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It’s that time of the year again, when the first day of spring and the occasion to express one’s love coincide with the passion of bookworms, creating a festive atmosphere at Amar Ekushey Boi Mela.
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The upcoming Amar Ekushey Book Fair is likely to see a smaller number of books as publishers are planning to print fewer copies to avert losses amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Publishers fear a fall in the sale of books this time for low presence of visitors due to the closure of educational institutions, hot weather and the possibility of rain during the book fair.
The book fair is scheduled to begin on March 18 on the Bangla Academy premises and at nearby Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital.
President of Academic and Creative Publishers Association of Bangladesh Farid Ahmed thinks the number of newly published books will be reduced this year.
Staff Correspondent,
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.