[2] Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani, the commander-in-chief of the Bengali liberation forces, is her great uncle and grew up in the same household as her paternal grandfather, Azadur Rahman Chowdhury, who himself was the postmaster general of the Sylhet district.
[6] She was involved in a wide range of stories for the channel, including the 2013 Ukraine crisis, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building complex in Bangladesh and the Bangladeshi elections.
[7] During this time she has reported from inside Syria, Iraq, South Korea, Jerusalem, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and many European countries.
[4][5] Chowdhury has taken part in current affairs and politics debates at The House of Lords and on live television discussion programmes.
On one occasion, she worked with a leading charity to help build a community centre in a remote part of Cambodia.