Author, lawyer and social justice advocate, Silmy Abdullah’s debut collection of short stories, Home of The Floating Lily, an intimate portrait of Bangladeshi Canadian immigrants, is about the meaning of home. “I have multiple homes and no home at all at the same time!” she tells NCM’s Baisakhi Roy.
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Bengali intellectuals in Canada call for more efforts to keep the Bengali youth interested in their native language and literary heritage.
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Despite COVID-19 regulations interrupting marriage plans for many couples, some have been finding their partners and holding their wedding ceremonies online.
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Toronto neighbourhood labelled as a haven for Bangladeshi-Canadian money launderers as South Asian nation pushes again for the extradition of an alleged assassin.
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Ruhina Taskin moved to Toronto from Bangladesh during the coronavirus pandemic and writes about the challenges of starting a new life in Canada when the world is in limbo.
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As Toronto evolves into the world’s most multicultural city, so does its colourful communities, rising as a collective force to overcome challenges. This time, it’s the women who are initiating change. Meet a few dynamic…
View More Changing Ontario: South Asian Women Step Up to Empower the CommunitySometimes, small things point to large changes. During my short visit last week to Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, I had the opportunity to sit down with one of that country’s leading political scientists to…
View More In Bangladesh, a Small Change Could Point to More ExtremismFive days after the bodies of Golam Rabbi, 59, and Shamima Rabbi, 57, were discovered at their home in San Jose, California, about three hundred friends and relatives gathered at the Five Pillars cemetery in…
View More How Well Do We Know Our Kids?Canadian retailers and governments appear to have learned some lessons following the tragic Rana Plaza Factory collapse in April 2013, but much more is needed to protect the health and safety of garment workers overseas,…
View More Canadian Brands Importing from Bangladesh Must be Socially ResponsibleKicked out of the house where they held jamming sessions because neighbours complained of too much noise. No place to practise. No car to carry the modest number of instruments they had. But none of…
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