Dr Zaman completed her I.A. and B.A. from
Holy Cross College and M.A in
English Literature from the
University of Dhaka in 1963. She earned a second master's degree from the
American University in Washington, DC, and obtained her PhD from
George Washington University in 1987. Niaz Zaman began her career as an English Lecturer at Dhaka University in 1972. She served as an educational attache at the
Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, DC, from 1981 to 1983. From 2003 until 2006, she was the literary editor of New Age magazine. She founded her publishing house
writers ink in 2005. She translated several books of renowned women fiction writers in English into English. She has developed an exceptional organization "Gaanth". The organization is considered as the platform of women writers of Bengali and English medium. Since 2006, she has served as an adviser at IUB's Department of English. ==Awards==