Manzu Man Ara, a poet, writer, reciter and academic from Bangladesh, obtained her Masters of Education degree from Monash University, Australia. Manzu’s first book of poetry ‘Onuvobe Onuvuti’ was published in 2016. Her poems were also included in ‘71 poems of Bangladesh (translated in both English and Hindi)’, ‘Shahityo Potrica: Tushar Dhara’, ‘Bangladesher Kobita’, ‘BLRC Shahityo…
Mamunur Rashid, a singer and organiser, was born on November 22, 1954 at Chandpur of Bangladesh. Receiving his schooling in his own town, Mamun completed his Honours and Master’s degrees in Public Administration from Dhaka University. Afterwards he served in offices in England, India and Singapore. Since 1997 Mamun has been living in Toronto with…
Mahmuda Nasrin studied and taught English Language and literature at the Universities of Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia. She started writing in magazines and newspapers including the Prothom Alo, Ittefaque, Jonokontho since her university life in Bengali and English. Her first Bengali book Canada-Bangladesh Diaspora Life has been published in 2024. She is a regular writer…
Latiful Kabir, P.Eng., is a Bangladeshi-Canadian writer, mainly writing fictions in Bangla. His specialty on applying magic realism in short stories and in novels distinguishes him from others. Graduated as Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from Ryerson University, Toronto in 2011, he moved to Calgary in 2012 and has been working with an…
Jasim Mallik, born in 1962 in Barisal, Bangladesh, received his post graduate degree from the University of Dhaka. A novelist and short story writer Jasim has 35-year experience in journalism. He has portrayed the truths and realities of life. His spontaneous, structured and emotional writing and choice of subject matter has always been eye catching….
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…