Barishal Zilla School

Educational institution for boys in Bangladesh

Barishal Zilla School

বরিশাল জিলা স্কুল

Academic building of BZS

Location

Sadar Road
Barisal

8200

Bangladesh

Coordinates| 22°41′53″N 90°22′08″E﻿ / ﻿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

Barishal Zilla School (Bengali: বরিশাল জিলা স্কুল), popularly known as BZS, is a public educational institution for boys, located in Barisal, in south-central 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

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* 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

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* List of Zilla Schools of Bangladesh

## References

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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 2 August 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 2 August 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 2 August 2025.

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List of zilla schools of Bangladesh

* Barishal Zilla School
* Barguna Zilla School
* Bogra Zilla School
* Comilla Zilla School
* Dinajpur Zilla School
* Faridpur Zilla School
* Jamalpur Zilla School
* Jashore Zilla School
* Kushtia Zilla School
* Khulna Zilla School
* Mymensingh Zilla School
* Naogaon Zilla School
* Noakhali Zilla School
* Pabna Zilla School
* Rangpur Zilla School
* Thakurgaon Zilla School

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