Tasmima Hossain


Tasmima Hossain is a Jatiya Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Pirojpur-2 constituency.

Early life

Hossain was born in 1951 in Dhaka, East Bengal, 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. He was a founding member of Breaking the Silence, a non profit, ans 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. She has four children, with her second daughter, Tareen Hossain, being the founder of Ittefaqs online version, clickittefaq. Hossain's youngest daughter, Anushay Hossain, is a journalist and political analyst based in the United States.