Barisal Division is one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. Located in the south-central part of the country,it has an area of 13,225 km2 (5,106 sq mi),and a population of 9,325,820 at the 2022 Census. It is the least populous Division in Bangladesh. It is bounded by Dhaka Division on the north,the Bay of Bengal on the south,Chittagong Division on the east and Khulna Division on the west. The administrative capital,Barisal city,lies in the Padma River delta on an offshoot of the Arial Khan River. Barisal division is criss-crossed by numerous rivers that earned it the nickname Dhan-Nodi-Khal,Ei tin-e Borishal.
The Jatiya Party (Bengali:জাতীয়পার্টি,romanized: Jatiyo Party,lit. 'National Party';JaPa or JP(E)) is a political party in Bangladesh. The current chairman of the party is Ghulam Muhammed Quader. On 3 January 2019,the party announced its decision to join the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance after having been in opposition for the previous parliamentary term. However,the party backtracked the next day and announced that it intended to remain part of the opposition.
Pirojpur is a district (zilla) in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of Barisal Division.
The Daily Ittefaq is a Bengali-language daily newspaper. Founded in 1949 by Maulana Bhashani and Yar Mohammad Khan,it is the oldest newspaper,and one of the most circulated newspapers in Bangladesh. The newspaper format is Broadsheet and it is printed by Ittefaq Group of Publications Limited.
Mainul Hosein was a Bangladeshi lawyer and the publisher of the daily newspaper The New Nation. He was chairman of the editorial board of The Daily Ittefaq,whose building was shelled and completely demolished on 25 March 1971 by the Pakistan Army. He served as the law,information and land adviser to the immediate past interim Government of Bangladesh during January 2007 –January 2008.
The Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League was a political front comprising the Bangladesh Awami League,the Communist Party of Bangladesh,the National Awami Party (Muzaffar) and Bangladesh Jatiya League.
Tofazzal Hossain,popularly known as Manik Miah,was a Pakistani Bengali journalist and politician. He served as the founding editor of The Daily Ittefaq. He wrote the editorial Rajnoitik Moncho. Most of his newspaper's journalists were considered leftist,as Miah followed the pattern of Awami League. According to journalist and editor of Shongbad Bozlur Rahman,Awami activists followed his editorial more than any actual decision of a meeting. He was a close associate of the founder of Bangladesh,Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Anwar Hossain Manju is a Bangladeshi politician who is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing Pirojpur-2 constituency which consists of Kawkhali,Bhandaria and Zianagar upazilas until January 2024. He was elected a member of Jatiya Sangsad a total of seven times. He is a former Minister of Water Resources,Minister of Communications as Communications Transport and Minister of Energy and Mineral Resource.
Khondkar Delwar Hossain was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He served as the secretary general of the party. He was elected five times as a Member of Parliament from constituency Manikganj-1 (Ghior-Doulatpur).
AN Mahfuza Khatun was a Bangladeshi journalist,politician,and writer. She was a member of parliament of Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad.
Farida Yasmin is a Bangladeshi journalist,and former president of the Jatiya Press Club. She was the first female president of the National Press Club. Twice elected president of the press club,she was holding that position from the year 2020 to August 2024. She is a former senior journalist of The Daily Ittefaq and former general secretary of Bangladesh National Press Club. In 2017,she was elected the first female general secretary of Bangladesh Press Club. She has also been a former joint secretary of Jatiya Press Club.
Tungipara Sheikh family of Tungipara is one of the two most prominent Bangladeshi political families,other being the Zia family. The family primarily consists of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,Sheikh Hasina,Sheikh Rehana and their relatives. Their political involvement has traditionally revolved around the Bangladesh Awami League.
Merina Rahman is a Bangladeshi Jatiya Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from a reserved women's seat. She is the sister of former president of Bangladesh,Hussain Mohammad Ershad.
Syeda Sakina Islam served as a member of the Parliament of Bangladesh two times. She was elected as a member of parliament from Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 1979 and on 1986 from Jatiya Party. She was the founding editor of Barisal Ladies Club,and a volunteer member of Azad Hind.
Pirojpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh.
Zeenat Mosharraf is a Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician and the former Jatiya Sangsad member from the reserved women's seat 29.
Sheikh Anne Rahman was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who was a Jatiya Sangsad member for the reserved women's seat-19. She was related to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Anannya Literature Award is the prize for women in Bangladesh recognition of contribution to the field of literature by Anannya Magazine in every Bengali year since 1401.
The Pain Gap:How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women is a nonfiction book about women's healthcare in the United States,written by Anushay Hossain and published by Simon &Schuster in 2021.
Mohiuddin Maharaj is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Pirojpur-2 constituency. Maharaj,currently serving as the district Awami League Joint General Secretary. He is a former Zilla Parishad chairman of Pirojpur.
