Official name of the country: Gana Praja Tantri Bangla Desh
(People's Republic of Bangladesh)
Official language: Bengali
Business language: English

Official name of Parliament: Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangsad
(Bangladesh Parliament)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Member of the ASGP

2. Address
Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangsad
Sangsad Granthagar
Shachibalaya
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
Dhaka-1207
Tel.: *(880)(2)811600; 316514
Fax: *(880)(2)812267
Telex: 672812 SNGSD

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1948
Person in charge: Mr Kazi Tauhid Hasan
Position or official title: Pradhan Granthagarik
Number of library staff: 20
Number of professional librarians: 7
Number of secretarial and support staff: 13
Size of collection: 72.000
Number of annual accessions: 1.500
Annual acquisitions budget: 1.000.000 Tk (~ US$ 25.000)
Number of current periodicals: 25
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 5
Number of periodical articles indexed per year: 5.000
Number of current newspapers: 30
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Public Relations Branch (15)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes, by the Library
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: Yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff; scholars
Number of reading rooms: 2 (200)
Number of loans per year: 5.400
Reference services: 8.500
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: No
Right to deposit: Newspapers and books

Any other information: In conjunction with the Parliament Library there are a Research Section and a Reference & Documentation Section
IFLA membership: No

6. Parliamentary documents
* Hansard
In Bengali
* Constitution
In English and Bengali
* Rules of procedure
In English and Bengali
* List of Members of Parliament
In Bengali

(updated in January 1995)