Chowdhury and
Abdul Matin Chaudhury together established Minar Printing and Publishing Limited on 14 July 1932 which published the weekly newspaper
Jugabheri. Before that, he worked as an Extra Assistant Commissioner in Sylhet. Chowdhury was a tea planter and owned Sirajnagar tea garden. He also owned Hamdard Tea Company Limited and Dilkusha tea estate. Chowdhury served in the Central Legislative Assembly of India in the 1940s as an independent politician from the Muslim block of Assam. == Personal life ==