Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- The Amar Ekushey Book Fair will start on Feb 20. Bangla Academy, the fair's organiser, says 60 percent of preparation has been completed.

The latest development on the preparations came at a press conference on Thursday.

In a written statement, the book fair management committee's Member Secretary Selim Reza said: "This time, 527 organisations from among those that took part last year and 53 new organisations have applied for stalls.

"Stalls have already been allocated to the 527 organisations from the previous year and 24 new organisations."

It was also reported that more than 100 government and private organisations have applied for stall allocations to participate in the fair.

Although a section of publishers has ...