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MNA National Desk: Information minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud praised “Jatir Jonok Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman – Shototomo jonmo Sharok Grontho”- a memorial book published jointly by kishore Bangla and Bangabandhu Shishu Kishore Mela. He congratulated the publication for providing the next generation an opportunity to learn about many aspects of the greatest Bengali of all time Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from a single publication. He said that, the book will play a great role as a basic document of correct history of the country for the 7 crore children and teenagers of today and also the future generations. He made ...

MNA National Desk: A memorial book on Bangabandhu marking the 100th birthday of father of the nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was unveiled on Sep 28 at Tungipara of Gopalganj district in a program celebrating Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 73rd birthday. The book was distributed among the writers and poets who contributed in this book today from a ceremony at Shishu Academy. The book was titled as ‘Jatir Pita Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman – Shototomo Jonmo Sharok Grontho’. The handover session of this memorial book was a part of Shishu Academi’s week-long program marking World Children’s Day and Children’s Rights Week, ...

MNA Feature Desk: A translated book on twenty-one selected real life stories of Liberation War has been published. Adorn Publications has brought forth the book with translations by Professor Harunuzzaman. Titled ‘The Chronicles of 1971: An Anthology of Twenty-one Stories of Bangladesh Liberation War’ the book has stories penned by Jahanara Imam, Zahir Raihan, Abu Ishaque, Shawkat Osman, Satyen Sen, Syed Shamsul Haq, Hasan Azizul Haque, Rizia Rahman, Akhteruzzaman Ilias, Abdul Mannan Syed, Harunuzzaman, Humayun Ahmed, Alauddin Al Azad, Selina Hossain, election commissioner Mahbub Talukder and more. The book was launched at Biswa Sahitya Kendra, Bangla Motor in the city ...

MNA Culture & Entertainment Desk: The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair, a yearly event for booklovers and publishers, began at the premise of Bangla Academy and adjoining Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Friday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the book fair in the afternoon, reports UNB. Two foreign guests — Indian poet Shankha Ghosh and Egyptian writer and poet Mohsin Al Arishi – spoke at opening ceremony as distinguished foreign guests. Due to the illness and as advised by doctors, the speech of Shankha Ghosh was read out by Ramendu Majumder. State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid attended ...

MNA Exclusive Desk: The Myanmar military issued a rare apology on Monday, acknowledging that two photographs it published in a book on the crisis over the Rohingya Muslim minority were “published incorrectly”. Reuters published an exclusive report on Friday revealing that two of the pictures in the book that aimed at illustrating the army’s account of last year’s events in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine, were in fact archive pictures of different conflicts, and one was posted with an incorrect caption. The erroneous publication of the photographs comes amid a series of government steps against what it has seen ...

MNA Business Desk: Bangladesh’s mobile financial services provider Bkash customers plan to purchase books at the month long ‘Amar Ekushey Grontho Mela 2017’ will get 10 percent cash back if they purchase the books through Bkash at the select publishers’ outlets. A total of 112 leading publishing houses will accept Bkash payment at the book fair which began on February 1, 2017 at the Bangla Academy premises, the company said in a press release. The cash back offer remains available for the customers till February 28, the last day of the fair. Bkash customers have to dial *247# to access ...