In such a situation the public libraries would be the best option for creating readers, he said. But the truth is that the public libraries are still far away from the capacity needed to render this service, Prof Mezbah added. A policy was formulated to set up a public library in each Upazila (492 in total) but only a few upazilas have public libraries so far, he added. According to Department of Public Libraries (DPL), at present the department has 71 libraries under their surveillance. Besides, the government should form a public libraries commission enacting a new law that would explain how the libraries would be run, he added.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 04, 2018 20:37 UTC