Rahman is the former president of the
Jatiya Press Club He was elected to parliament from Chandpur-4 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate on 30 December 2018. He received 173,369 votes while his nearest rival of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party,
Harunur Rashid, received 30,799 votes. Rahman was reelected to parliament from Chandpur-4 in 2024. Rahman alleged
Benazir Ahmed, former inspector general of
Bangladesh Police and director general of
Rapid Action Battalion, forcefully took control of 70 percent share of his company Citizen TV along with
Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat and Razzakul Hossain Tutul with the threat of violence. ==References==