Born on 15 November 1979 in the district of Gaibandha, Bangladesh, Shahinur Islam completed his BA (Hons) and Masters in English from Jahangirnagar University. He had been a teacher at Dhaka Commerce College, Bangladesh for six years. In 2012, he immigrated to Canada. Shahinur writes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in English and Bengali alike. He…

Sayeda Fatima was born and brought up in Dhaka. Since her childhood, an avid enthusiast Sayeda had received multiple awards in “Notun Kuri”. She also received the highest degree in Nazrul Sangeet from Nazrul Academy in 1993. After receiving her MSS in Economics, she founded her own company where she was a Product Designer. Apart…

Sangeeta Yeasmin was born in March 20, 1970 in the district of Bagerhat, Bangladesh. She obtained her master’s degree in Sociology, Education and Business Administration. She worked about 16 years as a development activist in Bangladesh. She started writing since her childhood. Though she started with poetry but now she turned into critics, reviews, articles…

Dr. Quazi Hassan is an associate professor in the Department of Geomatics Engineering and leads the Earth Observation for Environmental Laboratory in the University of Calgary. He received a PhD from the University of New Brunswick in 2008 and is a registered professional engineer with APEGA. Dr. Hassan is currently serving the editorial board of…

Pamelia Khaled is a doctoral student at the University of Toronto. Her doctoral research aims to explore the curricula of madrassa and secular education systems and the socio-political processes that shape the current Bangladesh secondary education system. She has a keen research interest in multicultural approaches in curricula for Bangladesh and for other multicultural societies,…

Nurul Kabir Syed, a critic, philosopher, theologist, and translator, served the government of Bangladesh as Programmer in Ministry of Defence, Department of Ciphers for seven years. Working as IT operation and Administration in Canadian Companies for last fifteen years, Nurul’s books, published from U.S.A and Bangladesh, includes:  Suhail-E-Yaman, Bayyanah (Illustration),  Al Bab (The Door), Mathnavi of…

Nurul Huda Palash, born in Sirajganj, Bangladesh, did his BSc honors and MSc in Botany from Dhaka University and a PhD in Marine Microbiology from the University of Tokyo. Currently living in Saskatoon, Canada and working as a Research and Development Scientist in an international biotechnology company, Nurul has more than 20 articles in various…

Neamat Imam, born in Chandpur, Bangladesh, in 1971, now lives in Edmonton. His books include Elephant Road (play, 1997), Boidik (novella, 1999), Amaar Rashtro Amaar Nagorik (novella, 2010). His first novel, written in English The Black Coat was published by Penguin Books India in 2013. Periscope imprint of Garnet published it in Britain in 2015 and in Canada in…

Mustafiz Rahman is a poet, novelist, short-story writer. By profession he is an architect-urban planner, educationist and artist. His first published book was a novel named “Nishiddho Jubokera” published in 2001 from the publisher Magnum Opus, Dhaka. The poems of Mustafiz depicts imageries frequently glide into the dreamlike and intangible, captivating astounding leaps to transcend…

Mustafa Chowdhury completed a BA (Honours) and Masters in English Literature at Dhaka University. In Canada, he earned a Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario and an MA in Canadian History from Carleton University. He retired in 2011 and has been involved in a number of organizations doing charity work.  He has written many articles on…