[citation needed] He won Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1973 and Ekushey Padak in 1996 by the Government of Bangladesh.
[7][8] In 1972, Khan published his first collection of short stories, Onischito Lokaloy (Uncertain Human Habitation).
[citation needed] The following year he received the Bangla Academy Literary Award for his short stories.
[9] He produced further volumes: Ontohin Jatra (The Eternal Journey), Bhalo Monder Taka (Money for Good and Evil), and in 1983, Apel Songbad (News of the Apple).
In the early 1980s he published his debut novel, Omol Dhobol Chakri (Milk-White Service).