In 2010, Ahmed was posthumously promoted to the rank of brigadier general and awarded the Bir Uttom, Bangladesh's second highest military honour.

He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1959 and was posted to the 19th signals battalion and eventually served as adjutant in 1963.

Later in the same year, he went to United States to complete his Radio Communication course from Signal School at Fort Monmouth.

In July 1975, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier and appointed as the Director General of DGFI but declined the post because of absence by Brigadier Abdur Rauf (then DG of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence).

In 1975, The then president, Mujibur Rahman called him for aid when his house was attacked by mutineers.

[3] In 2010, Ahmed was posthumously promoted to brigadier general and awarded the Bir Uttam, Bangladesh's second highest military decoration.

[1][2] He married late Anjuman Ara Jamil, former Member of Parliament for Kushtia, Meherpur and Chuadanga in 1955.