Committee Member Secretary Dr Sarkar Amin told a press conference at the academy's Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad auditorium.

The theme for this year's book fair is "July Gono Obbhuthyan: Notun Bangladesh Binirman" (The July Uprising: Rebuilding a New Bangladesh").

Cultural affairs adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki will address the opening ceremony as the special guest while Bangla Academy Director General Mohammad Azam to give welcome speech with Bangla Academy President Professor Abul Kasem Fazlul Haque in the chair.

Among the 708 publishers participating in the book fair, 99 stalls will set up on the Bangla Academy premises, while 609 will be at Suhrawardy Udyan. A total of 937 stalls have been allocated to 635 organizations on the book fair last year.

The fair will feature 37 pavilions- one at Bangla Academy and 36 at Suhrawardy Udyan while the Little Magazine Corner will be situated under the trees near the open stage in Suhrawardy Udyan, accommodating around 130 little magazine stalls.
(Inputs taken from BSS)