Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Inaugurates Month Long Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka
- Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the annual Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka on 1st February 2020.
- Ekushey Book Fair is a month-long biggest and longest book fair of Bangladesh organised every year by Bangla Academy from February 1 to 28.
- This event commemorates the martyrs, of the language movement, who laid down their lives on 21 February 1952 for establishing Bangla as the official language of the then East Pakistan.
- The 2020 book fair has been dedicated to greatest Bengali of all-time and Father of the Nation ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’ on the occasion of Mujib Borsho (Mujib Year).
Points to Remember:
- The annual Ekushey Book Fair is held in which country?
- Capital and Currency of Bangladesh? Dhaka/ Bangladeshi Taka
- Prime Minister of Bangladesh? Sheikh Hasina
- President? Abdul Hamid