Library

Library

A teacher guides students at the coastal public library housed in a small room of a cyclone shelter in the Bali Bazar area, 17 kilometres from Chattogram. Established in 2010 as a modest experimental initiative, the library gained momentum in 2017 with the construction of a new building on its own land. Photo: TBS

Coastal Public Library: A 16-year journey through storms on the Chattogram coast

The journey began in 2010, inside a small room of a cyclone shelter in the Boli Bazar area, about 17 kilometres from Chattogram city

Rammala Library is, in every sense, a sanctuary of learning. Because of its rare holdings, scholars from across the world have frequented the library for research. Photos: Mehedi Hasan

Rammala Library: Inside Bangladesh’s century-old archive of books, rare manuscripts

Inside the historic Madrasa-i-Alia library in Dhaka, rows of ageing books and manuscripts hold centuries of intellectual and cultural heritage—quietly awaiting rediscovery. Photos: Syed Zakir Hossain

A hidden treasure trove: The race against dust and time to save Dhaka’s oldest archive

The library was inaugurated by Professor Dr Mohammad Nazim Uddin, vice chancellor of East Delta University, at a ceremony chaired by Tasnuva Haider Nova, president of Rotary Club of Chittagong Rainbow. Photo: Courtesy

Leisure library launched at Ctg bus counter to promote passenger reading

The programme operates 76 vehicles, serving 3,200 areas nationwide, essentially acting as small libraries. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Bishwo Shahitto Kendro’s mobile library: The quiet pause of a moving legacy

Ekram Kabir is a storyteller and a communications professional.

For a book club revolution in Bangladesh

We need to transform our age-old libraries into centres where people are encouraged to gather.

Transform libraries into multipurpose centres

Photo: BSS

Japan wants to build world class library for children in Bangladesh

Sketch: TBS

By spreading libraries everywhere we can bridge the urban-rural divide

Aktarul Islam and Md Habibur Rahman. Illustration: TBS

Promoting library culture to enrich human resources in Bangladesh

The Kamrangirchar Police Station’s small library has a mix of fiction by popular writers such as Humayun Ahmed and historical books such as Karagarer Rojnamcha and Oshomapto Attojiboni by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Photo: Noor-A-Alam

Libraries in police stations: Building bridges through books

Photo of Bangladesh Secretariat/Collected

Book list for govt officials scrapped amid controversy

Human Library Bangladesh has organised so far nine sessions; eight have been held in different parts of Dhaka and one in Khulna. Photo: Courtesy

Human Library Bangladesh: Where the halls come alive with human voices