[1][2] Ahmed was appointed additional Judge of the High Court Division near the end of the Awami League government term in 2001.
[3] Despite the recommendation of the chief justice, Ahmed and other judges appointed by the Awami League government were not made permanent judges of the High Court Division by the newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party breaking tradition.
[3] In February 2010, Ahmed and Justice Naima Haider ordered a halt to the eviction drive in Shahidertek slum in Sher-e Bangla Nagar following a petition by Ain O Salish Kendra and four residents.
[4] Ahmed was reappointed chairperson of the Bangladesh Press Council for a two-year term in August 2017.
[8] He and the Press Council visited the shrine of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in August 2020.