The Khulna Division is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of 22,285 km2 (8,604 sq mi) and a population of 17,416,645 at the 2022 Bangladesh census. Its headquarters and largest city is Khulna city in Khulna District.
The Church of Bangladesh is a united Protestant church formed by the union of various Protestant churches in Bangladesh, principally the Anglican and Presbyterian denominations. The Church of Bangladesh is a member of the Anglican Communion and the World Communion of Reformed Churches.
Kushtia District is a district in the Khulna administrative division of western Bangladesh. Kushtia is the second largest municipality in Bangladesh and the eleventh largest city in the country. Kushtia has existed as a separate district since the partition of India. Prior to that, Kushtia was a part of Nadia district. Kushtia is the birthplace of many historical figures including Mir Mosharraf Hossain (1847–1912), Bagha Jatin (1879–1915) and Lalon (1774–1890). Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore lived his early life at Shelaidaha, a village in the district.
Kushtia is a city in the Khulna Division of southwestern Bangladesh. Kushtia is the second largest municipality in Bangladesh and the eleventh largest city in the country. The second largest city in Khulna division, Kushtia is one of the commercial cities. It serves as the headquarters of Kushtia Sadar Upazila and Kushtia District.
Bengali Christians are adherents of Christianity among the Bengali people. Christianity took root in Bengal after the arrival of Portuguese voyagers in the 16th century. It witnessed further conversions among the Bengali upper-caste elite during the 19th century Bengali Renaissance.
Kushtia Sadar is an Upazila of Kushtia District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Kushtia Sadar Thana was formed in 1823 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.
Islamic University, Bangladesh ; commonly referred to as Islamic University, Kushtia shortly IU, is a public PhD granting research university in Kushtia, Bangladesh and the largest seat of higher education in the south-west part of the country. This university in Bangladesh stands as the sole institution offering a unique program in Theology, alongside seven other academic divisions/faculties: Engineering and Technology, Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, Biological Sciences, Business Administration, and Law, all coexisting within a diverse and multicultural environment. It is financed by the Government of Bangladesh through University Grants Commission, Bangladesh. On 22 November 1979, the foundation of the Islamic University was set up in Kushtia, and it is operated under the Islamic University Act of 1980. Islamic University began operations on 28 June 1986. It holds the distinction of being the seventh most ancient educational institution in the nation, serving as Bangladesh's inaugural university post-independence from Pakistan in 1971. It offers undergraduate, graduate, M Phil and PhD degrees.
Paul Shishir Sarker is a Bangladeshi Church of Bangladesh bishop. He was from 2007 to 2019 the Moderator of the Church of Bangladesh, a united Protestant Church that holds membership in the World Communion of Reformed Churches and the Anglican Communion.
Chuadanga-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2008 by Solaiman Haque Joarder of the Awami League.
Kushtia-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2014 by Mahbubul Alam Hanif of the Awami League.
Kushtia-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2024 by Kamarul Arefin.
Kushtia-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2024 by Rezaul Haque Chowdhury
Chuadanga-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2008 by Md. Ali Azgar of the Awami League.
Samuel Sunil Mankhin is a metropolitan archbishop who is currently enthroned since 2018 as Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka and the primate and moderator of the Church of Bangladesh. Mankhin was previously the Bishop of Kushtia, served 2009 to 2018. As the metropolitan archbishop of Dhaka, he is the Primate of All Bangladesh.
The Church of Bangladesh Metropolitan Diocese of Dhaka is the metropolitan and main diocese of Church of Bangladesh that was erected in 1956 by dividing the Diocese of Calcutta; the diocese and covered all of East Pakistan after the partition of India. It was a part of the Anglican Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon until the formation of the united Protestant Church of Pakistan in 1970, which merged Lutheran, Anglican, and Presbyterian denominations in that country. It became the sole diocese of the Church of Bangladesh upon the church's 30 April 1974 independence. Since it was split to create Kushtia diocese, the bishop of Dhaka has usually also been moderator and primate of the Church of Bangladesh. The other 2 diocese of Church of Bangladesh is under its governance.
The Church of Bangladesh Diocese of Kushtia is one of three dioceses of the Church of Bangladesh. It was formed in 1990 out of the Diocese of Dhaka, and its first three bishops each went on to become archbishop of Dhaka and primate & moderator of the Church of Bangladesh.
Michael S. Baroi, commonly known as Bishop Baroi is a bishop of Church of Bangladesh. He was the 1st Bishop of Kushtia and the 3rd Bishop of Dhaka and 2nd Primate & Moderator of synod. Bishop Baroi retired from synod due to illness on early 2007 and now acting as emeritus Bishop of Kushtia.
The Bishop of Kushtia, is responsible for the Diocese of Kushtia of Church of Bangladesh. It was created in early 1990 to help the Archbishop & Primate of Dhaka. Now it is one of the major bishop post in Church of Bangladesh for apostolic succession to be the Primate and Archbishop for Diocese of Dhaka.
