[3] After Awami League came to power in 2009, Ahmed was promoted to major general and appointment chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in February 2009.

[7] He had demanded 30 billion taka in taxes from Grameenphone, the largest telecom company in Bangladesh.

[8] After Alam, Ahmed was the second Army officer to head the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.

[9] In November 2010, Ahmed spoke at an event organized by Lieutenant General Harun-Ar-Rashid which criticised the political statements issued by former Army officers in favor of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.

[9] He struggled with the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology over organizational jurisdiction harming ties between the two entities.