Agamee Prakashani
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| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | Osman Gani |
| Country of origin | Bangladesh |
| Headquarters location | 36 Bangla Bazar, Dhaka |
| Distribution | Bangladesh, India, UK, United States |
| Key people | Osman Gani |
| Publication types | Books |
| Fiction genres | Prose, novels, poetry, stories |
| Official website | agameeprakashani-bd |
Agamee Prakashani (Bengali: āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļāĻ¨ā§) is a Bangladeshi publishing house located in Dhaka.
History
[edit]Agamee Prakashani was founded in 1986[1] by Osman Gani.[2][3] It was based in Banglabazar which housed a large number of publishing houses.[4] As of 2015, it has more than 2000 publications in both Bengali and English.[5]
Agamee Prakashani has published 80 books on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 200 books on Bangladesh Liberation War.[6] It has published 70 books of Humayun Azad despite threats from Islamists.[7]
Awards
[edit]Agamee Prakashani has won several awards, including:[1]
- Bangla Academy Award
- Shaheed Munier Choudhury Memorial Award
- National Book Centre Best Publishers Award
- Bangladesh Publishers & Book-Sellers Association Award
Gallery
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Agamee Prakashani stall at Ekushey Book Fair in 2013
References
[edit]- ^ a b āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļāĻ¨āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ âāĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļāĻ¨ā§â. Maasranga Television (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Member Details". dhakachamber. Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Boi Mela ends with record number of new books". The Daily Star. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ Shazu, Shah Alam (18 January 2020). "The bustle at Banglabazar". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻāĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļāĻ¨ā§ [Agamee Prakashani going to the book fair at Frankfurt]. Samakal (in Bengali). 4 October 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ Ullah, Sayyed Mohmud (5 February 2020). "An homage to Bangabandhu". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ Alamgir, Mohiuddin (14 April 2022). "Whose pen was mightier than sword". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
External links
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