After the completion of one year in prison, she quoted from Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace: "Don't grieve dearie/trouble lasts an hour/but life lasts forever."

Matia Chowdhury was usually seen donning a cotton saree and avoided luxurious attire.

She breathed her last at 12:37pm at Evercare Hospital where she was undergoing treatment

Awami League Presidium Member and former minister Matia Chowdhury has been elected the deputy leader of the House.

The government has undertaken a Tk 117 crore rehabilitation programme to assist 6.30 lakh flood affected people in the country, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury says.

Parliament passes Public Private Partnership Bill 2015 to draw foreign and private investments in service-oriented sectors.

Rats damaged food grains including paddy, rice and wheat worth over Tk 723 crore during the 2014-15 fiscal, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury tells parliament.

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury sharply criticizes finance minister AMA Muhith for proposing to cut the interest rate on all saving certificates in the proposed budget for 2015-16 fiscal.

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury announces a Tk 30.10 crore cash incentive to farmers during this Aus season.

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury says foreign powers are behind the BNP-Jamaat's ongoing hartals, blockade and violence,