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Public admin ministry cancels list for books to be purchased

Public administration ministry has cancelled the entire list of books, including 29 books authored by additional secretary Md Nabirul Islam, recommended for purchase.

Author Salman Rushdie speaks during the opening news conference of the Frankfurt book fair, Germany on 13 October, 2015

Salman Rushdie still hospitalised but ‘started talking’

Rushdie, 75, was set to deliver a lecture on artistic freedom at Chautauqua Institution in western New York when police say Matar rushed the stage and stabbed the Indian-born writer, who has lived ...

Writers and contributors of book titled ’50 years of Bangladesh for Children’ pose with guests at the launching ceremony on 28 July, 2022

Book launch Save the Children, Prothoma launch '50 years of Bangladesh for Children'

Save the Children and Prothoma Prokashon have jointly published a book titled '50 Years of Bangladesh for Children' on the overall picture of children in Bangladesh in the past fifty years, current ...

Omar Sharif alias 'Boidadu' at his shop in Rangpur's Shaheed Jorrez Market.

‘Boi Dadu’, the book lender

The indomitable desire he had to read books, led him to the obsession of collecting old books. He has created a vast collection of his own by gathering books in various ways.

Poet Iqbal Kagji was saying that the damage caused to the book collection by the floods was irreparable. The photo was taken on Monday at poet Iqbal Kagji's house.

Sunamganj flood Floodwater sweeps away 30 years’ collection of books

'The wealth that is in Kagji’s house cannnot even be found in the house of many highly educated elites. His house is full of books. He has made a huge collection of books over the years. His house, ...

bKash, BSK book reading programme in Noakhali and Chandpur

bKash, BSK book reading programme in Noakhali and Chandpur

bKash is associated with the book reading programme of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro since 2014 as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility

Books, pens, pencils costlier now

Books, pens, pencils costlier now

If the prices of educational items keep soaring like this, it will create additional pressure on the guardians, said a concerned citizen

IGP Shahidul Haque speaks at the inaugural ceremony of the international conference

Ruling party wants cops to comply their orders: Ex-IGP Shahidul

Former IGP AKM Shahidul Haque has said the ruling party wants police to do anything they want

I believe it is important to read a book line by line: Akbar Ali Khan

Interview: Akbar Ali Khan 'I always try to tell the truth'

Akbar Ali Khan, economist, writer, former civil servant and former caretaker government advisor, in an extensive interview with Prothom Alo's editor Matiur Rahman, talks about a wide range of topics, ...

Rounaq Jahan making an observation at a discussion on the book ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: Philosophy, Politics and Policies’. Rehman Sobhan is on her right

‘No substitute for a scholarly biography of Bangabandhu’

Back home, Rehman Sobhan remarked, the communists thought he represented the Bengali bourgeoisie. The intellectuals were not too comfortable with him either

Dignitaries call for donating books for underprivileged children

Dignitaries call for donating books for underprivileged children

Prominent writer and managing director of City Bank Mashrur Arefin and popular actor Iresh Zaker have urged everyone to be a part of book collection initiative of bKash through donating books for ...

Readers choosing books at a book stall

Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela time extended

The traditional Amar Ekushey book fair began informally in 1972 on Bangla Academy premises

Fire fighters try to douse the flame in Dhaka’s Nilkhet book market on 22 February 2022.

Fire at Nilkhet book market doused

The fire that broke out at the book stall 'New Market Islamia Super Book Market' in the city's Nilkhet book market has been doused around 8.50pm on Tuesday

Fire fighters try to douse the flame in Dhaka’s Nilkhet book market on 22 February 2022.

Dhaka's Nilkhet book market catches fire

A fire broke out at the capital’s Nilkhet book market on Tuesday

Iranians walk past a bookshop window in Tehran, on 29 January 2022

Iran’s books shrink as US sanctions bite

Publishers are not only slashing the number of titles published, but also cutting the number of pages of those they do print by shrinking the font size

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