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Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh is the first Bangladeshi encyclopedia. [1] It is available in print, CD-ROM format and online, [2] in both Bengali and English. [3] The print version comprises fourteen 500-page volumes. The first edition was published in January 2003 in ten volumes by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
The online portal of Prothom Alo [11] is the number 1 Bangladeshi website in the world. [citation needed] This portal is accessed by 1.6 million visitors from 200 countries and territories across the globe with 60 million pageviews per month. The e-paper site of Prothom Alo is also the Number 1 e-paper Web site of Bangladesh. [12] [citation needed]
On 23 January 2025, Bangla Academy announced a list of 10 awardees. [9] Two days later, the list was suspended. [10] On 29 January, a new list was published excluding the names of three people from the original list. [11] Masud Khan (poetry) Shubhashis Sinha (drama) Salimullah Khan (prose) G H Habib (translation) Mohammad Shahjahan Mia (research)
The Bangla Academy (Bengali: বাংলা একাডেমি, pronounced [baŋla ækaɖemi]) is the official regulatory body of the Bengali language in Bangladesh.It is an autonomous institution funded by the Government of Bangladesh that fosters the Bengali language, literature and culture, works to develop and implement national language policy and conducts original research in Bengali.
Newspapers published in Bangladesh are written in Bengali or English language versions. Most Bangladeshi daily newspapers are usually printed in broadsheets; few daily tabloids exist. Daily newspapers in Bangladesh are published in the capital, Dhaka, as well as in major regional cities such as Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet, and ...
The significant number of people who live under the poverty line in Bangladesh (20.5% as of 2019) [41] and lower penetration of internet in Bangladesh [42] and India is one of the causes for the still low number of articles in Bengali. Also to blame is the socioeconomic context of Bangladesh and West Bengal as a whole. [43]
The number of visitors increased gradually each year, leading Bangla Academy to officially take charge of the fair in 1978. In 1979, a book fair was held in the Bangla Academy courtyard in collaboration with the Bangladesh Publishers and Booksellers Association. In 1984, the first official Amar Ekushey Grontho Mela was held under formal guidelines.
The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh is a non political and non profit research organisation registered under both Society Act of 1864 and NGO Affairs Bureau, Government of Bangladesh. [2] The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh was established as the Asiatic Society of East Pakistan in Dhaka in 1952 by a number of Muslim leaders, and renamed in 1972.