Jalal Kobir passed hard times after finishing his college life in Sylhet to see the agitating political scenario of Bangladesh. Becoming speechless at the brutal assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Father of the Bangladesh nation, Jalal left his motherland with hatred, tears, and wounds in heart. Till then, travelling and experimenting with his luck…

Jahanara Bula, born in 1963, in Narayanganj of Bangladesh, completed her Honours and Master’s Degree in Bengali literature from the University of Dhaka. Bula worked at different status and only in 2012 she started writing. Now a regular contributor to different Dhaka newspapers and Toronto community newspapers and online portals, Bula has published five books…

Helal Mohiuddin, born on 3rd March 1968 in Noakhali, Bangladesh, is an educator and researcher by profession. He has served six universities in Bangladesh and Canada, and authored five academic books and many research essays. He published rhymes, poems and short stories, and edited a little magazine titled “Nirjhor” in the Eighties. Despite a long…

Hasib Mohammed Abdul alias Abdul Hasib, born in Sylhet of Bangladesh, is a prolific writer now living in Longueuil of Quebec. He started writing after his arrival in Canada in 1987. Among his twelve books, three are anthology of poems, four are rhyme books and two are short stories. He has also authored a memoir…

Ferdous Nahar is a committed poet of Bengali literature now living in Toronto. Born and brought up in Dhaka, and a post graduate from the University of Dhaka, Ferdous has treaded on every mosaic path of literature and created prose, stories, translation, lyrics and poetry in her own unique style, but to herself, poetry is…

Fayzul Haque, CCP  was born in Sylhet in 1967.  Since youth, he was involved in publishing, literacy activities, community development, column writing etc.  His first short story book ‘Obola’ was published in 1989. Since 1992 he has been writing in community news media across North America. He served as an Editor-in-Chief position of AAJKAL weekly…

Farida Rahman, a lifetime member of the Bangla Academy, Dhaka, started publishing her poems and stories in the sixties of the last century. An activist Farida’s first book of poems “Kathan” was published in 1984 which was followed by a collection of stories “Swarup” in 1986. She received the first recognition for her writing from…

Farid Ahmed graduated from the University of Dhaka and joined at BAU, Mymensing, Bangladesh as a Faculty. He finished his MBA from Wayne State University Michigan. He is presently a Federal employee, working for the Canada Revenue Agency. Farid writes for many dailies and weeklies of Dhaka and Toronto. His first book “In search of life…

Born in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh in 1966, Badal completed PhD, Masters and Bachelor from University of Dhaka and MPhil from National University, Bangladesh. Currently he is perusing advanced marketing studies in Digital Marketing from, UofT, Canada. Besides University Teaching & Consultancy, Badalhaspublished more than 20 research articles in different International Journals, more than 100 creative articles…

Asoke Chakravarty, a poet, writer, painter, musician and humanist, has been living in Canada for over forty years. A Mechanical Engineer with an MBA, Asoke has fourteen books of poems, stage play, rhyme, articles and other works to his credit. His works are published regularly in most prestigious magazines in Kolkata. His poetry has been…