Chowdhury was a faculty member at the department of sociology of the University of Dhaka. She was also a part time professor of
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and a dean of
People's University of Bangladesh. Chowdhury was elected to the parliament from a reserved seat as a Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate in February 2019. She was a vice chairman of the Jatiya Party central committee. Chowdhury was a women entrepreneur and wrote a total of 74 books on art, social science, politics and women entrepreneurship. == Personal life ==