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bdnews24.com
Published: 12 Dec 2020 01:15 AM BdST
Updated: 12 Dec 2020 01:15 AM BdST
The Bangla Academy wants to push back the Amar Ekushey Book Fair, which begins on Feb 1 every year, in 2021 considering the coronavirus outbreak. );
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The academy decided to file a petition seeking the delay at the cultural affairs ministry on Sunday, its Director General Habibullah Sirajee said on Friday.
He said they will request the government to consider the option of organising the fair online.
The decisions have angered the Gyan O Srijonshil Prokashok Samiti or the Academic and Creative Publishers Association of Bangladesh.
Farid Ahmed, president of the association, said the academy cannot unilaterally take the decisions as the fair is a “national matter”. “We know nothing about it (the decision to delay the fair),” he said.