'''Trishal''' is a small [[town]] in the [[Mymensingh District]] of [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Trishal Upazila - Banglapedia |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Trishal_Upazila |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=en.banglapedia.orgBanglapedia |language=en}}</ref> The town has a population of 34,747 and nine wards.<ref name=":0" /> The town is 15.48 square KM.<ref name=":0" /> The famous [[Bengali people|Bengali]] poet [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] attended school there and it is home to [[Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University]].<ref>{{Cite webnews |date=2015-09-11 |title=Sorry tale of road to Nazrul university in Trishal |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/sorry-tale-road-nazrul-university-trishal-141418 |access-date=2024-06-16 |websitework=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
== History ==
Trishal was established in 1998.<ref>{{Cite webnews |date=2023-12-27 |title=Save Sutia river from rampant pollution |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/editorial/news/save-sutia-river-rampant-pollution-3504246 |access-date=2024-06-16 |websitework=The Daily Star |type=Opinion |language=en}}</ref>
In January 2016, Mayor ABM Anisuzzaman was sued for murder of an activist of the Jubo League.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Correspondent |first=Our |last2=Mymensinghnews |date=2016-01-04 |title=Mayor-elect, 14 others sued in Trishal |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/mayor-elect-14-others-sued-trishal-196720 |access-date=2024-06-16 |websitework=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
In December 2023, ''The Daily Star'' reported the municipality was dumping household waste on the banks of Sutia River.<ref>{{Cite webnews |date=2023-12-26 |title=Trishal Municipality: Waste dumping pollutes Sutia river |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/environment/pollution/water-pollution/news/trishal-municipality-waste-dumping-pollutes-sutia-river-3503141 |access-date=2024-06-16 |websitework=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
