'Bengal Boi' opens in Dhanmondi

Published: 2017-11-14 22:54:16.0 BdST Updated: 2017-11-14 22:54:16.0 BdST

Bengal Foundation opens a bookstore, 'Bengal Boi', at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Visitors take a tour inside 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore launched by the Bengal Foundation, at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Visitors take a tour inside 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore launched by the Bengal Foundation, at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Visitors take a tour inside 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore launched by the Bengal Foundation, at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Visitors take a tour inside 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore launched by the Bengal Foundation, at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Visitors take a tour inside 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore launched by the Bengal Foundation, at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Visitors take a tour inside 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore launched by the Bengal Foundation, at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Visitors take a tour inside 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore launched by the Bengal Foundation, at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Children perform at the inauguration of 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore launched by the Bengal Foundation at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Children perform at the inauguration of 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore launched by the Bengal Foundation at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Guests unveil 'Stories from the Age: Personal Narratives of the Liberation War,' a book published by the Bengal Foundation at the launch of 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore in Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Guests taking a tour of 'Bengal Boi' after the launch of the Bengal Foundation's bookstore at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Guests taking a tour of 'Bengal Boi' after the launch of the Bengal Foundation's bookstore at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Guests taking a tour of 'Bengal Boi' after the launch of the Bengal Foundation's bookstore at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Guests writing messages for Bengal Foundation's bookstore 'Bengal Boi' that was launched at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Guests writing messages for Bengal Foundation's bookstore 'Bengal Boi' that was launched at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Professor emeritus of Dhaka University Anisuzzaman addresses the launching ceremony of Bengal 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore of the Bengal Foundation at Dhaka's Dhanmondi. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Prime Minister's Advisor for International Affairs Gowher Rizvi addresses the launch of 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore that the Bengal Foundation has opened at Dhaka's Dhanmondi. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Prime Minister's Advisor for International Affairs Gowher Rizvi addresses the launch of 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore that the Bengal Foundation has opened at Dhaka's Dhanmondi. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • Prime Minister's Advisor for International Affairs Gowher Rizvi addresses the launch of 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore that the Bengal Foundation has opened at Dhaka's Dhanmondi. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • A glimpse of the ceremony, marking the launch of 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore of the Bengal Foundation, at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • A glimpse of the ceremony, marking the launch of 'Bengal Boi', a bookstore of the Bengal Foundation, at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • A child browses a book at 'Bengal Boi', the bookstore launched by the Bengal Foundation at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

  • A child browses a book at 'Bengal Boi', the bookstore launched by the Bengal Foundation at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed

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