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ROLE OF LIBRARIES IN ERADICATING ILLITERACY IN BANGLADESH, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SITUATION IN THE SAARC COUNTRIES

INTRODUCTION
Illiteracy is a universal problem, and even Europe and America arc not free from this scourge. Illiteracy is not a problem peculiar to South Asia. It is estimated that in 1995 there were 885.1 millions of illiterate people in the world.1 In the 25th September 1989 issue of Newsweek, an article titled “When Europeans can [...]

THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF BANGLADESH – AT A GLANCE

1. Some useful Information

a) Mailing address: Directorate of Archives and Libraries
The National Library of Bangladesh
32,Justice S.M.Murshed Sarani
Agargaon, Sher-e-BangIa Nagar
Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Phone: 9129992,9112733.913S053
Tele- Fax: 880-2-9118704
e-mail : nab@accesstel.net
b) Self-Identity at the main entrance of Library in writing is [...]

Development of Libraries in Bangladesh- A Study of the Historical Route

Introduction
The communication of ideas is one of the most significant achievements in the history of cultural development of the human race. The library, however, is only one of many means of human communication (Johnson,1973: 1-6) and is considered an important centre for disseminating knowledge. The library development in Bangladesh is closely related with the history [...]