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Nov
The Kolkata International Book Fair program, which was made public on Friday, does not list Bangladesh as a participating nation for the first time in 28 years. Since the Sheikh Hasina government took power in Bangladesh in 1996, the neighboring nation has participated in every edition of the city book fair. Hasina herself went to the expo in 1999, when Bangladesh was the featured nation. Tridib Chatterjee, the president of the guild, stated that they had not yet gotten any guidance from the Center regarding Bangladesh's involvement. "Given the current circumstances, we are unable to comment on Bangladesh's involvement until…