National Library and Archives, Bangladesh

The National Archives of Bangladesh (NAB, bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় আরকাইভস) are based in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

and contain 225,000 volumes of documents in addition to books,

microfilm Microforms are scaled-down reproductions of documents, typically either photographic film, films or paper, made for the purposes of transmission, storage, reading, and printing. Microform images are commonly reduced to about 4% or of the origin ...

rolls and newspaper clippings. The archives were founded in 1973 by the government of Bangladesh and are administered by the Directorate of National Archives and Libraries. Located in a rented building near the campus of

Dhaka University The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

until 1985, the collections are now housed in a purpose-built part of the

National Library of Bangladesh The National Library of Bangladesh (NLB; bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় গ্রন্থাগার, translit=Bānlādēśa jātīẏa granthāgāra) is the legal depository of all new books and other printed materials publi ...

complex in

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Sher-e-Bangla Nagar ( bn, শেরেবাংলা নগর; lit. ''City of the Tiger of Bengal'') is a neighborhood and a thana of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It is also known as the 'capitol within the capital' due to it being the ho ...

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Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

1973 establishments in Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka Government agencies of Bangladesh Archives in Bangladesh