BSS, Dhaka: Bangladesh National Archive Bill-2021 was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS), keeping a provision that no record stored in the national archive can be destroyed.
State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid today moved the Bill to the House which was unanimously passed by voice votes with JS Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
Placing the bill, the state minister said that the proposed bill would replace the National Archive Ordinance, 1983 in line with a High Court judgment.
He also said that the proposed law would help restore the national historical documents.