Agamee Prakashani () is a Bangladeshi publishing house located in
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...
.
History
Agamee Prakashani was founded in 1986
by Osman Gani.
It was based in Banglabazar which housed a large number of publishing houses. As of 2015, it has more than 2000 publications in both
Bengali and English.
Agamee Prakashani has published 80 books on
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman and activist who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangl ...
and 200 books on
Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War (, ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which res ...
. It has published 70 books of
Humayun Azad despite threats from Islamists.
Awards
Agamee Prakashani has won several awards, including:
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Bangla Academy Award
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Shaheed Munier Choudhury Memorial Award
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National Book Centre Best Publishers Award
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Bangladesh Publishers & Book-Sellers Association Award
Gallery
File:Agamee Prakashani Ekusey book fair stall 2013.jpg, Agamee Prakashani stall at Ekushey Book Fair in 2013
References
External links
*{{Official website
Bangladeshi brands
Book publishing companies of Bangladesh
Recipients of Bangla Academy Award
Bangladeshi companies established in 1986
Publishing companies established in 1986