Bangladesh to be focal theme of 2020 IKBF

KOLKATA, Feb 04 (UNI): Bangladesh would be the focal theme of the 2020 International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) to mark fifty years of its Liberation War.

The IKBF and Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata Toufique Hasan organised a special session about 'Liberation War in Bangladesh literature' to celebrate 'Bangladesh Dibas' at the fair last evening.

Every year IKBF celebrates a day as 'Bangladesh Dibas'.

Cultural Affairs Minister of Bangladesh Asaduzzaman Noor, Bangla Academy Literary Awardee Muntassir Mamoon, Bangla Academy Literary Awardee author Imdadul Haq Milon, director general of Bangla Academy, Bangladesh, Shamsuzzaman Khan, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki along with general secretary of the Publishers and Booksellers Guild Tridib Chatterjee were present on the occasion.