Category: Bangladesh
Bangladesh Amar Ekushey Boi Mela now set for late February-early March
Ramadan is due to start mid-April, and after that the rains will be underway… But at the same time...
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Amar Ekushey Boi Mela pivots to digital and back to in-person in the space of a week amid publisher objections. Bangladeshi consumers pay the price
To state that “A virtual book fair can never be an alternative to our historic tradition” is to...
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Start The Day Global: Bangladesh, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Malaysia and Thailand
Whimsical publishing stories from around the world. Today five post excerpts from Thailand,...
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Bangladesh: 91st birthday of poet Shamsur Rahman
A key figure in Bengali literature from the latter half of the 20th century, Rahman was regarded...
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In Bangladesh bookstores face ruin amid the pandemic. But with 5 ebook stores, myriad online book stores, and 96 million internet users, all is not lost
With internet penetration at just 58% digital might seem like a no-hope option right now, but...
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The StreetLib-TNPS global-perspectives newsletter Publish MENA # 10 is hitting in-boxes about now
The free StreetLib-TNPS B2B global-perspectives newsletter for Middle East North Africa authors...
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As Bangladesh Boi Mela sells books to the value of $9.7 million during a month-long event, TNPS invites the country’s government and publishers to explore the digital advantage
If it’s March 1 then the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela, the annual book fair that takes place for...
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The TNPS Week In Review: January 19-25
For those who don’t get the chance to open all the regular email notifications from TNPS, a...
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As excitement builds for the annual Amar Ekushey Boi Mela in Bangladesh, the Bangla Academy Literary Awards are announced
The Bangla Academy is the centre of all things literary in Bangladesh, and this week in the...
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The TNPS Festive Season Weeks in Review
For those who didn’t get the chance to open any or all the regular email notifications from TNPS,...
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Bangladesh handed out 353 million school text books on New Year’s Day. 2.2 billion books in total since the programme began
Bangladesh has 42 million children in its primary and secondary school, and every year, on the...
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The TNPS Week In Review: December 15-21
For those who don’t get the chance to open all the regular email notifications from TNPS, a...
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