It was founded in 1973, but it traces its origins back to 1967, before the Bangladesh Liberation War and its independence.

[4] It is open to the public and has both Bengali and English language books.

Considering the necessity and importance, the government resolved to set up the National Library of Bangladesh in Dhaka.

The Library first started functioning with the manpower, resources and materials inherited from the Provincial Book Deposit Branch.

In fact, that book deposit branch was the embryo of the National Library of Bangladesh, which came into being after the independence of the country in 1973.