[2] Ahmed was born on 1 January 1931 at Islampur in Old Dhaka in the-then Bengal Presidency in British India into a Mirza family.

[5] Ahmed served as the secretary of Ministry of Youth and Sports and the director general of Bangladesh Television.

[5] He served as guest lecturer in Georgetown University, and other academies in Brazil, China, France, Germany, The Netherlands, India, Japan, Malaysia and Russia.

[7] Ahmed's plays was translated into French, German, Italian, Urdu and Punjabi and were staged by different troupes in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and United States.

[5] He created "Bishwa Natok", a program in Bangladesh Television, where he introduced and directed plays of international fame.