g one ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁name ▁changes . ▁Pre viously ▁it ▁was ▁named ▁the ▁S uf ia ▁Kam al ▁National ▁Public ▁Library ▁after ▁the ▁Bang l ades hi ▁writer ▁Beg um ▁S uf ia ▁Kam al . ▁However , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁the ▁name ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁the ▁" Cent ral ▁Public ▁Library ", ▁amid ▁protest s ▁from ▁cultural ▁activ ists ▁who ▁c ited ▁S uf ia ▁Kam al ▁worthy ▁of ▁the ▁honour . ▁However , ▁the ▁Bang l adesh ▁National ist ▁Party ▁State ▁Minister ▁for ▁Cultural ▁Affairs , ▁Sel ina ▁Rah man , ▁def ended ▁the ▁decision ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁stating , ▁" We ' re ▁not ▁changing ▁the ▁name , ▁rather ▁rest oring ▁it ▁to ▁its ▁original ▁one . ▁Our ▁aim ▁is ▁not ▁to ▁name ▁any ▁government ▁institution ▁after ▁any ▁person ." ▁However , ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁the ▁subsequent ▁Aw ami ▁League ▁administration ▁again ▁changed ▁the ▁name ▁back ▁to ▁S uf ia ▁Kam al ▁National ▁Public ▁Library . ▁ ▁Collection ▁As ▁of ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁the ▁Library ▁had ▁ 1 1 9 , 7 5 0 ▁books ▁in ▁its ▁collection , ▁including ▁old ▁and ▁rare ▁books ▁with ▁historical ▁value , ▁along ▁with ▁a ▁small ▁valuable ▁collection ▁of ▁ 4 0 ▁to ▁ 5 0 ▁manuscript s ▁titles ▁for ▁research ▁and ▁reference ▁services . ▁Books ▁in ▁the ▁collection ▁are ▁mostly ▁in ▁Beng ali ▁and ▁English , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁other ▁languages ▁including ▁Ur du , ▁H indi , ▁Arab ic ▁and