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The 35th edition of the “New York International Bangla Book Fair” will be held from May 22 to 25 at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in New York, USA.

Launched outside Bangladesh in 1992, the fair dedicated to Bangla-language books is marking its 35-year milestone this year with the slogan “As many books, so many lives.”

The information was shared at a press conference yesterday at Jatiya Press Club. The event was organised by the fair’s organiser, the Muktadhara Foundation.

Muktadhara Foundation President Prof Ziauddin Ahmed said, “The greatest joy of the book fair is that it brings together Bangla book lovers from all over America. Not only Bangla-speaking writers from Bangladesh and West Bengal, but also writers and readers scattered across Europe and other parts of the world join this fair, coming together out of love for the Bangla language in a land far from their roots...”

Convener of this year’s fair, economist Dr Nazrul Islam, gave the welcome address. Writer Sadat Hossain also spoke.