established in 2008. In healthcare, Pabna Community Clinic, a division of Dhaka Community Clinic, established and led by Prof. Dr. Quazi Qumruzzaman, has made a great contribution in development and mitigation of arsenicosis. The nine upazilas under Pabna District holds an upazila health complex each. Government doctors get appointment through Bangladesh Civil Service commission. A 250-bed government-owned general hospital is at Shaalgaariya and a 450-bed mental hospital is at Hemayetpur. Recently the government-owned Pabna Medical College has been set up near the mental hospital, Pabna premise. Culture There is a mosque at Chatmohar Upzilla named Shahi Mosque which built by Masum Khan kabuli at 15th century. A Mughal-era mosque 'Varara Moshjid' () is some 10 km southeast of the town.There is a rumour that the mosque built in one night. The remains of Hindu temple Jor Bangla (recently renovated) is in Jor Baangla Paara of the town. Jagannath Temple at Chatmohar Upazila is considered one of the most beautiful Hindu temples in northern Bangladesh. Rassundari Devi, a Bengali writer who is identified as the author of first full-fledged autobiography in modern Bengali literature, was born in Pabna in 1809 or 1810. Notable residents Air Vice Marshal (Rtd.) A. K. Khandker, first Chief of Staff of Bangladesh Air Force (1971–1975), Former Minister, Ministry Planning of People's Republic of Bangladesh Mirza Abdul Halim, State Minister, Ministry of Shipping Mirza Abdul Awal Founded Chairman Pabna District BNP Zia Haider, Writer Amulya Kumar Saha (1913- ), orthopedic surgeon and past president of Indian Orthopedic Association was born in Pabna Amiya Bhushan Majumdar, Indian novelist Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu, jurist and politician, President-elect of Bangladesh Amjad Hossain, MNA (Member of National Assembly of Pakistan), organiser of Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. Bonde Ali Miah, poet Group Captain (Rtd.) Saiful Azam, former pilot, a war hero of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War and 1967 Arab-Israeli War (Six-Day War) General Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri OBE, former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. Pramatha Chaudhuri, writer Samson H. Chowdhury, businessman, former chairman of Square Group Thakur Anukulchandra, guru, physician and founder of Satsang Ashram Mohammed Fazle Rabbee, cardiologist, intellectual, murdered in the intellectual killing during the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh by Pakistani army and its local collaborators, the Jamaat-affiliate A. B. Mirza Azizul Islam Pramatha Chaudhuri, Writer Daud Haider, Poet Rashid Haider, Writer Abu Hena Mustafa kamal References External links Pabna city website Dainik Ichhamoti Onabil Songbad News Pabna