Tuesday, February 12, 2019

INTERNATIONAL BREAKING NEWS

Books worth 21 crore rupees are sold at Kolkata Book Fair
12 February  2019, 24:42 BDT
Bangladesh Pavilion at Kolkata Book Fair  Image: Bhaskar Mukherjee
Playing the bell, the traditional international book fair of Kolkata ended at 9pm on Monday. Started on January 31, playing bells.
The last day of the book fair was yesterday. Winners of various winners in the book fair are given in the last day. Guatemalan Ambassador to India Giovanni Kastio, handed over the prize. The theme of this year's bookmaker theme was Guatemala. 
Bangladesh Pavilion is now the recipient of the book's best popular pavilion this year. The pavilion was built on the condition of Rose Garden of Dhaka, around 3,500 feet of space.
Sudhangshu Shekhar Dey, director of the book Entrepreneurship Publishers and Book Sellers Guild of the book fair, said that this year's fair is less than a day ago but sales have risen. During the fair day, the weather was good. The number of viewers increased in the book fair this year. The book has sold 21 crore rupees. And the book fair came to see 23 million people. He further said, Russia is the theme country for the next year's bookmaker.
In this book fair, a teacher of Nadia Chakdah, Debbhat Chattopadhyay alone has built a new record by buying books worth Tk 2.72 lakh. He was rewarded by the organizing body at the end of the book fair. He also said that there are 12 to 14 thousand books in his private librarian. Now he will decorate his library with a new book.
Ueda Morres, a renowned literary professor from Guatemala, inaugurated the book fair by ringing the bell at the Central Park in Kolkata's Calcutta on January 31. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was the chief guest at the inauguration of the book fair. The special guest was Ambassador of Guatemalan Ambassador in India, Ziyobani Kastiou. He announced the end of the book fair by playing bells on the ceremony stage.
This year's Kolkata Book Fair has come in 43 years. Publishers and Book Sellers Guild of Calcutta, organized by this bookmaker. 
The publishing houses of Bangladesh joined the book fair every time. This year, 45 publications were made from Bangladesh. Of these, 8 government publishing companies. The Bangladesh Pavilion took away the mind of the audience in the book fair. So, on the concluding day of the book fair, Bangladesh won the best award as the popular pavilion of the book fair. 
Bangladesh Day has been celebrated on Sunday in the book fair. On this occasion, a well-known poet, literary, journalist and artists from Bangladesh and West Bengal joined the seminar organized on this occasion. KM Khalid, State Minister for Culture, Government of Bangladesh attended the seminar as the chief guest. The topic of the seminar was 'Bangla Literature and Bangabandhu'.
This year's book fair includes Bangladesh, United States, Russia, Vietnam, Japan, China, Iran, Costa Rica, Spain, Scotland, Australia, Argentina and 21 countries and countries of the world. Publishers of Indian states also joined Now the book fair has a total of 800 stalls. Of these 200 Little Magazine Stalls.

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