[2] Quddus was an accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case along with future President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
[1] Quddus was accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case along with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1968.
[4] During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was tasked with taking over the bureaucracy of East Pakistan.
[4] He chaired the first cabinet meeting of Bangladesh on 23 December.
[4][11] After Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned to Bangladesh, Quddus was appointed Principal Secretary of the Prime Ministers' Office and the post of secretary general of the Cabinet of Bangladesh was abolished.