Library

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
Bangladesh

Leisure library launched at Ctg bus counter to promote passenger reading

The initiative aims to utilise the often-tedious waiting time at bus counters by offering passengers access to books

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

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

Ekram Kabir is a storyteller and a communications professional.
Thoughts

For a book club revolution in Bangladesh

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

Transform libraries into multipurpose centres

Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Japan wants to build world class library for children in Bangladesh

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

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

Aktarul Islam and Md Habibur Rahman. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

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
Panorama

Libraries in police stations: Building bridges through books

Photo of Bangladesh Secretariat/Collected
Bangladesh

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
Panorama

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

Librarians are teachers, not clerks or booksellers
Thoughts

Librarians are teachers, not clerks or booksellers

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Book-friendly police stations in Chattogram

The ‘Trimmed Egg’ shaped space holds the journal shelves and reading tables. Photo: Noor A Alam/TBS
Habitat

FBS e-library at the University of Dhaka: Renovation of a masterwork