Akbar Hussain, a freethinker, blogger and writer, was born in 1950 in Brahmanbaria of Bangladesh. He earned his post-graduation degree in history from Dhaka University in 1973. He left Bangladesh in 1981 and since then has hardly visited his homeland but a deep emotional attachment is always there. His books ‘My Lonely Thoughts’ and ‘Aamar…
Nironjan Roy is a banker and anti-money laundering specialist. After completing Honor & Masters in Finance from the Dhaka University, he started his banking career in Bangladesh and obtained Banking Diploma and Law Degree from the National University. He has served as Deputy Director in Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission and visited Thailand, Singapore and…
Syed Zahir Sadeque, currently based in Toronto, is a Sociologist by training and a teacher, researcher and development practitioner by vocation. He was educated at The University of Dhaka and Cornell University, USA. He has also taken short courses with University of Philippines, University of Indiana-Bloomington and United Nations Staff College, Turin, Italy. Zahir or…
Tushar Gayen was born in Barisal of Bangladesh on July 4, 1967. Doing his high school, Tushar went to USSR and earned his master’s degree in Architecture from Ukraine in 1992. He returned to Bangladesh in 1993 and started working as an Architect; simultaneously published his poems and articles in the literary magazines. He immigrated…
Tazul Muhammed, born and brought up in Sylhet of Bangladesh, is a devoted researcher on the liberation war of Bangladesh. A writer of more than four dozen books, Tazul was honoured as the Bangla Academy Award winner in literature on war of independence of Bangladesh in 2016. He was compelled to leave his beloved motherland…
Tasrina Shikha, born in Comilla, Bangladesh, finished her school and college education in her home town. She obtained her Master’s degree from Dhaka University from the department of sociology. After living in Kuwait and Singapore she came to Toronto in 1994. She is involved in writing for a long time in various journals involving women…
Tapan Das has M.Sc. in electronics from University of London and Ph.D. in microwave from University of Bradford. He has 38 years experience in Plessey UK, Nortel Canada and US, Lucent Technologies US and SGNTT Canada starting from Engineer to VP position. He is cofounder of Dastalk Telecom. He has many technical papers published international…
Suhel Ibne Ishak, born in Sylhet of Bangladesh in 1980, is an author, columnist and a poet. An MBA on Finance and Banking, Suhel immigrated to Toronto with his family in 2014. Involved in different literary and social activities, Suhel has a very happy family with wife Mahbuba Ahmed, son Sahel Ahmed Rifat and Princess…
Shuja Rasheed, born in Khulna, Bangladesh, was a meritorious student of Jhenaidah Cadet College, and Applied Physics, Dhaka University. He went to the USA for higher studies and now lives in Canada with his family. His books include: Jujube (2003), Sporsho (2003), Ei Jatra (2004), Shuvro Borshon (2004), Sukhe Dukhe Canada (2005), Damama (2006), Vul Korechi Valobase (2007), Zadukorer Tandoblila (2009), Lukochuri (2009), Mohonay…
Sheikh Jalil, now a cultural activist in Edmonton, was grown up in a cultural family, and has been involved in literature and music since his childhood. During his study in Mymensingh Medical College, Bangladesh in the 1980s, he was involved in many literary and cultural activities. From that time he started contributing to different newspapers….