Ali joined the Jessore Lawyers' Society in 1952. He was the three-time elected president of Jessore Bar Association from 1982-83 and 1986. Ali became the founding director of Bangladesh Cooperative Insurance. He was the president of Bangladesh National Cooperative Industrial Association and National Cooperative Union. In 1975, Ali joined
Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League and became the Governor of Jessore. He received the President's Gold Medal in 1985 from President
Hussain Muhammad Ershad. Ali was defeated as a candidate by
Gazi Abdul Hai in the
1986 Bangladeshi general election. He was re-elected as a member of parliament from
Jessore-3 constituency in the
1991 Bangladeshi general election. ==Death==