Born in Khulna, Bangladesh, Habiba Akter completed her early education in the same city. She obtained her Undergraduate degree from the Department of English, Dhaka University in 2008. Later on, she returned to Khulna and successfully completed M. A. in English Language from Khulna University being the highest CGPA holder of the particular session (2011-2012).

Currently, she has been working as one of the Faculty Members at Notre Dame University Bangladesh since October, 2014. She is one the first band of faculty members of NUDUB. Previously, she was a faculty at the English Department of Northern University Bangladesh.
She has involved herself in extensive and quantitative research on Pragmatics, and Socio-cultural Aspects of English Language.