বাংলা 
English 
The land of Kushtia, famed as a cultural capital washed by the Padma and Garai rivers, is blessed with the footsteps of learned figures such as world poet Rabindranath Tagore, Baul emperor Fakir Lalon Shah, Gagan Harkara, Mir Mosharraf Hossain, author of the timeless historical novel Bishad Shindhu, poet Azizur Rahman, revolutionary Bagha Jatin, Kangal Harinath Majumdar, and Kazi Miajan, a pioneer of the Wahhabi movement.
Vocalists of the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra (Free Bengal Radio Station) such as Abdul Jabbar, Anwar Uddin Khan, Ustad Abdul Motaleb, the late lyricist Masud Karim, Ustad Robi Ray, Ustad Ibrahim Hossain, Ustad Abdul Kader, Nargis Parveen, Farida Parveen, vocalists Chandana Majumdar, Khalid Hossain, Timir Nandy, Sufia Manowar, Milton Khondokar, Ratan Khondokar and S I Tutul, along with many other renowned artistes, have been able to add a new dimension to Bangladesh's cultural arena.
Besides, the contribution of the Baul artistes the late Mokshed Ali Sai, Mohin Shah, Khoda Bakhsh Shah and Abdul Karim Shah towards popularising the music of Baul emperor Fakir Lalon Shah is immense. Talented artistes such as film actress Sujata, Raju Ahmed, Ahmed Sharif, Afroza Banu, Salahuddin Lovelu, Monoj Sen Gupta, Azam Shantanu, Masum Reza, Ferdous Hasan and Bonna Mirza were born on the hallowed soil of Kushtia.
The District Shilpakala Academy, the Children's Academy and various cultural organisations, sacred places of pilgrimage for Kushtia's artiste families, are working tirelessly to keep the art, literature and culture of Kushtia moving forward.
