[2] An active member of the business community, Bhuiyan sat on the boards of the Chittagong Stock Exchange, the International Chamber of Commerce and the Bangladesh Employers' Federation.
He was the president of the Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) of Bangladesh from 1999 to 2003.
[2] In November 2007, he joined the board of Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI) Limited.
[3] On 25 February 2008, he was appointed to the newly formed board of directors of Bangladesh Biman by the Caretaker government.
[5] In 2007, Bhuiyan was appointed an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)[6] for his achievements and services towards strengthening UK-Bangladesh business relations.