After teaching in higher education for over a decade, he served three terms as a member of parliament for constituency Chandpur-4, as a nominee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from 1991 to 2001.

[2] Abdullah was born into a distinguished Muslim family in Chandpur District, now a part of the Chittagong Division.

[citation needed] Abdullah attended Bajapti Ramani Mohan High School where he passed the Matriculation in 1953.

He moved to Dhaka for his higher education and started living there permanently with his two brothers, passing I.Com (Intermediate) at Jagannath College in 1955 and obtaining B.Com.

The BNP also declared him their candidate for 2001 but in a surprise turnabout his nomination was cancelled and S.A. Sultan (thereafter elected as the M.P.)

[5] In 2006, the Awami League-led mega-alliance told the Liberal Democratic Party to run for 29 parliamentary seats.