Ziauddin Ahmed completed higher secondary certificate from Pirojpur Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College.

[2] Ahmed fled from Lahore, West Pakistan in July 1971 and joined the Liberation War thereafter.

He was serving at the Directorate Forces Intelligence (DFI) during the brutal bloodbath of August 15, 1975.

Following the killing of Bangabandhu on August 15, Ziauddin joined the so-called Day of Uprising of Soldier and People (otherwise known as National Revolution and Solidarity Day) on November 7, the same year under the leadership of Col Taher.

[7] Later, he stood for the Biplobi Sainik Sangshta (Revolutionary Sepoy's Organisation) in opposing the military rule and took shelter in the Sundarbans with his followers as part of the resistance.

[5] To eliminate bandits from Sundarbans Ziauddin formed an organisation of fishermen named Dubla Fisherman Group of which he was also the chairman.