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. [Read more]