After the war he served as the first and only director general of the paramilitary force Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini.

He graduated from Sunamganj High School and Sylhet Murari Chand College.

He graduated from the University of Dhaka in 1959 and afterward joined the Pakistan Military Academy.

[6] After the assassination, he was placed under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and performed diplomatic responsibilities in Australia, Philippines, Senegal, Canada and Sweden.

Dhaka City Corporation renamed a road Bir Uttam ANM Nuruzzaman Sarak after him.