Tasmima Hossain
Tasmima Hossain | |
|---|---|
 Tasmima Hossain in 2022 | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office September 1996 – 13 July 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Anwar Hossain Manju |
| Succeeded by | Anwar Hossain Manju |
| Constituency | Pirojpur-2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1951 |
| Party | Jatiya Party (Manju) |
| Spouse | Anwar Hossain Manju |
| Relatives | Mainul Hosein (brother-in-law) Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah (father-in-law) |
Tasmima Hossain (Bengali: তাসমিমা হোসেন; born 1951)[1] is a Jatiya Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Pirojpur-2 constituency. She is the editor of The Daily Ittefaq[2] and Anannya.
Early life
[edit]Hossain was born in 1951 to a Bengali family in Dacca, East Bengal, then part of the Dominion of Pakistan. She is originally from Gendaria.[1]
Career
[edit]Hossain was elected to parliament in 1996 from Pirojpur-2 as a Jatiya Party candidate. In 1988, she was made the editor of Anannya magazine. She was a founding member of Breaking the Silence, a non profit, and its chairperson for a number of years. In 2014, she became the deputy editor of The Daily Ittefaq. On 4 July 2018, she was made the editor of The Daily Ittefaq.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Hossain is married to Anwar Hossain Manju, the publisher of The Daily Ittefaq, and son of Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah, the founding editor of The Daily Ittefaq.[3] Hossain's youngest daughter, Anushay Hossain, is a journalist and former political analyst based in the United States, who in her nonfiction book The Pain Gap, wrote about the influence of her mother during her childhood.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Tasmima Hossain becomes Daily Ittefaq editor". The Daily Ittefaq. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ↑ "Women must speak up". The Daily Star. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ↑ "Manju sacked as Ittefaq publisher". bdnews24.com. 16 October 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ↑ Kabir, Jackie (2 June 2022). "Anushay Hossain's 'The Pain Gap': Labour pains worsened by faulty healthcare". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- Living people
- 1951 births
- Jatiya Party (Ershad) politicians
- 7th Jatiya Sangsad members
- 20th-century Bangladeshi women politicians
- 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians
- Bangladeshi newspaper editors
- 21st-century Bangladeshi women journalists
- 21st-century Bangladeshi journalists
- People from Dhaka
- People from Bhandaria
- Politicians from Pirojpur District
- Writers from Pirojpur District
- Jatiya Party politician stubs