Harry Potter in Bangla

Staff Correspondent
Ankur Prakashani, Dhaka has published the Bangla translation of world famous children's novel 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' by JK Rowling, says a press release.

Sohrab Hasan and Shehabuddin Ahmed have translated the book in Bangla.

Only two publication houses of this subcontinent have got the rights for translating the novel - Ankur Prakashani, Dhaka in Bangla and Oxford University Press, Lahore in Urdu.

'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' has been translated in 58 languages and over 20 crore copies have so far been sold across the world.

The novel has created a sensation across the world.