Dhaka, March 2 -- The extended Amar Ekushey Book Fair ended Saturday, recording huge sale and witnessing a mass gathering of book lovers.

The fair was originally scheduled to end on Thursday but the government extended it. In the last days, many visitors complained that they could not find the books they were looking for. Most of the stalls also displayed fewer books.

Many publishers said the sale during the extended period was satisfactory.

Altogether, 4,834 books were published in the fair. Of them, 1,608 books were on poetry, 698 novels, 757 short stories and 272 essays.

Books on research (80), rhyme (148), children literature (150), biography (167), compilation edition (15), Liberation War (110), drama (43), science ( 77), travelo...