Barishal Zilla School

Barishal Zilla School (বরিশাল জিলা স্কুল), popularly known as BZS, is a public educational institution for boys, located in Barisal, Bangladesh. It was the first high school established in Barisal Division. Founded as Barisal English School on 23 December 1829 by W. N. Garrett, it began with 27 students. In 1853, the school was renamed Barisal Zilla School.

Notable alumni

 * A. K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1937–1943)
 * Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan, Bengali nationalist and former minister of United Bengal
 * Abdul Jabbar Khan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1965–1969)
 * Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh (1991–1996)
 * Altaf Mahmud, music composer
 * Sardar Fazlul Karim, philosopher
 * Buddhadeb Guha, writer
 * Golam Mustafa, Ekushey Padak and National Film Award winning actor
 * Manzoor Alam Beg, father of the fine art photography movement in Bangladesh, Alokchitracharya (the great teacher of photography), Ekushey Padak awardee
 * Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, former chief of Army staff of Bangladesh
 * Tapan Raychaudhuri, historian, Padma Bhushan awardee
 * Promode Dasgupta, communist leader
 * Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikrom
 * Hafizuddin Ahmed, Bir Bikrom
 * Siraj Sikder, communist revolutionist