Faridpur

Engineer Khandker Mosarraf Hossain assumed the responsibility of Minister for Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare & Overseas Employment to the present Government on 7 January 2009. Besides, he was also given the portfolio of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. He was elected a lawmaker from Faridpur-3 constituency in December 29 Jatiya Sangsad elections.

Qazi Anwar Husain is an author, publisher and translator from Bangladesh. He has used pen-names like Bidyut Mitra. He is the first Bengali author who took up writing books as a means of earning livelihood, in a country with a very low literacy rate and very low per capita income.

Qazi Motahar Hossain (Bengali: কাজী মোতাহার হোসেন) is a famous Bangladeshi author, scientist, statistician and journalist. He is also renowned for his unique style of literature. He had intimate friendship with poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, Kazi Abdul Odud and many other eminent figures. He is well known as a chess genius.

Jasimuddin, poet and litterateur, was born on 1 January 1903 in his maternal uncle's home at Tambulkhana in faridpur, son of Ansaruddin Mollah, a schoolteacher from Govindapur, also in Faridpur. Jasimuddin studied for some time at Faridpur Welfare School. He then went to Faridpur District School, from where he matriculated in 1921. He completed IA from Rajendra College in 1924, and BA and MA in Bangla from the University of Calcutta in 1929 and 1931 respectively.

Salma Rosey is an acclaimed Actress and Model. She is based in Texas, U.S.A. but she also starrs in Bangladesh.
Born in Faridpur ( Bangladesh ) and Emigrated to the United States, Rosey is an outstanding Achiever. The first Bangla Speaking American to gain recognition as an Ethnic Model in the United States.