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Fair premises extended

Space for 10 more stalls

Rakib Ahammed
The arena of Ekushey Boi Mela was further extended yesterday with the decision to allocate space for 10 more stalls.
With this, Bangla Academy has allocated space for a total of 24 extra stalls since the fair began on February 1.
New stalls would be set up along the road outside the academy premises, which connect it to the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) and Curzon Hall on the Dhaka University campus. This year, around a hundred stalls were allotted spots on the roadside since ongoing construction work on the academy premises has limited available space for the fair.
Meanwhile, 20 publishers participating in the fair were orally reprimanded by academy authorities yesterday and warned of strict actions against them if they do not stop selling books by other publishers who have already been allotted stalls at the fair, as per the rules.
A mobile surveillance team of the academy has been monitoringdifferent stalls this year to ensure no publishers or stalls violate rules of the fair.
Public relations officer of Bangla Academy Anwar Mushid said at a press conference yesterday that the surveillance would continue throughout the duration of the fair.
Despite it being a working day, the fair enjoyed a large crowd yesterday on the eighth day of the fair. Sales were also good, said stall owners.
A total of 72 new titles arrived at the fair yesterday. These include 13 novels, six story collections, three essay collections, 24 poetry collec-
tions, five children's books, three autobiographies, two travelogues and four books on history.
The new titles includc-"Bangladesh from East Pakistan" by Emajuddin Ahmed, "Gorbita Jatirpita" by FirozTaber, "Dorshan: Bhavna Samoshsha O Sombhabona" by Aminul Islam, "Purano Dhakar Chalochchitro" by Anupam Hayat, "Nanan Rong" by Ahsan Habib and "Shrestra Galpo" by Selina Hossain.
A discussion titled "Sambhabonar Bangladesh: Dorshan" was also held yesterday.
Stalls set up along the roadside outside the academy premises also enjoyed large crowds yesterday evening after a very quiet couple of days. The large gathering of writers at Lekhak Kunjo or writers blog was also noticeable.
Bangla Academy authorities, writers and publishers all have been looking forward to this year's book fair with added enthusiasm as the last two fairs were held under a state of emergency.
They expect that the fair will enjoy very large crowds from all walks of life this year.