[2][3][4] Her major works include Hangor Nodi Grenade (1976) and Poka Makorer Ghor Boshoti (1996).

[6] Her novels and short stories have been translated into English, Russian, French, Japanese, Korean, Finnish and Malay.

[2] In 1994–95, Hossain won a scholarship from the Ford Foundation for her novel, Sandhya Gayatri.

[8] She served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh and the representative of her government to the executive board of UNESCO.

[8] Hossain's novel Bhumi O Kusum was the first work in Bangla literature to address the enclave issue.