Not only the crowd but also the buyers are satisfied at the book fair

On Friday (10) February from 4 pm to 6 pm readers and visitors can be seen entering the book fair through the entrance gates of the fair.

The fair is so crowded that only visitors! Or they also come to buy books and when asked about the attitude of readers and buyers regarding the price of books, a sales person of Bangla Academy Pavilion-6, who did not wish to be named, said, "Actually, not everyone will buy books, but today we are getting good buyers and readers, they are pricing and buying books."

When asked which type of book is more in demand, the sales person said, almost all types of books are sold, but Bangabandhu, short stories and dictionary are sold more from our Bangla Academy stall. Also, when asked about the price of books, officials of publishing houses like Kendra Bindu, Anupraban, Charulipi etc. said that the price of new books has increased and that is due to the increase in the price of paper, but the price of old books has not increased. 

For example, Sajib, the sales person of Charulipi Prakashani, told my news that he saw Shahidullah Kaiser's old book Rajbandir Roznamcha, page number 399, which cost two hundred and fifty taka, and Shahidullah Kaiser's new book Samshaptak, page 127, which also cost two hundred and fifty taka. 

Sajib said, this price has actually increased due to the increase in the price of paper, the writer has no hand in this.

Opposite Bangla Academy, young Hafsa and her friend Sonia are seen entering the fair carrying cereal in a heap from the Ramana Kali Mandir gate. He is coming from Warri. 

When asked what is the need to go through so much trouble to enter the book fair, they said, there is no opportunity to come because there is office on other days, but today is difficult, we really wanted to see this picture of the book fair. Even if it is a little trouble, I can buy the book and go home.

New books: 260 new books arrived today. Among them are Stories 30 Novels 46 Essays 13 Poems 79 Research 4 Rhymes 8 Children's Literature 18 Biographies 6 Essays 2 Liberation War 3 Drama 3 Science 1 Travel 8 History 5 Politics 1 Chi:/Health 1 
Bangabandhu 1 Romance/Puzzle 2 Religious 3 Translation 2 Dictionary
0 Science Fiction 6 Other 18 published a total of 260 books.

And there was a baby watch at the fair today. Child watch is announced from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Child and Adolescent Drawing Competition: Child and Adolescent Drawing Competition was held at Bangla Academy premises at 8:30 am as part of Amar Ekushey celebrations. 

195 contestants participated in A-branch, 183 in B-branch and 68 in C-branch. Artist Hashem Khan inaugurated the painting competition. Child and Youth Recitation Competition: The preliminary selection phase of the Child and Youth Recitation Competition was held at 9:30 am at Abdul Karim Sahithabisharad Auditorium of Bangla Academy. More than two hundred contestants participated in it. The judges were Kazi Madina, Anjuman Ara and Nurul Hasnat Zeelan. 

The discussion program was held at 4:00 PM on the main stage of the book fair on the topic of Birth Centenary Tribute: Artist Safiuddin Ahmed and Birth Centenary Tribute: SM Sultan. Papers were presented by Malay Bala and Syed Nizar. Sushanth Kumar Adhikari, Imam Hussain Sumon, Nasir Ali Mamun and Neeru Shamsunnahar participated in the discussion. Muntasir Mamun presided over the event.