[4] Alam was born in 1960 into a distinguished Muslim family at the historic Kazla Munshibari Estate in Tarail Upazila of Kishoreganj District.

After an early medical career, he joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in the Police department, where he served in various capacities, including missions with the United Nations in New York, the former Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan.

From 2009 to 2013, he worked as a police liaison officer in the United Nations Peacekeeping Division at its headquarters.

In 2015, he served as a Senior Police Advisor for the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Afghanistan.

[14][15] On 20 November 2024, Alam was made the 31th Inspector General of Police on a contractual two year appointment.