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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.
Biletey Bishshotoker Bangla Kobi, Robbani Chowdhury, Agamee Prokasion, Dhaka, 2000 History of Bengali Literature, Rabbani Choudhury, Utso, Dhaka, 2010 Bangla Literature, an English magazine edited by Sayeed Abybakar [1]
The first Bangla novelists were Peary Chand Mitra (1814–1883) and Kali Prasanna Singha (1840–1870). [3] Under the pen name of 'Tekchand Thakur, Peary Chand Mitra wrote the first Bengali novel Alaler Gharer Dulal (1858).
The first Bangla books to be printed were those written by Christian missionaries. Dom Antonio's Brahmin-Roman-Catholic Sambad, for example, was the first Bangla book to be printed towards the end of the 17th century. Bangla writing was further developed as Bengali scholars wrote textbooks for Fort William College. Although these works had ...
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]
According to the largest online bookstore in Bangladesh, Rokomari.com, he is the bestselling fiction writer at Ekushey Book Fair for the last few years. [16] [17] [18] He is also one of the best selling writer in Bangladesh Book Fair in Kolkata, India. [19] [20] [21] He regularly writes short stories for newspaper, magazine in Bangladesh & India.
Humayun Ahmed (Bengali: হুমায়ূন আহমেদ [ɦumajuːn aɦmed]; 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) [4] [5] was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. [6]
It was held at various locations in the city, including the Physical Health Training College in Mohammadpur and the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. [ 2 ] The fair was re-titled the Dhaka International Book Fair in December 2008, when it was expanded to include foreign publishers and organizations.