On Women’s Day, first transgender news anchor makes debut in Bangladesh

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<strong>Tasnuva Anan Shishir became Bangladesh's first transgender news anchor, as she presented the news on a private television channel on the occasion of International Women's Day on Monday.</strong></p>
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Shishir has recently earned her scholarships in two categories to pursue higher studies in the Master of Public Health (MPH) programme at the James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), from a country's private university along with Ho Chi Minh Islam, another iconic transgender woman in the country.</p>
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Tasnuva said, "It is a great achievement to me as I succeded in breaking the gender discrimination in the year of the golden jubilee of independence."</p>
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The channel has also appointed another transgender woman in the entertainment department, who had started playing her role in a TV serial named 'Chapabaz'.</p>
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<em>(IANS)</em></p>
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