Md. Hasibuzzaman Tipu, Staff Reporter
Khulna is starting tomorrow Tuesday (November 10) and the Nine-long Divisional Book Fair-2026. The book fair will continue till November 18 at the office of the Commissioner's Office of the City Division.
The book fair will be officially inaugurated on Tuesday at 10 am, a press conference was held at the Khulna Division Commissioner's conference room on Monday afternoon, which was presided over by the Commissioner of the Division, Md. Abdullah Harun.
In the press conference, the department commissioner said, there is no alternative to book reading in the formation of knowledge-minded and enlightened nations. The main goal of this book fair is to create a knowledge-based society among the common people. Keeping this goal in mind, the government is organizing the creative book fair in the country.
He also said that books enrich people's thoughts, consciousness and mindfulness.People through books are poetic and philosophical of joy and pain. Finding the truth can also remove the fatigue of the busy life, in addition to the book, books provide food for knowledge and new thoughts in various ways.
The press conference will be open to the public every day from 3pm to 10pm, but the fair will be held from 10 am to 10 pm on public holidays.
To make the fair lively and reader-friendly, there are cultural programs, reading of poetry and recitation of poetry, speeches and quiz competitions for children and teenagers. Besides, three seminars have been organized in three days on the topic of ‘Culture and Morality’, ‘Humanism and World Peace’ and ‘Bangladeshi Nationalism and Multi-Darmad Democracy’.
There are 90 stalls for the sale of books from the fair to the book purchasers through coupons every day. This year the fair will be a total of 90 stalls for the publications of the year.
Additional Divisional Commissioner (Revenue) Sifat Mehnaz, Additional Divisional Commissioner (General) Abu Saed Md. Manzoor Alam and various print and electronic media journalists working in Khulna were present in the press conference.
The book fair is being held in the direction of the Ministry of Culture, the overall management of the Department Commissioner's office and the creative publications.
The expectation of the enthusiasts is that this book fair will not only play book buying and selling, but will play an important role in creating an interest in book reading, developing creative thinking and building an enlightened society among the new generation.
