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Printing houses busy preparing new textbooks

The work of printing 330 million primary and secondary textbooks for the new academic year is progressing rapidly, with the government determined to finish production and distribute the books to students on the first day of the new academic year.

New textbooks waiting to reach students on the first day of the new academic year in Jatrabari, Dhaka, on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
New textbooks waiting to reach students on the first day of the new academic year in Jatrabari, Dhaka, on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
New textbooks waiting to reach students on the first day of the new academic year in Jatrabari, Dhaka, on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
New textbooks waiting to reach students on the first day of the new academic year in Jatrabari, Dhaka, on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
New textbooks waiting to reach students on the first day of the new academic year in Jatrabari, Dhaka, on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
New textbooks waiting to reach students on the first day of the new academic year in Jatrabari, Dhaka, on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Workers complete the final stages of book preparation at Bright Printing Press in the Matuail area in Dhaka’s Jatrabari, where they were busy on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Workers complete the final stages of book preparation at Bright Printing Press in the Matuail area in Dhaka’s Jatrabari, where they were busy on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Workers complete the final stages of book preparation at Bright Printing Press in the Matuail area in Dhaka’s Jatrabari, where they were busy on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Workers complete the final stages of book preparation at Bright Printing Press in the Matuail area in Dhaka’s Jatrabari, where they were busy on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
With the new year deadline fast approaching, activity has intensified across printing houses. Photo taken at Bright Printing Press in Matuail in Jatrabari, Dhaka on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
With the new year deadline fast approaching, activity has intensified across printing houses. Photo taken at Bright Printing Press in Matuail in Jatrabari, Dhaka on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
With the new year deadline fast approaching, activity has intensified across printing houses. Photo taken at Bright Printing Press in Matuail in Jatrabari, Dhaka on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
With the new year deadline fast approaching, activity has intensified across printing houses. Photo taken at Bright Printing Press in Matuail in Jatrabari, Dhaka on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Cutting work is under way after books are bound at a printing house in Dhaka’s Matuail area on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Cutting work is under way after books are bound at a printing house in Dhaka’s Matuail area on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
New books are being bound at a printing house in the Matuail area of Dhaka on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
New books are being bound at a printing house in the Matuail area of Dhaka on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Newly bound books are stacked at a printing house in Dhaka’s Matuail on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Newly bound books are stacked at a printing house in Dhaka’s Matuail on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
With the new year deadline fast approaching, activity has intensified across printing houses. Photo taken at Bright Printing Press in Matuail in Jatrabari, Dhaka on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
With the new year deadline fast approaching, activity has intensified across printing houses. Photo taken at Bright Printing Press in Matuail in Jatrabari, Dhaka on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Book covers are being printed at a press on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025, in Dhaka’s Matuail ahead of the new academic year. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Book covers are being printed at a press on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025, in Dhaka’s Matuail ahead of the new academic year. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
A worker checks the colours after printing the book covers at a printing house in the Matuail area of Dhaka on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
A worker checks the colours after printing the book covers at a printing house in the Matuail area of Dhaka on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
New primary and secondary textbooks are being printed at Bright Printing Press in Matuail in Dhaka’s Jatrabari on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
New primary and secondary textbooks are being printed at Bright Printing Press in Matuail in Dhaka’s Jatrabari on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
A worker at a printing house in Matuail checks freshly printed textbooks to ensure they are in order on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
A worker at a printing house in Matuail checks freshly printed textbooks to ensure they are in order on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Freshly printed pages emerge from a machine as a worker arranges them during the book production process on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Freshly printed pages emerge from a machine as a worker arranges them during the book production process on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Workers complete the final stages of book preparation at Bright Printing Press in the Matuail area in Dhaka’s Jatrabari, where they were busy on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Workers complete the final stages of book preparation at Bright Printing Press in the Matuail area in Dhaka’s Jatrabari, where they were busy on Saturday, Nov 1, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin

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Published : 02 Nov 2025, 03:00 AM

Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 06:08 PM

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