What is National Library of Bangladesh?
{{Sources|date=December 2024}} The '''National Library of Bangladesh''' ('''NLB''') is the legal depository of all new books and other printed materials published in [[Bangladesh]] under the copyright law of Bangladesh. It was founded in [[1973]], but it traces its origins back to [[1967]]. After the [[Partition of Bengal|Partition of the Subcontinent in 1947]], the [[federal government]] of [[Pakistan]] established the ''National Library of Pakistan'' in [[Karachi]] in 1962 and a provincial book deposit branch of the ''Pakistan National Library'' in [[Dhaka]] in 1967. After the secession war of the nation, it was keenly felt by all quarters that a national library is indispensable for the new-born nation. [[Category:1973 establishments in Bangladesh]] [[Category:Bangladeshi culture]] [[Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 20th century]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Dhaka]] [[Category:National libraries in Asia]] {{Asia-stub}}