It came into being in the present form in 1991 after parliamentary system of government was formed. Before 1991 it was Governor’s Secretarite Library which strated in 17/7/1963. Historically the Governor's Office Library in the Governor House (Bangabhaban) was turned into the President Secretariat Library. Whatever be the name, the library was and still is the Head of the State or Head of the Gove
rnment Office Library. Government Documents like Gazettes have been preserved here since 1948. The President Secretariat was shifted in the old Sangsad Bhaban at Old Air Port Road, Tejgaon, Dhaka in 1987 along with this library. The Library building is a modern A/C regulated two storied duplex type building. It has more than 48 thousands reading materials. The library materials are arranged under Dewey Decimal Classification System. More than 26 thousands books have been entered in the online library management system. This library has some archival collections like Gazettes from 1948, historic documents, and Reports of Several Commissions, etc. This library deals with a large number of News Papers, Magazines & Journals. It provides News Papers & Magazines to Hon'ble Chief Advisor, his/her Press Cell and other high officials directly as daily routine work. It provides fulltime free internet facilities to the users. It helps the users to use the computer and internet. At present library collects 358 dailies of 11 titles’ news paper, 7 titles’ Bengali, 9 titles’ English magazines and 11 titles’ journals for its users.
