Next Barisal

Next Barisal is a Barisal-based IT services firm founded on October 16, 2009 and officially launched on January 16, 2012. The company positions itself as a local technology hub for the Barisal region, offering website design and development, custom software development, domain registration, web hosting, and CCTV camera sales and installation. It also operates as an IT training center, running both free and paid courses in freelancing, blogging, graphics, and software aimed at developing student skills in the region. The company serves primarily educational and government institutions in southern Bangladesh, with a client portfolio dominated by colleges, madrasas, and bar associations across Barisal, Jessore, and Patuakhali. Its team is small (around 8 people) and led by CEO Md. Al-amin Hossain, who is also known for publishing IT tutorials online. Next Barisal represents the kind of regional IT shop that is common in Bangladeshi divisional cities — broad service portfolio, local clientele, and a training component that doubles as a talent pipeline. For OTB, Next Barisal is a weak fit: it is a small, geographically isolated, services-and-training business rather than a product or engineering-focused software company. Its engineering depth appears limited (web design and basic software), and it has no apparent export-facing or international client work.