Career

Media And Mass Communication Participation
  • Published poems, short stories and articles in English daily newspapers in Bangladesh and Canada.
  • Regular Contribution and Executive Editor in "Deshe Bideshe" –The weekly Bengali newspaper published from Toronto, Canada.
  • Regular television host and Guest star in Canada and Bangladeshi television programming.
  • Weekly on-air host of "world music" Bangladesh.
  • Guest Speaker: Radio Show (July 1994) in Toronto to discuss social conditions and women writers of Bangladesh, including affairs regarding Taslima Nasreen.
  • Popular Master of Ceremonies (MC) and renowned reciter / orator and Seminar speaker in national shows and conventions held all over North America by various social and cultural organizations such as:
    • Bongo Shommelon NABC (Toronto,2013).
    • Bongo Shommelon NABC (Toronto,2008).
    • Bangladesh Convention (Montreal, 2006) FOBANA (Federation of Bangladesh Associations of North America).
    • 18th Bongo Shommelon NABC (Toronto 1998).
    • Bangladesh Convention (New Jersey 1996) FOBANA.
    • Executive Editor, "Deshe Bideshe" Weekly Bengali newspaper from Toronto (1996).
    • Bangladesh Convention (Montreal 1995) FOBANA.
    • Bangladesh Convention FOBANA (Toronto 1993).
    • 12th Bongo Shommelon NABC (Toronto 1992).
  • Volunteer Experience
  • Co-chairperson, 28th North American Bengali Convention, Toronto, Canada, 2008.
  • Liaisons, Bangladeshi Associations.
  • Worked with Women's Shelters in Toronto; battered women in Dhaka, Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture in Toronto (CCVT).
  • Bengali Studies Program in University of Toronto as Advisory Committee Member for the 'Dipty Chakravarty' Bursary.
  • Community Liaison Member 'Friends of Bengali Studies', University of Toronto.
  • Member, Advisory Board: Bangla Mela, Betar Bani, Canada, Dhaka University FORUM Alumni Association, Deshi TV Toronto and Bengali Cultural Society.
  • Past Introduction
  • Recitation:
    • First position in Inter-School English Recitation Competition, 1970.
    • First position in Inter-School English Extempore Speech, 1969.
  • Debate:
    • First position in Inter-University English Debate Competition, 1978.
    • Second position in National Television Bengali Debate Competition1976 and 1977.
  • Badminton:
    • Singles Champion in Bangladesh National Badminton Competition 1975, 1976, 1977 & 1978.
  • Radio:
    • Radio conductor of World Music, 1972-1981.
  • Television:
    • Presenter and Conductor of popular shows like Shikhangan, Nobo Kollol, Barnali, Jubo Mela, Pran Taranga etc. 1972-1981.
    • Received the annual award for being the "Most Well Rounded High Achieving Student of the Year"1976, Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Cultural Shows:
    • Conductor and Presenter of various cultural delegation and troupes from China, Korea, Burma, Malaysia etc. at the National Shilpa Kala Academy and Bongo Bhaban, until 1981.
  • Foreign Representation
  • Bangladeshi Representative of "PEN" International.
  • Bangladeshi Representative in Mexico PEN Convention of November 2003.
  • Represented the University of Dhaka and joined the Late President Ziaur Rahman in his North Korean tour (1978).
  • Represented Bangladesh in the Asian Badminton Tournament held at Hyderabad, India in October 1976.
  • Represented Sputnik International in the Indian International Philatelic Exhibition held in New Delhi (Nov. 1973).
  • Represented Canada in the German Bangladesh Convention held in Frankfurt, 2002 as poet and seminar speaker.
  • Represented PEN Bangladesh in the annual PEN CONFERNCE in Mexico & Quebec.