Ahmed was elected to Parliament from Mymensingh-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2016 in a by-election following the death of the former member of parliament, Mozibur Rahman Fakir.[2][3]Gouripur Upazila Chairman and Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Tayebur Rahman Hiron was arrested by Detective Branch, according to his family, after an argument with Ahmed on 16 February 2017.[4]