Barishal Zilla School

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]

Barishal Zilla School বরিশাল জিলা স্কুল
Academic building of BZS
Location
Sadar Road Barisal 8200 Bangladesh
Coordinates	22.698°N 90.369°E / 22.698; 90.369
Information
Type	Public
Motto	পড় তোমার প্রভুর নামে (Read in the name of the Lord)
Established	23 December 1829; 195 years ago (1829-12-23)
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.edu.bd

Notable alumni

• 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

• List of Zilla Schools of Bangladesh

References

1. "Barisal Zilla School". Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education, Barisal.
2. 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.
3. Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (1997). Iqbal, Shahryar (ed.). Sheikh Mujib in Parliament (1955-58). Dhaka: Agamee Prakashani. p. 402. ISBN 984-401-385-2.
4. 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 February 2025.
5. 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 February 2025.
6. Hossain, Selina; Islam, Nurul; Hossain, Mobarak, eds. (2000). Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers. Dhaka: Bangla Academy. p. 159. ISBN 984-07-4052-0.
7. 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 February 2025.