Tasmima Hossain Explained

Tasmima Hossain
Office:Member of Parliament
Constituency:Pirojpur-2
Term Start:September 1996
Term End:13 July 2001
Predecessor:Anwar Hossain Manju
Successor:Anwar Hossain Manju
Birth Date: December df=y
Birth Place:Dhaka, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Spouse:Anwar Hossain Manju
Party:Jatiya Party (Manju)

Tasmima Hossain (Bengali: তাসমিমা হোসেন; born 1951) is a Jatiya Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Pirojpur-2 constituency. She is the editor of The Daily Ittefaq[1] and Anannya.

Early life

Hossain was born in 1951 in Dhaka, East Bengal, Pakistan.[2] She is originally from Gendaria.

Career

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.

Personal life

Hossain is married to Anwar Hossain Manju, the publisher 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Women must speak up . 15 July 2023 . . 17 March 2023 . en.
  2. News: Tasmima Hossain becomes Daily Ittefaq editor . 5 January 2019 . The Daily Ittefaq . 4 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190105145322/https://www.clickittefaq.com/tasmima-hossain-becomes-daily-ittefaq-editor/ . 5 January 2019.
  3. News: Manju sacked as Ittefaq publisher . 5 January 2019 . bdnews24.com . 16 October 2007.
  4. News: Kabir . Jackie . Anushay Hossain's 'The Pain Gap': Labour pains worsened by faulty healthcare . 15 July 2023 . . 2 June 2022 . en.