On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the great Language Movement, a two-day long community book fair in the city's Gulshan kicked off on Friday.
The second edition of the Boi Mela, consisting of 25 stalls with renowned publishers and booksellers, was arranged by Gulshan Society at Gulshan Lake Park.
Shukla Sarwat Siraj, convener of the organizing committee said that the book fair was organized in 2019 for the first time. But, it was not possible to organize the last two-year due to the Covid pandemic, she added. “We are impressed and satisfied to see the crowd on the first day of the two-day fair".