Trishal is a small town in the

Mymensingh District Mymensingh District () is a district in Mymensingh Division Bangladesh, and is bordered in the north by Meghalaya, India and the Garo Hills, in the south by Gazipur District, in the east by the districts of Netrokona and Kishoreganj and in ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. The town has a population of 34,747 and nine wards. The town is 15.48 square KM. The famous

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poet

Kazi Nazrul Islam Kazi Nazrul Islam (24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a Bengalis, Bengali poet, short story writer, journalist, lyricist and musician. He is the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul produced a List of works by Kazi Nazrul Islam, large body of ...

attended school there and it is home to

Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University () is a government-financed public university of Bangladesh. It is located at Namapara-Battala, Trishal Upazila, Trishal which is a suburb of Mymensingh, some 22 kilometres from Mymensingh urban center. ...

History

Trishal was established in 1998. In January 2016, Mayor ABM Anisuzzaman was sued for murder of an activist of the Jubo League. In December 2023, ''The Daily Star'' reported the municipality was dumping household waste on the banks of Sutia River.

References

Towns in Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-geo-stub