The Ekushey Book Fair, officially called Amar Ekushey Boi Mela, is the national book fair of Bangladesh. It is arranged each year by Bangla Academy and takes place for the whole month of February in Dhaka. This event is dedicated to the martyrs who died on 21 February 1952 in Bengali Language Movement, a demonstration calling for the establishment of Bengali as one of the state languages of former East Pakistan.
Ekushey Book Fair ground as seen in 2011
Ekushey Book Fair 2016 banner
The Bangla Academy is the official regulatory body of the Bengali language in Bangladesh. It is an autonomous institution funded by the Government of Bangladesh that fosters the Bengali language, literature and culture, works to develop and implement national language policy and conducts original research in Bengali. Established in 1955, it is located in the Burdwan House in Shahbagh, Dhaka, within the grounds of the University of Dhaka and Suhrawardy Udyan. The Bangla Academy hosts the annual Ekushey Book Fair.
The Bangla Academy's main office, located in the Burdwan House
Moder Gorob, depicting the language movement martyrs, is one of the features of Bangla Academy.
Bangla Academy main building located in Burdwan House in Ramna, Dhaka.
