Office of the Historian

World Wide Diplomatic Archives Index: Bangladesh

Legislation

The Bangladeshi Government passed archive legislation in 1983, but it did not lay down any rules for the management of current or post-independence records. As such, the Foreign Ministry documents remain with the Foreign Ministry.

Location

Department of Archives and Libraries, Ministry of Cultural Affairs: 32, Justice S. M., Murshed Sarani, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka – 1207.

Procedures

For pre-independence research (1971), members of the public should contact the National Archives and National Library. For later material, researchers should contact the Foreign Ministry directly.