Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the next edition of Kolkata Book Fair to be held in January 2021, according to media report.

The event will be dedicated to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The announcement came after concluding of this year’s book fair in Kolkata amid much fanfare.

Confirming the news, Bangladesh Cultural Affairs Minister KM Khalid said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the 45th International Kolkata Book Fair of 2021 to be held in the last week of January next year.

West Bengal Publishers and Booksellers Guild President Tridib Chatterjee said Kolkata Book Fair 2021 wants to honour the ‘Father of Bangladesh’ marking the birth centenary besides commemorating the deep-rooted ties between Bangladesh and India.

Chatterjee also said more than 25 lakh people visited the 12-day fair of this year held in Salt Lake that witnessed the sale of books worth around Rs 23 crore from over 600 stalls till Sunday evening.

“This was a world record for any book fair,” he claimed.