The Collection of Bangladesh National Library (NLB) is the nation’s pride. The principal characteristics of its collection is that it covers all major disciplines and branches of human knowledge i.e. Literature, Cultural Heritage, History, Arts, Archaeology, Science and Technology, Medical Science, Engineering, Economics, Agriculture, Library and Information Science, Management, Development Administration, Environment, Woman Affairs, HRD, etc. and is preserved in scientific manner. In addition to country’s all most all publications the library has a large collection of foreign representational publications especially on Asian countries and more specific related to South Asian Studies. The library enriches its collections by various means i.e. acquiring publication under copyright act, purchase, institutional/personal donations, complimentary copies etc.

Bangladesh National Library Collections in Details

Total Number of Books and Bound Volumes  above 5 lacs

Books : Number of fully and partly processed and usable books 2 lacs

Number of preserved Bengali Dailies titles 168
Number of preserved Bengali Weekly 313
Number of preserved Bengali Periodicals 627
Number of preserved English dailies 28
Number of preserved English Weekly 36
Number of preserved English Periodicals 235
Number of Maps 3000
Microfilm Roll 59 nos.(1875-1926)
Microfiche 1500 nos.(1985-1992)
Documentary (Video Picture) 5 nos
Photography (2001-2005) 2000 nos
Negative Film 92 nos
Slide 24 nos
Bangladesh Gazettes 55
Current Bengali Dailies titles 55
Current Bengali Weekly titles 75
Current Bengali Periodicals titles 105
Current English dailies titles 6
Current English Weekly titles 10
Current English Periodicals titles 20


Bibliographical collection of NLB
in 2009 under the Copy Right Law:

Bengali Titles                  = 723 nos.

English Titles                  =  63 nos.

Total books = 786 nos.

i.   Accession List in 2009 of NLB Collection
ii.  Rare Collection of NLB
iii.  Biblographical Collection of NLB in 2008
iv. Old News Papers / Journals / Magazines etc of NLB
v. Special Collection of NLB

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