Khurshida Begum Sayeed

Khurshida Begum Sayeed is a former commissioner of the Information Commission of Bangladesh, with the rank of a secretary of the government. She is a professor of government and politics at Jahangirnagar University.

Early life Sayeed was born on 1 January 1953 in Rajbari District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. She graduated from Shiddeshwari Girls High School and Holy Cross Girls' High School in 1967 and 1969. She served under chief commissioner Ambassador Mohammed Farooq and professor Md. Golam Rahman.

Sayeed sat at hearing of the Information Commission and found against government officers and fined them monetarily. She served alongside fellow commissioner, Nepal Chandra Sarker. In February 2016, she fined the officer in charge of Bhatara Police Station for failing to disclose requested information to a member of the public in the prescribed timeframe. She said that a culture of transparency was needed for the right to information act to be implemented.

Sayeed is a contributing author of Banglapedia.