Tasmima Hossain

Tasmima Hossain
Tasmima Hossain in 2022
Member of Parliament
In office
September 1996 – 13 July 2001
Preceded byAnwar Hossain Manju
Succeeded byAnwar Hossain Manju
ConstituencyPirojpur-2
Personal details
Born (1951-01-12) 12 January 1951 (age 75)
Dhaka, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
PartyJatiya Party (Manju)
SpouseAnwar Hossain Manju
RelativesMainul Hosein (brother-in-law)
Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah (father-in-law)

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 and Anannya.

Early life

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.

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, and son of Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah, the founding editor of The Daily Ittefaq. 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.

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ "Women must speak up". The Daily Star. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Manju sacked as Ittefaq publisher". bdnews24.com. 16 October 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Kabir, Jackie (2 June 2022). "Anushay Hossain's 'The Pain Gap': Labour pains worsened by faulty healthcare". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 July 2023.