Even after the organisers and Bangla Academy offered a 55 percent subsidy on stall costs, a significant number of publishers maintained their decision to not participate.
Despite strong opposition from 'Prakashak Oikko' (Publishers' Unity), construction of stalls for Book Fair 2026 is more than halfway done, and workers at the site say the fair will open on schedule.
A leading Bangladeshi publisher known for its works by dissident writers said Thursday it had been banned from the country's leading book fair, in the latest government clampdown on its critics. The ...