"Bangla Academy has strayed away from their main duty, which is to promote Bangla language through research. "Bangla Academy is serving its founding purposes properly and is enriching Bangla literature by encouraging research and publication," said Anisuzzaman, also the Bangla Academy president. Dr Jalal Ahmed, Director of Sales, Marketing and Reprinting Division of Bangla Academy, told Dhaka Tribune that all the books published by Bangla Academy are research based. Over 70 percent books now out of printWithin two years of its establishment, Bangla Academy began publishing books and magazines in Bangla. As of February, 2020, around 3,948 titles were not available, according to sources at the Sales, Marketing and Reprinting Division of Bangla Academy.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 23, 2020 16:30 UTC