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Footfall at Kolkata book fair may cross 59 lakh this year: Mamata
January 29, 2025 4:49 am
Banerjee was speaking after inaugurating the 48th edition of the International Kolkata Book Fair at Salt Lake. This year, Germany is the theme country for the fair. For the first time, there is no stall representing Bangladesh at the fair.
A First Since 1996: In major fairs in Kolkata, omnipresent Bangladesh traders missing this year
December 23, 2024 5:58 am
Every year since 1996, when the Sheikh Hasina government came to power in Bangladesh, the neighbouring country has featured in every edition of the city’s book fair
No decision yet on Bangladesh in Kolkata Book Fair: Organiser
November 18, 2024 9:19 am
Bangladesh is conspicuously missing from the list of participating nations, a statement by the Publishers and Booksellers Guild said.
26 lakh visited Kolkata book fair; books worth over Rs 25 crore sold: Organisers
February 14, 2023 3:29 am
Guild president Sudhangshu Sekhar Dey said that 6-10 per cent increase in sales was recorded in all the stalls at the fair. There were 950 stalls at the fair this year, apart from 70 stalls in the Bangladesh pavilion and Spain was the theme country.
In Bengal, people prefer literature over food: Guv
February 10, 2023 3:53 am
State Education Minister Bratya Basu, book fair guild’s general secretary Tridiv Chattopadhyay and president Sudhanshu Shekhar Dey, Raj Bhavan Secretary Nandini Chakraborty and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
International Kolkata Book Fair from Jan 30 next year
December 01, 2022 8:44 am
Spain will be the Focal Theme Country of the 46th International Kolkata Book Fair 2023.
Satyajit Ray's scripts, illustrations in 'Sandesh' sell like hot cakes in Kolkata book fair
March 14, 2022 9:53 am
Subroto Choudhury, an 18-year-old looking for 'Satyajit 100' in the stall, said, "I am strongly rooted to our literature. I connect more with Feluda than with Sherlock Holmes."
12 books by Mamata Banerjee published in this year's Kolkata book fair
March 12, 2022 6:46 am
The 12 books include titles such as 'Khela Hobe', referring to TMC's 'game is on' campaign during last year's assembly elections, and 'Covider Dinlipi', which dwells on events during the pandemic
International Kolkata Book Fair returns after a gap of one year, pays homage to lives lost during pandemic
March 02, 2022 10:37 am
Touted as the biggest in the world in terms of turnout, the 13-day book fair -- organised by the Publishers and Booksellers Guild -- has Bangladesh as its theme country, coinciding with its 50th year of liberation.
Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Kolkata book fair, lays stress on cultural ties with Bangladesh
March 01, 2022 9:30 am
Inaugurating the 45th edition of the book fair at the Central Park in Salt Lake, Banerjee said the ties between West Bengal and the sovereign country Bangladesh cannot be "measured with a tape".
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