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| Barishal Zilla School বরিশাল জিলা স্কুল | |
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.jpg) Academic building of BZS | |
| Location | |
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Sadar Road Barisal 8200 | |
| Coordinates | 22°41′53″N 90°22′08″E / 22.698°N 90.369°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | পড় তোমার প্রভুর নামে (Read in the name of the Lord) |
| Established | 23 December 1829 |
| School board | Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Barisal |
| Headmaster | Anita Rani Halder |
| Faculty | 54 |
| Gender | Male |
| Enrollment | 2500+ |
| Classes | III–X |
| Language | Bengali, English |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | |
| Yearbook | সবুজ পাতা (Sobuj Pata) |
| Special project | Connecting classrooms under British Council |
| Website | bzsb |
Barishal Zilla School (Bengali: বরিশাল জিলা স্কুল), popularly known as BZS, is a public educational institution for boys, located in Barisal, Bangladesh. It was the first high school established in Barisal Division.[1] Founded as Barisal English School on 23 December 1829 by W. N. Garrett, it began with 27 students. In 1853, the school was renamed Barisal Zilla School.[2]
Notable alumni
[edit] | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (December 2019) |
- A. K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1937–1943)[3]
- Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan, Bengali nationalist and former minister of United Bengal
- Abdul Jabbar Khan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1965–1969)[4]
- Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh (1991–1996)
- Altaf Mahmud, music composer[5]
- Sardar Fazlul Karim, philosopher[6]
- Buddhadeb Guha, writer
- Golam Mustafa, Ekushey Padak and National Film Award winning actor
- Manzoor Alam Beg, father of the fine art photography movement in Bangladesh, Alokchitracharya (the great teacher of photography), Ekushey Padak awardee
- Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, former chief of Army staff of Bangladesh
- Tapan Raychaudhuri, historian, Padma Bhushan awardee
- Promode Dasgupta, communist leader
- Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikrom
- Hafizuddin Ahmed, Bir Bikrom
- Siraj Sikder, communist revolutionist[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Barisal Zilla School". Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education, Barisal.
- ^ Rashid, Md. Habibur (1981). Bangladesh District Gazetteers: Bakerganj (PDF). Dhaka: Bangladesh Government Press. p. 226. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (1997). Iqbal, Shahryar (ed.). Sheikh Mujib in Parliament (1955-58). Dhaka: Agamee Prakashani. p. 402. ISBN 984-401-385-2.
- ^ Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Khan, Justice Abdul Jabbar". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Mahmud, Shaheed Altaf". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ Hossain, Selina; Islam, Nurul; Hossain, Mobarak, eds. (2000). Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers. Dhaka: Bangla Academy. p. 159. ISBN 984-07-4052-0.
- ^ Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Sikder, Siraj". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 19 December 2024.