Bangladesh needs to formulate a national book policy, as well as a comprehensive bibliography policy, alongside guidelines for the rights of authors and publishers, for contracts, and higher standards for editing and translating.
Publishing house Adarsha will not participate in this year's Amar Ekushey Boi Mela as Bangla Academy, organiser of the upcoming Amar Ekushey Book Fair, said the house would not be eligible for the lottery for allotment of stalls at the fair.