CTAN update: bookbangla
Date: October 27, 2026 12:26:29 PM CET
Adib Hasan submitted an update to the
bookbangla
package.
Version: 1.1
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Writing Bangla and Assamese books with memoir
Announcement text:
- Refine chapter designs and add four section styles, with memoir defaults available. - Add translated `cleveref` references for theorems, examples, and problems. - Support updated TeX Live 2024 and later, using LaTeXbangla 2.1 or newer. - Use TeX Gyre Chorus for English chapter quotations; quotation fonts remain configurable.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/bookbangla The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/language/bengali/bookbangla/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
- Refine chapter designs and add four section styles, with memoir defaults available. - Add translated `cleveref` references for theorems, examples, and problems. - Support updated TeX Live 2024 and later, using LaTeXbangla 2.1 or newer. - Use TeX Gyre Chorus for English chapter quotations; quotation fonts remain configurable.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/bookbangla The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/language/bengali/bookbangla/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
Bookbangla – Writing Bangla and Assamese books with memoir
BOOKbangla is a LaTeX document class for writing Bangla and Assamese books, built on memoir and LaTeXbangla. It provides:
- Four chapter designs, a title page, and page layouts.
- Numbered examples, theorems, and exercises with optional hints.
- Solutions, reminder boxes, chapter quotations and configurable lists.
- Author-selected fonts and bibliography styles, with further customization through memoir.
Supports XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX. Includes a manual in English, Bangla, and Assamese.
| Package | Bookbangla |
| Version | 1.1 |
| Copyright | 2019, 2026 Adib Hasan |
| Maintainer | Adib Hasan |