The New Nation - Internet Edition

DU Correspondent

A lot of new books of different titles were appearing in the Ekushey Book Fair but the collection of translated books was rare. No translated book was published in the fair yesterday while 14 novels, 13 poems and 6 story books were published.

So far, a total of 350 books of poem, 334 of novel and 182 of story and only 20 books of translation hit the fair.

Syed Shamsul Haque, a famous writer who visited the fair yesterday, said the publishers should publish the translated books of different languages including 'Hindi,' 'Urdu' and 'Persian' to enrich the wisdom of knowledge. He, however, said the publishers should come forward in this regard.

A total of 65 new title books hit the fair yesterday. Of them, the covers of 14 books were unveiled at the writer's corner.

Prof Anwar Hossain unveiled the cover of 'Che-Guevara' and 'Mukunda Das' essays published by Ramon Publishers while Shamsuzzaman Khan, former Director General of National Museum, unveiled the cover of 'Tirer Anneshay' of Ajoy Roy.

Besides, the day's arrival including 'Paribesh Kabita' of Rafique Azad published by Ittadi Prokashani, 'O', a juvenile novel of Zafar Iqbal published by 'Annana', Jesmin Road, a novel of Syed Shamsul Haque, 'Kacher Galpa and Durer Galpa' of Ali Imam published by 'Mijan Publishers, 'Doa Kabul Hobaai,' a religious book of Mustafa Zaman Abbasi published by Shekha Prokashani and 'Ekattarer Ranangan and Muktijudder Samoykal', a muktijudda based book of Mohammad Shafiuddin published by 'Antarip Publications.

9 get Ekushey Padak

UNB, Dhaka

Nine distinguished personalities of the country have been awarded the 'Ekushey Padak' 2008 in recognition of their outstanding contributions in their respective fields.

The awardees are Dr Nazma Chowdhury (research), Khandaker Nurul Alam (music), Wahidul Huq (music), Shyam Sundar Baishnab (music-Posthumous), Shefali Ghosh (music-posthumously), Prof Dr Mozaffar Ahmad (education), Khaleq Nawaj Khan (language), Prof Dr Zohra Begum Kazi (social work) and Dilwar Khan (literature). Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed will formally distribute the awards among the recipients at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium here on February 20 morning, said a PID handout.