Anwar Zahid (12 June 1938 – 31 August 2008) was a politician from Jhenaidah district in Bangladesh, journalist, writer, member of parliament for Jhenaidah-2 constituency and minister of information, relief and labor and manpower.
[1] Zahid was born on 12 June 1938 in the village of Narikel Baria in Ghorashal Union of Jhenaidah.
He passed the entrance examination from Jhenaidah Model High School in 1956.
[2] Anwar Zahid was elected general secretary of Sahitya Majlis in 1955.
[2][1] In 1978, under the leadership of former President Ziaur Rahman, he played a role in forming the Nationalist Front and making a manifesto.
[2] He and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury formed the NDP in 1989 and the BNDP in 1991 and served as party chairman.