A section of the publishers protested against, what they said, discriminatory stall allocation policy ahead of this year's Ekushey Book Fair on the Bangla Academy premises.
A number of publishing houses, including BehulaBangla, Megh, Tapurtupur and Kharimati, jointly organised a press conference in this regard on Tuesday at the Concord Emporium, Katabon in the capital to raise their voice.
The publishers also set a deadline for the authorities concerned to reconsider the prevailing stall allocation policy by January 11.
Otherwise, they said, a memorandum to this end will be submitted to the prime minister on January 13.
Among others, Behulabangla proprietor Chandan Chowdhury, poet Ahmed Shiplu, Mahfuz Ripon, Mahbub Mitra and Girish Goiric were present at the press conference.
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